Working with Dardo from Des Moines
Dardo is a three-person design studio in Bogotá, Colombia, led by its founder, Nicolás Cerón. We work with companies in Des Moines remotely: there is no Dardo office in Des Moines. 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. Des Moines is 1 hour behind Bogotá in January and on the same clock as Bogotá in July, so a nine-to-five day in Des Moines 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 UI/UX design for a marketing website includes
The work covers every decision between a visitor's first second on the site and the action you want them to take. We shape the scope around your brief, and the proposal says which of these deliverables are included and how each one is approved.
- Research summary: analytics, search queries, sales and support questions, competitor sites
- Sitemap, navigation and a list of page templates
- Content-first wireframes for each template, with real headlines instead of placeholder text
- Interface design for desktop and mobile, with every state of each component
- A design system in Figma whose components map to the CMS, so editors can build new pages
- A clickable prototype and the findings from usability tests
The UI/UX design service page has the full scope, the process and the questions buyers ask.
Rules a website in Des Moines has to meet
These are the rules we plan around for sites that serve customers in Des Moines. They are a starting point, not legal advice.
- The ADA and websites: the Department of Justice says the Americans with Disabilities Act covers the websites of businesses open to the public, and points to WCAG as the reference.
- State and local governments: a 2024 DOJ rule requires WCAG 2.1 AA from state and local government websites, from April 2026 for larger governments and April 2027 for smaller ones.
We build to WCAG 2.2 AA and set up consent and forms for these rules from the first brief.
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.
- Gissi (Education / Music & arts, 2026). 34 → 416 Google clicks: 3 months before, 9 days after relaunch.
- superame.lol (Community / Digital products, 2026). 17 currencies in Spanish, Portuguese and English.
- Shiimain (Public data / Territorial intelligence, 2026). 4 days to build, 27 to 30 May 2026.
None of these clients is in Des Moines. They are the projects we can show, with their numbers.
Questions before you choose
Does Dardo have an office in Des Moines?
No. Dardo is a three-person studio in Bogotá, Colombia, and works with companies in Des Moines remotely, on video calls, in English or Spanish.
What is the time difference between Des Moines and Bogotá?
Des Moines is 1 hour behind Bogotá in January and on the same clock as Bogotá in July. Bogotá keeps UTC−5 all year, so a nine-to-five day in Des Moines shares 7–8 working hours with ours.
How much does UI/UX design cost with Dardo?
Each project is quoted by scope in an itemized written proposal in US dollars, with no minimum budget.
What do UI/UX design services for a marketing website include?
Research into who visits and what they need, a sitemap and navigation, wireframes for each page template, the visual interface for desktop and mobile, a design system and a clickable prototype tested with real users. When Dardo also builds the site, the same team turns the approved design into the live pages, so nothing is lost in a handoff.
How much does UI/UX design for a website cost?
Dardo quotes each project per scope in an itemized written proposal and has no minimum budget. The main cost drivers are the number of page templates, how much research and testing the project needs, the number of languages and whether Dardo also builds the site. Design alone costs less than design and build, but you then need a team to build it faithfully.
Sources & further reading
Sources behind this page, with further detail from the original publishers.
- Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA, ADA.govada.gov
- Fact Sheet: New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps, ADA.govada.gov
- IANA time zone databaseiana.org
- W3C: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2w3.org
- Google Search Central: Core Web Vitalsdevelopers.google.com
- Nielsen Norman Group: Why you only need to test with 5 usersnngroup.com