JOURNAL · · 2 min read
Four Questions After the Demo
You have seen the demo. These are the four questions that come next, each answered once.
The studio started on the web in Dallas, in 1999, and took out a business licence in June 2000 under another name.
Turbo Gold in 2000. Artasce in 2006. Still shipping.
If you are reading this, you have probably seen a demo already. This page is for the next two minutes, the ones where you decide whether to reply.
What people ask
After a demo the questions are usually the same four: who made it, why there is no price, what the studio builds, and what the name means. Each gets a short answer.
Are there real people behind the demo?
Yes. The demo came out of the studio, the same one that has built for the web since 1999, and a person reads your reply. The first website we sold cost $100.
Why is there no price on this site?
artasce.com is the mission site. It holds who we are, the history, the philosophy and the work, and leaves out prices, funnels and forms. This site says who the studio is; artascecreative.com talks about your business, and projects start there.
What kind of work does the studio take on?
A lawn care app at one end, a video game site at the other, and a lot in between. The point of that range is simple: the studio can help sell almost anything, and make it look good. The same studio runs Mademoiselle, Modolla and Voya side by side.
What does the name mean?
Art plus ascend, with the ending dropped. The studio took the name in 2006 and has kept it since.
What this page leaves out
No form, no countdown, no chat window. artasce.com is built to be read once. The studio would rather you read the work and make up your own mind.
The demo showed what your site could look like. The portfolio shows who made it, and how long they have been at it.
Pick the project in the portfolio closest to your business and read that one. If it holds up, reply to the email that brought you here.
Here is the work. Most of it is still live.