Real Commute
A dense topic made simple. We gave a yearly cost calculator a calm interface where typography leads and the numbers speak. Built static by default and free of bloat, so it loads fast and stays out of the way.
Websites for people who have better things to do.
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A curated selection.
Pedro Pinto
A personal portfolio reduced to the essentials. Editorial hierarchy, restrained motion, and static pages that load instantly. Six principles guided the build: accessible, timeless, tailored, scalable, performant, secure. Less does more.
MailMate
A redesign concept for MailMate, the Mac email client for people who live at the keyboard. We rebuilt the interface around a calm hierarchy, sharp typography, and keyboard driven navigation, refining every detail in conversation with founder Benny, from the first sketch to the final pixel.
Semanticar
An automotive blog that reads like a magazine. We built the layout around typography and pace, with restrained color and generous whitespace, so long posts feel like printed pages, not feeds. Fast, quiet, built to be read.
Logos
A quiet collection of marks.
Douro Studio
One quarter circle, turned eight times, forms the D and the S. Each letter is a two by two grid of the same module.
Real Commute
An R and a C carved out of the space around them. The letters appear in the white space the shapes leave behind.
Semanticar
Two offset circles and a diagonal between them, three separate pieces that read as an S. The curves pull them into one letter.
Predifix
An angular P folded over a corner like a flag, with a tick cut from its space. A quiet nod to a management app doing its job.
Timegazing
A T and a G joined into one mark, the G's inner point extending outward as a clock hand. Time told in a single gesture.
Pedro Pinto
Two angular P's, offset, one over the other, with the overlap removed. No curves anywhere, just two sharp P's built from the same shape.
Services
Design, development, refinement.
- Crafted to match
- Your site should match the quality of what you do. Clean, premium, built to perform and quietly maintained so you never have to think about it.
- Built to last
- No templates, no unnecessary complexity. A site that fits exactly what you need, stays secure, and ages gracefully without constant attention.
- Cared for
- Performance monitoring, security, backups, content updates. All taken care of. Your site stays at its best while you focus on yours.
Pricing
Simple and transparent.
Your site, built from scratch
From €2,000 build + €75/month
Up to 8 pages, async via email, delivered in about 4 weeks. Hosting, monitoring, security, backups, updates, and 1 hour of changes per month.
Everything you need, nothing you don't.
The domain is yours. We handle the rest.
Process
A calm, deliberate process.
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Discover
Understanding your goals, audience, and constraints to shape the direction from the start.
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Design
Typography, layout, and visual direction built on a clear editorial foundation, ensuring cohesive results.
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Build
Clean, performant development. No bloat, no shortcuts, exactly what you need, every single time.
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Launch
Deploy, test, and refine so your site goes live and stays that way, with total confidence.
Praise
Kind words from kind people.
Pedro has a pleasant disposition, is reliable and has a passion for learning new skills. He also has an excellent eye for good design.
From the first email, Juliana made everything feel easy. Answers came before I asked, progress stayed clear at every step, and her calm carried the whole project.
Pedro's skills, attention to detail and commitment made working with him a dream.
Working with Douro Studio felt personal from the start. For the first time I did not think about my website at all, and that was exactly the point.
Pedro also has an exceptional eye for detail that transcends job titles and regularly inspires me to pursue excellence in my own work.
I aspire to work with people who are just like Pedro, not just because they are careful with the work they are doing, but because they are a caring human being as well.
About
Independent studio based in Porto.
We build calm, fast websites around your content, so you can focus on your work, not your website.
We're a husband and wife team. One builds, the other keeps everything running. No ego, no overhead. Just two people who care about getting it right.
Our clients don't have time to worry about their website. That's the point. We handle every detail so they can focus on what actually matters to them.
Contact
Available for new projects.
No meetings, no calls. Everything happens through email so you can respond when it suits you.