A design and engineering studio, born in Mumbai
We design, build and look after websites, apps and platforms for ambitious teams in Mumbai, Dubai, London and beyond.
Why the ampersand
The name has always been the promise. Design is how it feels. Code is how it works. The ampersand is the part most studios skip: the integrations, the hosting, the care after launch that keeps a product useful for years.
We learned that the hard way. Before we were a studio we were three engineering students running a hosting company from Mumbai, answering support calls on Sundays. It taught us that launch day is where the real work begins.
Read our storySince 2018
Every number has people behind it: founders who trusted us early, teams who came back, and a studio that grew one good project at a time.
200+
projects delivered
Websites, platforms, apps and campaigns
100+
clients
From first time founders to Fortune 500 programmes
11
countries
India, the Gulf, Singapore, the UK, North America, Australia and more
82%
of clients come back
for a second project
35+
people and specialists
A senior core in Mumbai, specialists on call
2018
building since
Hosting Seva first, the studio a year later
Capabilities
Our name is our structure. Design shapes how it feels, Code makes it work, and the ampersand connects it to your business and keeps it running.
Explore all capabilitiesStrategy, research, UX and UI that make complicated things feel simple, plus immersive AR and VR where it genuinely helps.
ERP, CRM and point of sale integration, cloud and hosting, growth and marketing. The connective work that turns a launch into a lasting product.
Websites, web apps, mobile apps, commerce and AI, engineered to be fast, accessible and easy to change next year.
Selected partnerships
Marketplaces, learning platforms, member portals and commerce for GoDaddy, Mahindra, IVCA and ambitious teams from Mumbai to Dubai.
See all workMade By Bharat
A marketplace for products made in India, with buyer, seller and admin systems, AR previews and 100+ vendors, designed and built in seven months.
GoDaddy India (GoDaddy Academy)
Research, programme design and the learner platform for GoDaddy India's certification initiative: 3,200+ learners in year one, certificates in under a minute.
Mahindra (MILU)
Strategy, a learning platform and 12 AR and VR modules for Mahindra Industrial Learning for You, with practical onboarding 30% faster in the pilot.
Ekeeda
A legacy .NET learning platform modernised and moved to the cloud over one weekend: pages three times faster, 38% lower infrastructure cost, zero downtime.
NABARD Employees' Co-operative Credit Society
A member portal that put balances and fixed deposit renewals in 3,000+ pockets, without touching the Society's trusted core.
A D2C skincare brand in Dubai
A headless store, an app for regulars and a bilingual AI concierge, so a Dubai skincare brand feels like one brand everywhere.
How we work
Six phases, each pairing a way of thinking with a way of making. You see working progress every week, and nothing is designed that engineering has not already agreed can ship.
See the method in detailPhase 01 · Listen
We start with your people, your customers and what already exists, until the problem fits in two sentences.
Phase 02 · Map
Research, audits and requirements turn into a plan with a price and its assumptions in plain view.
Phase 03 · Sketch
Wireframes, prototypes and visual design, drawn next to the technical blueprint so nothing surprises the build.
Phase 04 · Build
Two week sprints, a demo every Friday, and people whose job is to break what we make before your customers can.
Phase 05 · Launch
Performance, security and accessibility checks, training and a rehearsed go-live that feels like a non-event.
Phase 06 · Care
Hosting, monitoring, support and growth work, so the product gets better every month instead of older.
In good company
From Fortune 500 programmes to nonprofits we support for free, the brief changes but the care does not.
In their words
D&C Studio's website development team far exceeded my expectations on every front. The end product is a beautiful website that embodies who we are as a company. Every person I worked with at D&C was knowledgeable, creative, prompt and personable.
They did not ask us to throw away a system we trusted. They built the member experience around it, and our members finally have their passbook in their pocket.
D&C behaved like our own product team. The store, the app and the AI concierge feel like one brand, and the numbers moved within a quarter.
A unique online presence, reliable and fast web hosting, secure transactions using SSL and simple SEO services from Hosting Seva have all been key to Ekeeda's early success.
Made in Mumbai. Made for the world.
Our core team works from Mumbai, which puts us in the same working day as the Gulf and Singapore, with a generous afternoon overlap for London and early calls for New York. A partner is always named on your account and reachable on WhatsApp.
Mumbai
India
Studio and home
Dubai
UAE
Same working day · 9h shared
Singapore
Singapore
Full overlap · 6h shared
London
United Kingdom
Afternoon overlap · 6h shared
New York
United States
Early and late windows · 1h shared
Sydney
Australia
Morning overlap · 4h shared
Perspectives
Practical writing on building, launching and growing digital products, from the people doing the work.
Read all perspectivesAn FAQ bot, a RAG assistant and an agent that acts cost very different amounts to build and to run. Here is what each one costs in India, how RAG keeps answers honest, and where the hand off to a person belongs.
Saurabh Soparkar ·
Which platform is better has no single answer. Which is better for the next two years of your store does, and it depends on your sales, your catalogue and who will be on call when checkout breaks.
Suraj Pawar ·
Flutter, React Native and native quotes look alike in year one. Hiring, performance and maintenance decide what your app really costs in year two.
Prem Raval ·