Founder-led website design & development
A world
of your own.
Distinctive websites for premium service brands. I bring visual direction, responsive design and development together around your business and the people you want to reach.
Start with a 15-minute fit conversation. Scope and investment are agreed before paid work begins.
An independent studio. A personal commitment.
Your business has a character. Its website should have one, too.
Form, feeling and function, held together by craft.
We bring design, storytelling and development together around what your business needs to communicate and what your visitors need to do.
Three ways to build with Merci
Design. Intelligence. Possibility.
Distinctive websites today. A clearer view of your business. And an ambitious assistant taking shape in the studio.
By His Grace.
Our standard, in motion.
A personal testimony told through marble, fracture, gold and restoration. The care we bring to story, detail and the complete experience, made visible.
Creative direction, cinematic sequencing and an experience shaped by your scroll. A Merci studio work and our portfolio benchmark.
Selected work · Four independent studies
Different worlds. Purpose in every detail.
A focused collection in architecture, automotive, product discovery and cinematic storytelling. Each study states its purpose, scope and limitations.
Drag your scroll sideways through the collection
PV Custom Homes
Architecture, material details and a considered path to a project conversation.
Mirrorline
A cinematic service story with an illustrative route from first impression to inquiry.
Form Studies
Browse original digital objects, open the details and save a shortlist.
Make room for wonder
One connected landscape journey, with editorial storytelling and a readable still-image alternative.
Independent concepts, presented honestly.
project lead
The person behind Merci
Justin “JJ” JohnsonFounder & Project Lead, Merci Group
Thoughtful design, clear communication and work I’m willing to stand behind.
I’ve always wanted to create something of my own. Going against the grain comes naturally to me, sometimes a little too naturally.
In high school, that creativity found a home in Mrs. Soto’s digital design class. My working life later took me into sales, marketing and leadership, where I learned to understand what people were trying to accomplish and what they needed to feel confident taking the next step.
Merci brings those experiences together. In a lot of ways, this is a full-circle venture: a return to creative work with a clearer understanding of the business it needs to serve.
I love taking someone’s idea seriously and helping them see what it could become. The character of their business, the care behind their work, the details they don’t want overlooked. That’s where the design begins.
When you work with Merci, you work directly with me. I’m here to understand what you’re building, explain the decisions, and deliver work I’m proud to stand behind.
My faith in Christ is at the heart of that commitment. Read my testimony
Working together
Know what happens next.
A bespoke engagement, with the scope and responsibilities agreed before the build begins.
Understand the business
Establish your offer, audience and the action your website should help visitors take.
Agree the scope
Define the pages, functionality, content responsibilities, milestones and investment in a bespoke proposal.
Design & build
Approve the creative direction, then develop the experience with agreed stages for feedback and review.
Review & hand over
Check the agreed scope and prepare the access, documentation and launch arrangements set out in your proposal.
Before we begin
What will my project include?
Your proposal defines the pages, copy, media, forms, editing tools and integrations included in the project. It also sets out what you’ll provide and what Merci will create.
How do feedback and changes work?
Review stages and revision allowances are agreed in advance. If the scope changes, we discuss the effect on cost and timing before additional work begins.
What happens at handover and after launch?
We define hosting, account access, editing, documentation and applicable ownership or licensing arrangements in your proposal. Any ongoing care and future changes are scoped separately.
Inside the studio · Optional exploration
Character, in every letter.
Explore how type, color and material change a website’s character. Your project’s direction begins with your business.
Merci
Violet depth, obsidian surfaces and a blue iridescent edge.
Start a conversation
Let’s make something yours.
Tell us what your business needs from its website and the investment you have in mind. We’ll review the fit and arrange a conversation by email.
Begin with a 15-minute fit conversation. We’ll discuss your audience, what the website needs to do, and whether Merci is the right partner. You’ll receive a written scope before paid work begins.
Prefer email? justin@themercigroup.org
Your inquiry, ready to review.
Nothing has been sent yet. Check your details before submitting.
Saved reference: