Award Winning KNOWN Design

As the best website design partner you could ask for, KNOWN blends integrity, innovation, and a commitment to excellence in every brochure or ecommerce site. Located in Cape Town, KNOWN creates world-standard online solutions for premium brands across the globe.

Trust Is Key

Your website is the key to online success. KNOWN combines creativity and technology to build exceptional digital experiences your customers can trust.

Your Cape Town Web Design Partner

Driven by integrity and a pursuit of excellence, the team at KNOWN is dedicated to creating websites that tell brand stories and encourage engagement.

Our lively, Cape Town-inspired design process combines the best of classic design techniques with the latest technological advancements to create premium websites for local and international companies.

We value clear and honest communication, whether it’s between our team and yours, or between your brand and your customer. We develop websites that make this possible.

The KNOWN Approach

Your brand is unique; authenticity is always the the distinguishing factor. We create superior websites that showcase the best of your brand through thoughtful design and mindful application. Whether you need custom web development or web design services, we offer fully-customised, comprehensive solutions that allow your business to thrive.

Custom Web Development because your business is one-of-a-kind.

SEO-Optimised Websites so your services rank higher than your competitors.

E-commerce Websites for secure, user-friendly online shopping experiences.

Our Website Development Services

KNOWN builds websites that are fast, functional, and future-proof.

Slow-to-load and slow-to-respond websites push potential customers straight to competitors, which is why KNOWN website development includes speed optimisation. Security breaches can destroy trust and compromise sensitive data, but we protect both your site and users with robust security measures.

As your business grows, an inflexible website can hold you back. We ensure seamless scalability so your site evolves with your business.

Messy, inefficient code leads to glitches and costly maintenance, but our clean, efficient code guarantees reliability and easy updates.
And without an SEO-friendly structure, your site is unlikely to be found.

We build with SEO best practices to keep your website visible and competitive.

Web Development

Logo Design

Website Design

SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)

Brochure Sites

E-Commerce Sites

Some Of Our Clients

“Thank you Hugh and the team at Terbodore Coffee for the 5 star review. You have been such an incredible client and brand to collaborate with over the past 6 years. Keep up the good work and good luck with the pending new year! Let's create more magic together SOON!”

- Hugh Pines / Terbodore Coffee

“Roger-Michael and his team at Known Design have been a pleasure to work with. From our first briefing to the launch of my new website, they really impressed throughout with their astute advice and 'can do' attitude. Thank you so much!”

- Richard Boome / Coach Directory

“Our company has had the huge pleasure of closely working with Known Design in designing & creating our new website. They came highly referred to us by one of our colleagues and can now see why. Professionalism, enthusiasm, attention to detail, technical skill, creativeness and Passion. These are but some of the many attributes that Roger-Michael and his dedicated team (Rain & Xola) encompass and offer their clients. Thank you! We are “stoked” with our new website and can now ourselves highly recommend you to our friends & colleagues. Keep up the amazing work!”

– Russel Aitkenhead / Rhosigns

“Known Design assisted us in the development of a green business support services directory. Their quick and accurate interpretation of the brief, and on time, in-scope delivery of the project made it a joy to work with them. The team was professional and knowledgeable.”

- Cilnette Pienaar / Green Cape

“A website is the representation of how we want to portray ourselves as professionals to the world. KNOWN DESIGN CO. has interpreted my work’s personality spot-on and continue to provide constant improvements and updates to my site in the ever changing world of Web. I am thrilled with my new responsive, mobile-friendly website design & development. Thank you to the team at KNOWN DESIGN CO. for your professionalism, work ethic and business ethic - It has been a pleasure to collaborate with you on my website. I will definitely recommend you to my colleagues and friends.”

- Antonio Zaninovic / Antonio Zaninovic Architecture Studio

Some Of Our Awards

We create award-winning websites that work as well as they look: beautifully. Is your website next?

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