Your brand, website and tools.
One flat fee, from $8,000 a month. The thinking and the craft stay human, and AI clears the busywork so your fee goes further. Month to month: stop at the end of any month, and keep everything we've made.
AI should save you money. Here it does.
You already know AI can cut costs. We put it to work on both sides. In our studio, it takes on the legwork of research and production, so your flat fee buys more each month, while the judgment and the craft stay human. In your business, we build it into tools and automations that take the busywork off your team.
Own what you build.
Most businesses rent the tools they run on and scatter the rest across agencies and apps. We build your brand, your website and your tools, and hand every piece to you.
Two lanes. Start wherever you are.
New business? Start with Brand. Already have one? Go straight to Build. Need both? We do them in order, one project at a time.
Brand
For businesses starting out, or ready for a refresh.
The idea your business can own, and everything that carries it into the world.
- Positioning and messaging
- Naming
- Logo and identity systems
- Brand refreshes
- Voice and guidelines
- Packaging
- Campaigns
- Assets and collateral
Build
For businesses that already have a brand and need the tools.
Software built around your own data and processes. You own the code, not a subscription.
- Websites
- UX and UI design
- Shopify stores
- Custom business apps
- Internal tools that replace spreadsheets
- Client portals, booking and quoting
- Dashboards and automations
Content, as an add-on. Any Brand or Build project can add photography, video, copy and launch posts. Need ads or social run day to day? We bring in a trusted partner.
Selected work
All projects-

Brand + UX/UI
Monarch
The best places don't have an address.
Name, brand identity and app design for Monarch, a trip-planning and navigation app for people who travel and camp where addresses stop working: dirt roads, remote coastlines, mountain passes and anywhere beyond cell coverage.
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Strategy + Brand + UI/UX
Softwire
The CRM that fills itself in.
An AI assistant for tradespeople with no back office: it answers customers, books the work and fills in every customer record from normal texts.
Zero typing from the first text to a complete customer record
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Strategy + Brand + Product
The Market Verdict
Read the brand your market already confirmed.
A method for reading what customers have actually confirmed about a brand, with printed workbooks for four stages of company and an online workbook that runs it for a whole team.
4 workbook editions, from first customer to enterprise
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Brand + Build
Leges Motus
A brand built to move.
An automotive apparel brand created from nothing: strategy, identity, product, production, content and a Shopify storefront.
100+ tees sold in the first two months
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Brand for Sunflare
XPLOR
Powering adventures.
Repositioned a flexible-solar platform around reliability and adventure instead of specs, and built the brand, content and community to prove it.
300% product-line revenue growth by year three
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Build
SnapDTF
A print shop that runs itself.
Brand, ordering site, automatic file checking and an order dashboard for a direct-to-film transfer shop, built end to end.
14 × 18 one sheet size, one price
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Who we work with
We help growing businesses look the part and run better.
About
Thinking and making are equal.
X Gravity is led by , a creative director and principal brand designer who clarifies, builds and evolves brands, from strategy to market and beyond. Now he builds the software they run on, too.
About X GravityBen is passionate about creating brands that authentically tell stories and connect with the right audience.
Ben's expertise and out-of-the-box thinking were vital to the success of launching our client's rebranding campaign.
Ben is very hands-on, gets deeply engaged in each project, and treats the work as if it were his own. At the end of the day, he delivers great value.
I immediately acquired a deeper appreciation for Ben as both a creative problem solver and business strategist.
Field notes
Read all field notes- From Mess to Method: What I Learned Running Creative Without a PlaybookThe best thing that can happen to a new creative lead is walking in and finding no process at all.
- The First Ninety Days No One Warns You AboutThe org chart they walk you through on day one is the least accurate document in the building.
- Why Your Best Work Happens Before the BriefBy the time a brief lands on your desk, the most interesting decision has usually been made without you.