Working with Dardo from Austin
Dardo is a three-person design studio in Bogotá, Colombia, led by its founder, Nicolás Cerón. We work with companies in Austin remotely: there is no Dardo office in Austin. 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. Austin is 1 hour behind Bogotá in January and on the same clock as Bogotá in July, so a nine-to-five day in Austin 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.
Refresh, redesign or rebuild: which does your site need?
A visual refresh changes typography, color and imagery while the structure stays, and it's often enough when visitors find what they need and editors can publish. A redesign also changes content, navigation, templates and conversion paths; it's the right call when buyers can't find your services, the site no longer explains what the business does or inquiries get lost. A rebuild replaces the technology underneath, usually because the current platform blocks editors or can't be maintained.
We recommend the smallest scope that solves the documented problem. If the issue is mostly how the brand looks, a brand refresh may come first. If the site needs all three, the proposal says so and explains the order.
The website redesign service page has the full scope, the process and the questions buyers ask.
How fast websites in the United States are on phones
In October 2026, 63.9% of the websites in the United States 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 | 34,241 | 88.8% |
| Shopify | 118,272 | 86.1% |
| Squarespace | 40,344 | 82.9% |
| Framer | 1,909 | 82.2% |
| Webflow | 15,239 | 80.9% |
| WordPress | 330,180 | 63.3% |
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 Austin has to meet
These are the rules we plan around for sites that serve customers in Austin. 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 Austin. They are the projects we can show, with their numbers.
Questions before you choose
Does Dardo have an office in Austin?
No. Dardo is a three-person studio in Bogotá, Colombia, and works with companies in Austin remotely, on video calls, in English or Spanish.
What is the time difference between Austin and Bogotá?
Austin 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 Austin shares 7–8 working hours with ours.
How much does website redesign 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 website redesign cost?
It depends on the work: how many URLs and how much content move, the number of new templates, languages, integrations, whether the platform changes and the depth of the content work. We price it after an inventory of the current site, and the proposal separates design, development, migration and recurring costs.
How long does a website redesign take?
It depends on content readiness, template count, languages, integrations, approval availability and migration complexity, so we give a schedule once the inventory makes those visible rather than quoting a standard number. A redesign can take longer than a new site of the same size, because every existing page needs a decision and every changed URL needs a tested redirect.
Sources & further reading
Sources behind this page, with further detail from the original publishers.