Design · AI · Data — Est. 2025

Big thinking
for growing
organisations.

We help ambitious SMEs compete with larger organisations — through user-centred design, thoughtful AI, and the data frameworks that make both work.

Founded
2025
Discipline
Design · AI · Data
Reach
UK & Remote
Company
№ 16232416
Design consultancyAI adaptationSearch visibilityData frameworksProduct researchHealth-tech ventureBiodiverse infrastructureDesign consultancyAI adaptationSearch visibilityData frameworksProduct researchHealth-tech ventureBiodiverse infrastructure

✦ Our aim

To help ambitious organisations use design, AI and data to compete — and, through that work, to open doors that were previously closed. Every framework we build is a small piece of infrastructure for someone else's ambition.

Coast & Canal grew from a decade of product design work, an education in user-centred practice, and a belief that the most advanced tools should feel unremarkable in the hands of the people who need them.

We combine that craft with modern AI and data methods — always in service of clearer thinking, healthier outcomes, and more resilient organisations. Meet the founder →

What we practise

A small studio,
a wide vocabulary.

01Service

AI adaptation

Assistants, personalisation and automations woven into websites and workflows — that respect the people using them.

02Service

Search visibility

SEO strategy and editorial systems that make smaller organisations reliably findable — without losing their voice.

03Service

Data frameworks

Lightweight systems for structuring information and delivery, so small teams act with the clarity of a much bigger one.

Recent output

Selected work.

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The three movements

Ground.
Body.
Horizon.

Read the approach ↗

Ground

Design, AI and data consultancy for SMEs. The foundation of the practice today.

Body

Kintex — a wearable and data companion for post-operative recovery, in active development.

Horizon

Biodiverse data centres. Infrastructure designed around habitat, energy and community.