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Small creative studio for branding, websites and design in South Africa.

Small projects. Senior design. No agency drama.

Thing King is a small creative studio making brands, websites and digital things for businesses in South Africa and beyond. Senior thinking, careful making, no unnecessary layers in between.

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Based in South Africa. Working worldwide.
  • Senior creative thinking Every thing is thought through before it is made
  • Direct line to the makers You talk to the people doing the work, not an account manager
  • Fixed scope, fixed price 2 rounds of changes included
  • Carefully selected projects So every thing gets proper attention
  • Reply within 2 business days With a price and a plan, or a couple of questions
  • South Africa and worldwide Remote by nature; based in Centurion

Why bring it to the King

Senior design, directly from the people doing the thinking and the making.

No account managers, no junior handoffs, no six-week discovery phase. You brief us, we have a think, we make the thing, you get the files. Fixed scope, fixed price, two rounds of changes. Big-agency thinking without the big-agency fuss.

Senior-level design
Brand, web, graphic and product design experience, applied to small, focused projects.
Direct access
The people you brief are the people who make it. No layers in between.
Clear scope, clear price
Named packages with prices on the page, one-off or monthly, and an exact quote before anything starts.
Practical delivery
Turnaround measured in days and weeks. Files organised and labelled, handed over properly.

Things we make

Four kinds of things, from one small studio.

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Brand things

Branding

Brands, identities and visual systems that give good ideas somewhere to live.

The Brand Thing, from R5,500

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Websites

Websites and landing pages designed to look good, make sense and get people moving.

The Landing Thing from R4,000 · The Website Thing from R9,500 · Website Care from R2,500 / month

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Graphic design

The everyday design jobs that still deserve good design.

The Little Thing from R1,500 · The Design Day R5,000 · Design Retainer from R5,000 / month

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UX/UI design

UX, UI and digital product design for things that need to work as well as they look.

The Design Day R5,000 · The Big Thing, custom

About UX/UI design

Things we’ve made

A few things from the studio.

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Thing King brand board showing the crown logo, the yellow, cream and black colour palette, Archivo type samples, marker-pen graphics and badges. Brand things Thing King (own studio) · 2026 · Web things

Thing King brand identity and website

A complete mini identity for a small studio: crown, wordmark, colour and type tokens, and a website built directly from them. See the thing Hand holding a phone showing the Good Buy Cars valuation form with green progress steps for your car’s details and condition. Web things Bidvest McCarthy · 2018 · Product things · Brand things

Good Buy Cars: website and digital experience

A conversion-focused website and a step-by-step mobile valuation flow, wrapped in a brand built to read in seconds from a billboard to a phone. See the thing Laptop held in two hands showing the Convey Communications website hero with the line You’ve come to the right place. Brand things Convey Communications · 2018 · Web things

Convey Communications: brand identity

A complete small-business identity for a PR and content specialist: a speech-bubble wordmark, a calm teal palette and a warm illustration style carried across print, digital and web. See the thing

The Royal Menu

Our packages keep projects clear, focused and easy to get moving. Pick the closest; we’ll confirm the exact quote before anything starts.

Make a thing One-off projects
  1. The Little Thing One clearly defined design job, done properly. From R1,500
  2. The Landing Thing One page, one goal, designed to convert. From R4,000
  3. The Design Day A focused block of design time for a list of related jobs. R5,000
  4. The Brand Thing A professional identity without the agency branding process. From R5,500
  5. The Website Thing Most complete A small professional website that works on every phone. From R9,500
  6. The Big Thing For things that don't fit a box. Custom quote
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50% deposit to start · 2 rounds of changes · final files after final payment

Keep a thing going

Some things need a one-off fix. Some need a King on call.

Our monthly retainers give you ongoing senior graphic design or website maintenance without the cost and complexity of a traditional agency.

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Monthly

The Design Retainer

From R5,000 / month

Your design team, without the agency overhead.

Up to 6 hours of design work per month. Not unlimited design, and unused hours do not roll over.

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Monthly

Website Care

From R2,500 / month

Keep your website looking good and working properly.

Up to 2 hours of updates and support per month. Anything outside the agreed scope is quoted as a separate project.

KEEP IT TIDY

How a thing gets made

Think. Make. Repeat.

  1. Think.

    You tell us what you need and what it’s for. We reply within 2 business days with a price and a plan.

  2. Make.

    50% deposit, then we make the thing. You get two rounds of changes.

  3. Repeat.

    Final payment, final files, and you know where to bring the next one.

The full six steps, and the deal in plain words

Got a thing?

Tell us what it is. You’ll hear back within 2 business days.

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