Working with Dardo from Columbus
Dardo is a three-person design studio in Bogotá, Colombia, led by its founder, Nicolás Cerón. We work with companies in Columbus remotely: there is no Dardo office in Columbus. Calls happen on video, in English or Spanish, and everything we agree goes into a written proposal.
Bogotá keeps UTC−5 all year, with no daylight saving time. Columbus is on the same clock as Bogotá in January and 1 hour ahead of Bogotá in July, so a nine-to-five day in Columbus shares 7–8 working hours with a nine-to-five day in Bogotá.
A project starts with a brief through the contact form, by email to hello@dardo.studio or on WhatsApp. Nicolás replies within one business day with the questions that set the scope. The proposal that follows lists the scope, deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, payment stages, a timeline and the people doing the work, by name.
Quotes typically come in at about half of what comparable US and Canadian studios charge for the same scope. Pricing explains how a quote is built.
What is creative development?
Creative development sits between design and frontend engineering. A standard build asks whether a page works and loads quickly. Creative development also asks whether the interaction itself communicates: a transition that shows how two states relate, a scroll sequence that reveals a product in the right order, a shader that gives a brand its own texture.
It is written in code, not assembled from presets: animation timelines, scroll and pointer logic, Three.js or custom WebGL scenes, and the fallbacks that keep them dependable on ordinary phones. If you want an Awwwards-style site, this is the service, though we design for your visitors rather than a jury and never promise awards.
The creative development service page has the full scope, the process and the questions buyers ask.
Work you can check
Projects from 2026, each with its published result:
- Janus Observatory (Science / Interactive storytelling, 2026). −47.9% 3D models: 8.2 MB instead of 15.8 MB.
- Hyper (AI / Customer intelligence, 2026). USD 10 per customer research report on hypers.dev.
- Shiimain (Public data / Territorial intelligence, 2026). 4 days to build, 27 to 30 May 2026.
None of these clients is in Columbus. They are the projects we can show, with their numbers.
Questions before you choose
Does Dardo have an office in Columbus?
No. Dardo is a three-person studio in Bogotá, Colombia, and works with companies in Columbus remotely, on video calls, in English or Spanish.
What is the time difference between Columbus and Bogotá?
Columbus is on the same clock as Bogotá in January and 1 hour ahead of Bogotá in July. Bogotá keeps UTC−5 all year, so a nine-to-five day in Columbus shares 7–8 working hours with ours.
How much does creative development cost with Dardo?
Each project is quoted by scope in an itemized written proposal in US dollars, with no minimum budget.
What does a creative developer do?
A creative developer is a frontend engineer who specializes in the experience layer of a website: motion, scroll and pointer interaction, WebGL and shaders. The job is to make those effects communicate while the page still loads quickly, works on phones and respects accessibility settings. At Dardo the same small team designs and builds, so the idea and its implementation are reviewed together.
How much does an animated or interactive website cost?
It depends on the work: the number of distinct scenes, the illustration, 3D or video assets to produce, whether the design is supplied and the devices to support. We quote after scoping a representative slice, so the price reflects your brief rather than a fixed package.
Sources & further reading
Sources behind this page, with further detail from the original publishers.
- IANA time zone databaseiana.org