Brisbane · Design & build studio
Practical web apps that feel expensive.
Built in Brisbane, shipped in days.
We're problem-solvers, builders and integrators — a local studio partnering with Brisbane businesses who want a developer they can actually sit down with. One fixed price. No scope creep.
Selected work
Brands, products and publications — each one built to feel like it cost more than it did.
Nordwind
Travel brandKavella
West End roastersLoomline
SaaS analyticsBricks & Birch
Teneriffe architectsPlayfield
Sports club appMistral Press
PublisherTwo products. One fixed price each.
No hourly billing, no estimates that double halfway through. Pick the one that fits and know the total before we start.
Landing Page
A$2,900
One sharp page that says exactly what you do — and gets people to act.
- ✓Single page, designed & built
- ✓Copy polish included
- ✓First design in 72 hours
- ✓Two revision rounds
- ✓Live on your domain in ~1 week
Full Web App
A$6,500
Up to six pages with a CMS and the practical integrations that actually save you time.
- ✓Up to 6 pages, designed & built
- ✓CMS for blog & case studies
- ✓Bookings, payments, member areas
- ✓SEO fundamentals & analytics
- ✓Live in 2–3 weeks
Built for people who hate agency process.
to a first design in your inbox
fixed pricing, agreed up front
in hidden costs or surprise invoices
offshore handoffs — everything built here in Brisbane
Starting is the fun part.
No forms buried in a PDF, no back-and-forth to book a call. Beginning your project is a three-minute journey from the Brisbane River to the coast — you tell us the idea, watch your blueprint take shape, and choose how you'd like to begin.
- 01
Brief
A few quiet minutes — no discovery call. You get a fixed quote and a start date within one business day.
- 02
Design & build
Work happens in a shared channel. You watch it take shape and leave comments whenever suits you.
- 03
Launch
Deployed to your domain, handed over with everything you need. The code is yours — no lock-in.
Built on the modern stack the best tools already trust — Next.js, React, Convex, Vercel. Fast, easy for any developer to take over, and yours to keep. No lock-in.
Tell us about your project.
Three minutes now saves three discovery calls later. You'll get a fixed quote and a start date within one business day — and you'll deal with the people building it the whole way through.
Prefer email or a coffee in West End? hello@happypixels.com.au
Frequently asked questions
You get a first design within 72 hours of the brief. A landing page ships in about a week; a full website in two to three, depending on how quickly you turn around feedback.
Design, build, copy polish, responsive layouts, basic SEO, and deployment to your own domain. The price we agree on at the start is the price on the invoice — always.
Only if you want to. The process runs async in a shared channel: you see progress as it happens and leave comments whenever suits you. But we're Brisbane locals — if you'd rather talk it through over a coffee in West End or the Valley, that works too.
Brisbane and South East Queensland are our focus — we like being able to meet the people we build for. If you're elsewhere in Australia and happy to work async, we'd still love to hear from you.
Every project includes two weeks of free tweaks after launch. After that, small changes are handled ad hoc, or you can keep a lightweight retainer for ongoing work.
Next.js, React, Tailwind, and Convex, deployed on Vercel — plus practical AI integrations (chat, search, automation) where they genuinely save you time. Fast, modern, and easy for any developer to take over later. No proprietary lock-in.