RELAT is a digital studio based in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. We combine strategy, web design and development to create custom websites that are clear, distinctive and built around what the business needs to do online.
The website starts before the design.
Good web design begins with understanding the business: what it offers, who it needs to reach, what people need to understand, and what should happen next.
RELAT uses that context to shape the structure, content hierarchy and experience before deciding how the site should look.
The result is not a template adapted to a logo. It is a digital experience built around the specific role the website needs to play.
Strategy, design and development belong together.
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Strategy & UX
We define what the website needs to communicate, how people should move through it and which actions matter most.
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Web Design
Visual direction, typography, hierarchy, responsive composition and interaction are shaped around the brand rather than a predefined layout.
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Development
The approved experience is translated into a responsive, performant frontend, with the integrations and technical foundations the project requires.
Different businesses. Different jobs to do.
The visual language changes from project to project. The process does not: understand the business, define the experience, then build it carefully.
01 Scotty Grand
An artist websitebuilt around identity,photography and motion.
02 Gecko Surf House
A hospitality experiencedesigned from discoverythrough booking.
03 Bolaca
An e-commerce experiencebuilt around discovery,choice and purchase.
Gecko Surf House and Bolaca: selected work completed by RELAT's founder prior to the studio's launch.
Websites shaped around what they need to do.
Brand & business websites
For presenting a business clearly, positioning a brand and turning interest into a meaningful next action.
Hospitality websites
Property discovery, room journeys and booking integrations designed around the path from interest to reservation.
E-commerce
Product discovery, catalogues, product pages, carts and the integrations required around the shopping experience.
Custom integrations
Booking platforms, forms, analytics and other tools the business already depends on.
Built to work beyond launch.
A website is not finished when the desktop design looks right. RELAT considers responsive behavior, performance, accessibility, technical SEO and the systems the website needs to connect with as part of the same experience.
After launch, support can continue through maintenance, optimization and growth work when the project requires it.
Based in Santa Teresa. Working beyond it.
RELAT works from Santa Teresa on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, with businesses in Costa Rica and clients internationally.
Being based here keeps the studio close to independent hospitality, brands and businesses shaped by an international audience, while the work itself is built for people wherever they are.
Local projects can include in-person collaboration when useful. Remote collaboration is part of the normal process.
From understanding to launch.
- 01
Understand
Business, audience, objectives and constraints.
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Structure
Content, pages, hierarchy and user journey.
- 03
Design
Visual system, responsive layouts and interaction.
- 04
Build
Frontend development, integrations, testing and performance.
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Launch & improve
Production, analytics and continued optimization when needed.
Questions before we begin.
Yes. RELAT is based in Santa Teresa and can work with businesses throughout Costa Rica as well as international clients. Projects can be handled remotely, with in-person collaboration when location and scope make it useful.
Yes. Strategy, UX, web design and frontend development can be handled as one connected process, reducing the gap between what is designed and what is ultimately built.
RELAT designs the experience around the project rather than forcing the business into a fixed visual template. Existing platforms, booking systems or commerce tools can still be used when they are the right foundation — custom design does not mean rebuilding every underlying system.
Yes. A redesign can keep what is already working while improving structure, messaging, visual direction, responsive behavior and the technical implementation where necessary.
The investment depends on the size of the site, content requirements, integrations, e-commerce or booking functionality and the level of custom design and development involved. RELAT defines the scope and provides a proposal before the project begins.
The timeline depends on scope, content readiness and technical requirements. After the initial discovery and project definition, RELAT establishes the deliverables and timeline before work begins.
Yes. Ongoing work can include technical maintenance, SEO improvements, performance optimization, content updates and continued iteration based on the needs of the business.
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