We’re an award-winning creative studio exploring what’s possible in design, technology & marketing.
The Start is a work in progress. Never static, never satisfied. We exist to challenge what is, and help decide what can be. Our work is shaped by the belief that unique challenges require original solutions, which is why our creative philosophy is guided by only one rule – Never Stop Starting™.
The Team
Recognition is nice. Creating work that actually moves the needle is better.
Since 2014, we’ve evolved from a one-person operation into a full-service creative studio. Along the way, we’ve accidentally picked up a few awards. But here’s the thing – we’re not chasing trophies. We’re chasing that moment when a client sees their idea come to life and thinks, ‘bloody hell, that’s exactly what we needed.’ The awards are just proof we’re doing something right.
2026
- Digital Agency of the Year CBWA Awards
- Science & Sustainability Website of the Year (Winner) Australian Web Awards
- Energy & Resources Website of the Year (Finalist) Australian Web Awards
- Website Winner Web Excellence Awards
- Site of the Day CSS Design Awards
- Honourable Mention Awwwards
- Website Winner Web Excellence Awards
- Site of the Day CSS Design Awards
- Honourable Mention Awwwards
- Community & Culture Website of the Year (Winner) Australian Web Awards
- Entertainment & Events Website of the Year (Finalist) Australian Web Awards
2025
- Music Website of the Year (Winner) Webby Awards
- Digital Design (Winner) Good Design Awards
- Website Design (Gold) Indigo Awards
- Community & Culture Website of the Year (Finalist) Australian Web Awards
- Digital Design (Winner) Good Design Awards
- Campaign Website of the Year (Winner) Australian Web Awards
- Startup Website of the Year (Finalist) Australian Web Awards
- Sport & Recreation Website of the Year (Winner) Australian Web Awards
- Professional Services Website of the Year (Finalist) Australian Web Awards
- Entertainment & Events Website of the Year (Finalist) Australian Web Awards
2024
- Hospitality Website of the Year (Winner) Australian Web Awards
- Large Business Website of the Year (Finalist) Australian Web Awards
- Brand Experience Website of the Year (Bronze) PADC Skulls
- Construction Website of the Year (Finalist) Australian Web Awards
- Medium Business Website of the Year (Finalist) Australian Web Awards
- Honourable Mention Awwwards
- Honourable Mention Awwwards
- Small to Medium Business Brand Refresh (Bronze) PADC Skulls
- Brand Experience Website of the Year (Bronze) PADC Skulls
- Professional Services Website of the Year (Winner) Australian Web Awards
- Small Business Website of the Year (Finalist) Australian Web Awards
- Hospitality Website of the Year (Finalist) Australian Web Awards
- Honourable Mention Awwwards
Australian Web Awards
2025
Webby Awards
2025
The Trophy Cabinet
Good Design Award
Australian Web Award
Webby Award
Indigo Award
WWW Award
A creative future
We place smart bets on tomorrow’s concepts today and pursue disruptive ideas in creativity and technology. We look for forward thinking ideas and take risks with them before anyone can tell us it’s a bad idea.
Creative evolution
We have a healthy skepticism toward our own work, asking “what if?”, even when we think we’ve finished. We’re humble about our achievements and always have an eye on how we can tweak, change and improve what we do.
Perfect matches
We pursue clients that deliver the right challenges. We prefer focusing on fewer relationships but developing them more meaningfully, teaming up with those who champion innovation and big ideas, instead of those who play it safe.
Digital rebellion
We won’t throw TV’s through hotel windows but we will push back against “that’s how it’s always been done” kind of thinking. We break rules that deserve breaking and respect the ones worth respecting. And we’re just unpredictable enough to make meetings memorable.
WA Digital Agency of the Year 2026.
The Start was named Digital Agency of the Year at the 2026 Campaign Brief WA Awards. It’s recognition for a year that included the first Webby Award won by a WA agency, a full rebrand and two AI products built in-house. We also did plenty of work we’re just as proud of that didn’t win anything, from Perth Festival to Fremantle Arts Centre. We’re not chasing trophies, but we’ll admit this one feels pretty good. It’s a credit to our team, and to every client who let us ask, “What if we tried this instead?”.
Never Stop Starting™ isn’t just a catchy tagline. It’s how we operate.
At the core of everything we do is this maddening philosophy: Never Stop Starting™. Just when you think we’ve nailed it, we’ll ask, ‘But what if we tried this instead?’ It’s not about being difficult – it’s about being pathologically allergic to settling for ‘good enough.’ We place smart bets on tomorrow’s concepts today, take risks with ideas before anyone can talk us out of them, and constantly challenge every aspect of how we work. It keeps us relevant. It keeps us sharp. And honestly, it keeps things interesting.
Let’s start something
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