Los Angeles Design & Development Studio
Aether Creative Studio is John Hansen's Los Angeles web design and development studio creating accessible websites, digital products, UX/UI systems, and search-ready digital experiences for AI and people through select projects.
Bringing complex ideas into focus through digital experiences, creating consistency across every touchpoint, and providing a clear foundation for what comes next.
We design and build responsive websites that blend aesthetics, performance, and structure; Optimized for accessibility, search visibility, and evolution.
Get startedLiquid visual systems designed for both people and AI to facilitate building good user experiences with pleasing efficiency.
Get startedUser experiences that feel natural, intuitive, and purpose-driven. Our UX/UI design prioritizes clarity, usability, and meaningful interaction for human experience .
Get startedWe infuse and enhance websites for traditional SEO and AEO/GEO, focusing on human and AI understanding.
Optimize your digital experienceWe design and build custom apps focused on user needs and business goals, ensuring performance and scalability.
Get startedThe answers shape what comes next and help us focus on what matters most: giving good ideas the space to take shape.
Starting from scratch? Updating an experience? We can help at any stage.
Create an experienceGive us your current branding, assets and implementation — if any. We do the rest.
Refine an experienceTell us about what you envision and what you want to do. We'll create it.
Launch an experienceSome of our work in design, development, and branding systems for people, business, and organizations.
A people-first AI identity built around the ideas the of collaboration and empathy. The symbol idea is influenced by Japanese Kanji for construction to wrap a sometimes distant thing, technology —— constructive difference. The type is accidentally deliberately imperfect, like people.
Custom website and integrated client portal with a scalable CMS and operational-focused UX/UI designed to improve visibility, support customer workflows, and provide a modern foundation for long-term growth.
An ongoing investigation into how distributed designer contributors can propose, document, and review improvements to shared design systems without relying entirely on centralized Figma workflows.
Website with an integrated web app, cohesive brand identity, scalable CMS, and content templates designed to support growth, improve visibility, and streamline ongoing digital operations.
Studio updates, project notes, and perspectives on design, technology, AI, search, and the systems that drive them.
Based in Los Angeles, we’re an intentionally small team of designers and builders driven by curiosity and a passion for crafting experiences that make a difference.
Questions clients commonly ask before building something meaningful. Clear answers about services, platforms, timelines, and how the studio works.
Aether Creative Studio is based in Los Angeles, California (next to LACMA) and works with clients locally, nationally, and internationally through remote collaboration. The studio supports businesses, educational organizations, government agencies, and contractors that need modern digital systems.
Aether Creative Studio provides web design, web development, UX/UI design, brand systems, CMS development, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). Projects are built to improve performance, search visibility, accessibility, and long-term adaptability.
Yes. Aether Creative Studio supports government agencies, prime contractors, and subcontractors with UX/UI design, websites, digital modernization efforts, accessibility-focused interfaces, and scalable content systems built for clarity and long-term usability. See our Capabilities Statement for more info.
It depends; Aether Creative Studio custom builds on platforms such as Webflow, Shopify, WordPress, and modern custom development through frameworks depending on project needs. Platform decisions are based on scalability, maintainability, performance, and what makes the most sense for the client long-term — we never force solutions because they're easier for us.
Yes — Aether Creative Studio offers ongoing support, maintenance, content updates, SEO/AEO improvements, and scalable design system evolution after launch. Support is tailored to each project and can include continued development, creative design assets, add-on apps, performance optimization, accessibility improvements, and long-term digital growth planning.
Contact Aether Creative Studio to discuss web design, branding, and digital platform development. Use our form, schedule a call, or contact us directly:
We're based in Los Angeles, working with organizations locally and remotely.