About

Takame Studio is a one-person web studio in Franklin, Massachusetts. I'm Thomas Sullivan: designer, developer, and the only employee.

I work with small businesses because I like working directly with the person who started it. There's something more honest about that — no layers, no account managers, just the owner and the person building the thing.

I'm a designer and developer by training — Full Sail University, full-stack engineering background — but I tend to operate more as a strategic consultant who happens to build the website too. Sometimes what a client asks for isn't what they actually need, and I'd rather have that conversation early than build the wrong thing well.

The name comes from the Japanese for "hawk" and "eye." Sullivan is Irish for "hawk-eyed" — it felt like a natural fit for a studio built around seeing the full picture and getting the details right.

My design sense leans toward restraint. Dieter Rams, Jony Ive: less, but better.