Working with Dardo from Australia
Dardo is a three-person design studio in Bogotá, Colombia, led by its founder, Nicolás Cerón. We work with companies in Australia remotely: there is no Dardo office in Australia. 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. Sydney is 16 hours ahead of Bogotá in January and 15 hours ahead of Bogotá in July, so our office hours barely meet: 9 a.m. in Sydney is 5 p.m. the evening before or 6 p.m. the evening before in Bogotá. Calls go at the start of your day, which is the end of ours, and everything else is in writing.
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 are in US dollars, per scope, with no minimum budget. Pricing explains how a quote is built.
What custom web design includes
Custom web design means the page structure, layouts and components are designed for your offer and your audience instead of adapted from a purchased theme. At Dardo, design and development happen in the same small team, so decisions about brand, content and code are made together. Your proposal lists which of these deliverables are included, who supplies each input and how each one is accepted.
- Audience, page hierarchy and sitemap built around the main action
- Art direction: typography, color, imagery and motion rules
- Desktop and mobile layouts for every unique page template
- Reusable visual components that keep new pages consistent
- Navigation and inquiry journeys, down to the confirmation message
- Development, content management and technical SEO foundations
- Launch checks and a handover of files, accounts and documentation
The web design service page has the full scope, the process and the questions buyers ask.
How fast websites in Australia are on phones
In October 2026, 51.6% of the websites in Australia measured by Chrome's user experience report passed all three Core Web Vitals on phones, according to the HTTP Archive. The platform behind a site moves that number:
| Platform | Sites measured | Pass on phones |
|---|---|---|
| Wix | 2,730 | 86.2% |
| Shopify | 23,183 | 77.7% |
| Framer | 242 | 75.6% |
| Webflow | 1,869 | 73.6% |
| Squarespace | 3,883 | 53.4% |
| WordPress | 41,976 | 51.5% |
Speed comes from how a site is built more than from the platform, and Google uses Core Web Vitals in search. The platform speed report has the same numbers for other countries.
Rules a website in Australia has to meet
These are the rules we plan around for sites that serve customers in Australia. They are a starting point, not legal advice.
- Accessibility: the Australian Human Rights Commission's advisory notes apply the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 to websites and point to WCAG.
- Privacy: the Privacy Act 1988 covers how most businesses handle personal information collected online.
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.
These are the projects we can show, with their numbers.
Questions before you choose
Does Dardo have an office in Australia?
No. Dardo is a three-person studio in Bogotá, Colombia, and works with companies in Australia remotely, on video calls, in English or Spanish.
How much does web design cost with Dardo?
Each project is quoted by scope in an itemized written proposal in US dollars, with no minimum budget.
How much does a custom website cost?
It depends on the work: the number of unique page templates, who writes and translates the content, the languages, integrations such as a CRM or booking system, and whether an existing site has to be migrated. The written proposal separates design, development, content and recurring costs, so you can compare it line by line with other quotes.
How long does it take to design and build a website?
It depends on scope, so we set the schedule in the proposal rather than quoting a standard number. The biggest variables are content readiness, the number of unique templates, languages, integrations and how quickly feedback comes back. If you have a fixed launch date, tell us at the start so the scope can be planned around it.
Sources & further reading
Sources behind this page, with further detail from the original publishers.
- HTTP Archive technology report (Core Web Vitals by platform and country)httparchive.org
- World Wide Web Access: DDA Advisory Notes, Australian Human Rights Commissionhumanrights.gov.au
- The Privacy Act, OAICoaic.gov.au