We craft websites.
We are passionate about clean design, distinctive imagery, and empowering our clients to steer their creative destiny.
We procure and deliver content that connects to the hearts and minds of your audience. We build adaptive websites with imagery that grabs attention, a story that weaves your brand together, and a user experience that is engaging regardless of screen size.
A proven track record
Over the past 21 years, we have built over 450 sites for clients across North America.
From small businesses to large resorts and international online publications, i9design has worked with companies worldwide to bring ideas to life. From the deployment of eCommerce systems, booking engines, custom database development, and old fashion content writing, we have a tapestry of skills. We are geeks + designers + and coffee lovers; we try to not take it all too seriously.
Web Design // Photography // Branding & Story // eCommerce // Film & Viral Media
A design agency ready to grow with you.
We love working with clients who are excited to push the boundary of what is possible. We love working best with local, Kootenay based companies that we can get to know and empower. We prefer face to face meetings, random pop-ins, and putting our creative passion behind the incredible range of companies we are so lucky to get to work with.
We build lasting relationships with the businesses that trust us to help grow and maintain their online presence, supporting them long after launch, keeping things fresh, running smoothly, and evolving.
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Web Design
Web Design
Your website is your vessel. It is the container from which your content can reach the world through a myriad of platforms. It needs to be welcoming, beautiful, inspiring, and elegant. We build Word Press based web sites that empower our clients to create their own content.
“What separates design from art is that design is meant to be functional. “ ― Cameron Moll
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
We live in a visual era. Imagery is now the cornerstone of the interactive experience of our digital medium. We blend our design skills with commercial photography that has reached millions of people.
“I am not interested in shooting new things – I am interested to see things new.”- Ernst Haas
Branding & Graphic Design
Branding & Graphic Design
More than a logo, your brand is the story of what makes you unique, it is an identity that brings inspiration, wonder, trust, and curiosity to the hearts of your clients. We develop and enhance living brands – looking at the next chapter of your story.
“Your brand is a story unfolding across all customer touch points.” – Jonah Sachs
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Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization
We can guide your content, site structure, and marketing strategy to help you grow your business. A beautiful site is useful when it is able to reach the audience that matters most to you.
“Effective communication is a key factor in the success of your product.” – Jesse James Garrett
Marketing
Marketing
Our marketing efforts are results driven. We have crafted viral campaigns that have reached hundreds of thousands of people in days, with no ad expenditure. We understand social media, SEO, PPC, SEM and the importance of incredible and vibrant content in the new landscape of modern marketing.
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” –Steve Jobs
Web Hosting
Web Hosting
Our server is private, carefully monitored, and highly optimized. It also customized to delivery exceptional WordPress speed + security. Experience performance and reliability far beyond what you get with standard shared hosting packages.
“Don’t be reliable only when it is convenient.” – Rachel Wolchin
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E-Commerce
E-Commerce
E-commerce done right. Simple, visually engaging design married with powerful backend systems to enable online sales, automatic shipping calculation, taxes, sales reports, and more.
“Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent.”- Joe Saparano
Development
Development
We take the time to explore the most effective workflow for all applications we develop – creating a user experience that is intuitive and powerful. With 12 years of computer programming experience, we have the ability to build virtually any web application from scratch, if necessary, or by customizing existing infrastructure to meet your needs.
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein
Social Media + Content
Social Media + Content
From film, photography, video, and content writing, we offer the services to help you create a living dialog with your audience. From simple marketing films, to ongoing Social Media campaigns we have da goods.
“Everything is design. Everything!” – Paul Rand
Portfolio
“A year from now, you’ll wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
Adrian Wagner
Creative Director
After working for a number of web agencies in New York and Portland, Adrian Wagner started his own independent design studio in 2001. Moving to Nelson, British Columbia 15 years ago, Adrian has worked on hundreds of projects across North America from the Kootenays. He also operates Adrian Wagner Studio, a photography and film agency whose images have reached millions of people over the past 2 years, and who has been featured on Global News, CBC, Mountain Culture, as well as in numerous magazines.
After work, you will find him mountain biking, taking his two kids on epic adventures, and playing the piano.
Sierra Kelly
Design + Marketing
Sierra Completed the Selkirk Design + New Media program, and slowly began contract work with i9design in 2018. After a number of successful projects and super stoked clients, she joined i9design for a full-time position in 2019! Sierra also loves ceramics, and her work can be found at the Touchstones Museum. Her dog is also fond of all the after work walks she gets at the lakeshore each day.
Get In Touch
Our design studio is located in downtown Nelson, BC. Give us a call, and stop in for a visit. We love to learn about what inspires you, to listen to your vision, and to explore if we can be a part of bringing your ideas to life.