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2002: Started Top Left Design.⁠ ⁠ Proper briefing.

2002: Started Top Left Design.⁠
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Proper briefing. Bespoke design. ⁠
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Only moving forward when a client looked at their designs and said they loved them – 100%. ⁠
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Pixel-perfect code. Detail checked at every stage. No templates.⁠
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No big client list. No big budget. Just a belief that customisation was what clients needed to feel genuinely confident and proud of their website. No website shame. No apologising for their URL.⁠
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As time went by and more tools, shortcuts, and templates became available, we stick by all of this. ⁠
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Bespoke is worth fighting for. The results - if we're involved - are better!⁠
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2026: We are still designing every page as if it's the first one a visitor will ever see. ⁠
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Still briefing properly. ⁠
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Still not moving forward until a client loves it.⁠
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Some shortcuts don't give the best results. ⁠
We learned that early, and we keep on proving it!⁠
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"Outstanding service from Tamlyn and Keren... can'

"Outstanding service from Tamlyn and Keren... can't recommend highly enough."⁠
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That's a real line from our client Dr Joseph Jebelli, a neuroscientist and author of three acclaimed books on the mind, and it's exactly the kind of thing that actually earns trust. ⁠
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Not "great to work with." A specific person, saying something specific.⁠
We designed and built Joseph's site when he'd written two books about the mind. ⁠
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He's since written a third, so we updated the banner, added new book visuals, and he now keeps it current himself with new testimonials, press appearances, and events. It’s been fully customised to present the exact information relevant to him. We handle the security updates behind the scenes and additional designs and visuals.⁠
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Joseph’s own site is full of specific, named reviews about his work, not vague praise.⁠
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That's what makes a stranger trust you before you've even spoken to them.⁠
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That's the takeaway: if your website says "clients love working with us" and you don't provide specific examples, it's not proof. It's a placeholder.⁠
Swap one vague claim on your site for one specific story this week.⁠

"The website feels dated."⁠ ⁠ Look at ten websites

"The website feels dated."⁠
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Look at ten websites in any industry and ask "why is this happening"?.⁠
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Same words, same structure, same stock photography of people shaking hands or staring at laptops.⁠
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This is what happens when a business designs to fit its sector instead of designing to show who it actually is.⁠
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Dated is rarely the real problem. It's just the part that's visible above the water.⁠
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Underneath it is something more costly.⁠
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The actual advantage – the approachable team, the straight-talking advice, the thing that makes working with this business genuinely different – is completely hidden behind a design that looks identical to every competitor.⁠
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A sea of sameness.⁠
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When websites say nothing distinctive, there is a huge cost of lost opportunities. ⁠
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And in any sector where trust matters, that is expensive.⁠

Is your website slow to load? Often it's the amoun

Is your website slow to load? Often it's the amount of images.⁠
Here's a simple WordPress tip:⁠
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1️⃣ Right-click any image on the slow page, choose Inspect, and look for loading="lazy" — if it's not there, lazy loading is off⁠
2️⃣ Go to Plugins → Add New in your WordPress dashboard and install "Smush" (free)⁠
3️⃣ In Smush, go to the Lazy Load tab and switch it on⁠
4️⃣ Go to Bulk Smush and let it compress every image in your media library⁠
5️⃣ Test your page at pagespeed.web.dev before and after — the mobile score is the one to watch⁠
6️⃣ Still slow? Check your gallery plugin — it may have its own lazy load setting that's overriding WordPress⁠
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Featured here: The gallery page for one of our clients, Farley. They are members of the TLD Loyalty Club. Their newly built props gallery is a stunning collection of images showing their antique props for film and TV.⁠
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With around 90 full-size images loading all at once, we needed to implement ways to make the gallery load faster!⁠
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Our rule of thumb: any page with more than 8–10 images below the fold needs lazy loading. Galleries and portfolios? Always!⁠
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Any questions, drop them below 👇

As a remote team, many of our wonderful working re

As a remote team, many of our wonderful working relationships are happening in completely different places in the world.⁠
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Piyush has been part of the TLD team for years – leading our talented team of coders, mostly behind the scenes. They help us immensely, making the complex stuff happen on some of our biggest projects.⁠
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And then came the most exciting development – Piyush was visiting London. We offered Piyush a selection of cuisine options, and he picked Mexican. So we went to Wahaca in Fitzrovia. ⁠
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Pictured here - Keren, Piyush, Tam, and our hosting partner Alan. ⁠
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A lot of laughs, lovely gifts from Piyush, delicious food, and the kind of chats that can only happen face-to-face.⁠
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Amy and Candice – you were missed!⁠
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There's something about meeting in person that deepens a working relationship in a way that no amount of Zooms and Slack messages can quite replicate. ⁠
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We're so happy to have finally seen Piyush in real life!⁠

Great design starts with a single fold.⁠ ⁠ Photos

Great design starts with a single fold.⁠
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Photos from when the TLD team traded pixels for paper and learned some origami magic with Michael Trew of Papershake Origami.⁠
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We learned more than how to make a heart, shirt, envelope and TLD owl (which Michael developed specially for us – thank you Michael!). Along the way we also picked up:⁠
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➔ That missing one step early on always comes back to bite you ten steps later. Sound familiar?⁠
➔ A "squash fold" and a "cupboard fold" are real technical terms⁠
➔ Sometimes precision matters, and sometimes you just have to go with your gut (looking at you, one-minute rose)⁠
➔ An origami envelope needs zero glue or tape — and can actually survive the post⁠
➔ Even with the exact same instructions, everyone's fold comes out a little different⁠
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We learned that precision, patience, and a willingness to start again when it goes wrong – well – that sounds a lot like web design too 👀⁠
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Discover more of Michael's work → papershake.com

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