Custom development
Bespoke websites and web products built with Next.js — designed around how your audience actually uses them.
Sheffield web design · UK-wide
Local platforms & Shopify stores for UK businesses.
I design and build custom discovery platforms, modern websites, and Shopify stores — with navigation, structure, and UX shaped around how your audience actually behaves.
Based in Sheffield, working with businesses across the UK.
You're looking at the stack — this site is built with Next.js too.
sheffieldscene.co.uk
Sheffield Scene
800+
Events on Sheffield Scene
Next.js
Modern stack
Sheffield
Studio based in South Yorkshire
From £750
Clear project starting points
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AI project studio — see how we think about builds
Describe a business in plain English and get a platform recommendation, sitemap, wireframe previews, and phased plan in about 60 seconds. One free live scope per visitor.
Example brief
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Flagship project
Sheffield Scene
Sheffield's arts and nightlife scene was spread across venue websites, social posts, and ticket platforms. There was no single place to answer the most common local question: what's on tonight?
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- Build type
- Custom
Client feedback
“The site was built to properly showcase the event scene within Sheffield — and it does exactly that. With over 800 events listed and growing, it has become the place people go to see what's on. Darren was easy to work with, always available, and genuinely understood what the platform needed to be.”
One point of contact
You work directly with me from scope to launch — no handoffs between designers and developers.
Honest platform advice
I recommend Shopify when ecommerce is the job, and custom builds when the brief needs more — not whatever is easiest to sell.
Built for the long term
Modern foundations, sensible structure, and documentation so your site is maintainable after delivery.
UK-based delivery
Based in the United Kingdom, working with clients nationwide and open to the right projects further afield.
Services
Defined services. Clear scope. No guesswork.
Whether you need a custom platform, a Shopify refresh, or ongoing support after launch, each service is structured so you know what is included before we start.
Shopify & ecommerce
Online stores that feel considered — from new launches to refinements of stores that already exist.
Add-ons & ongoing support
Focused additions and long-term care for sites already live — so momentum does not stop at launch.
Selected work
Proof across custom builds and Shopify.
Every project starts with how people actually use the product — then the platform, structure, and design follow.
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Filter by date, venue, or category
Built for repeat use — not a flat calendar nobody returns to.
Event results
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Internal product
Scope
An AI project studio that turns a plain-language brief into platform advice, sitemap, wireframes, and phased delivery — built to show how Dalix thinks before a project starts.
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zeusvintage.co.uk
Shopify
Zeus Vintage
Luxury vintage clothing ecommerce for a Sheffield-based curator of designer fashion from the 1950s to the early 2000s.
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goldenavenue.co.uk
Shopify
Golden Avenue
A niche gift shop built around how people actually buy for older relatives — by recipient, occasion, and interest.
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Four projects across discovery platforms, ecommerce, and internal product work — with full case studies for each.
View all work →Process
Clear steps, no black box.
You work directly with me from scope to launch — with feedback, progress, and delivery kept straightforward throughout.
01
Discover
I start with your business, audience, and goals — not a pre-built template. Clear scope upfront means fewer surprises later.
02
Design
Wireframes and visual design focused on how people will actually use the site — navigation, hierarchy, and conversion.
03
Build
Custom Next.js development or Shopify theme work, with regular check-ins so you can see progress as we go.
04
Launch
Testing, polish, and a clean handover — with optional ongoing support so the site keeps improving after go-live.
Let's talk
Building something in Sheffield or across the UK and need a site that inspires confidence?
Tell me about the business and what the site needs to do. I will come back with an honest recommendation on service, platform, and scope.