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Catalogue Vol. IV  ·  2026 Kyle Atkins · Web Designer · Malta
The full catalogue

Make Your Website Impossible to Ignore.

Each one a complete design system. Scroll the directory below or jump to a section using the sticky bar. Every theme is fully customisable.

Just shipped · 13 new designs

Fresh from the drawing board.

Kyle Atkins · Studio
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Brutalist Mono preview
01 Brutalist Mono
Pastel Clay preview
02 Pastel Clay
Editorial preview
03 Editorial
Glass Aurora preview
04 Glass Aurora
CRT Terminal preview
05 CRT Terminal
Retro 70s preview
06 Retro 70s
Funky Memphis preview
07 Funky Memphis
Minimalist preview
08 Minimalist
Wild Maximalist preview
09 Wild Maximalist
Modern Dark preview
10 Modern Dark
Y2K Chrome preview
11 Y2K Chrome
Cyberpunk Neo-Tokyo preview
12 Cyberpunk Neo-Tokyo
Cottagecore preview
13 Cottagecore
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01 / Brutalist

Brutalist

For brands that believe politeness is overrated.
Best for: Independent creatives, provocative startups, editorial brands
FILE 01 / MANIFESTO

The Anti-Template Movement

We don't decorate. We don't soften. We don't apologise for taking up the space we paid for. Type is heavy. Borders are thick. Hover states should hit you in the chest.

Read time 6 min2026
FILE 02 / CASE STUDY

Reissue Records · Identity

An independent label that pressed 8,000 vinyls in their first year using nothing but a Helvetica wordmark and a yellow square. Simple is rude. Rude is memorable.

Brand · WebQ1 2026
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02 / Y2K Cyber Candy

Y2K Cyber Candy

Your website called. It wants its Y2K era back.
Best for: Pop culture brands, music artists, nostalgia-driven products
NEW DROP

Bubblegum Tour Tee 2K6

Glossy chrome print on heavyweight cotton. Numbered run of 200, signed inside the collar. Ships worldwide in holographic mailers.

$48.00
EXCLUSIVE

Webring Membership

Join 4,000 creators making weird, fast, opinionated websites. Monthly drops, swap meets, and a Discord that actually pops off.

$8/mo
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03 · Zen Minimal

The art of less, deliberately.

When silence is the most powerful thing you can say.

Best for · Architects · Therapists · Luxury lifestyle brands
N° 01

Ishi Architecture Studio

A practice based in Kyoto and London designing tea houses, libraries, and small civic buildings. Currently accepting commissions for 2027.

Selected works →
N° 02

The quiet client journal

Notes from twelve years working with founders, makers, and reluctant CEOs. Published quarterly. Read in the time it takes to drink one coffee.

Read the journal →
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04 / DARK_TECH.SH
init theme --slug=hacker --mode=dark

Built like infrastructure.

Your competitors are still using WordPress. You're not.

best_for: ["saas", "cybersec_firms", "developer_tools"]
/services/api

Latency Under 40ms, Globally

Edge-deployed across 187 PoPs. P95 response time stays under 40ms whether your traffic is in Tokyo, Frankfurt, or São Paulo.

uptime: 99.997%
regions: 187
p95_ms: 38
/services/sec

Zero-Trust by Default

Every request is signed, scoped, and revocable. SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and a public bug bounty that pays out within 48 hours.

certs: SOC2, ISO27001
bounty: active
last_audit: 2026-04-12
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05 / Glassmorphism · Aurora

Depth without weight.

Like looking through the future at the present.

Best for: Fintech · Wellness apps · Premium digital products
Live now

Halo Wealth · iOS & Web

A private banking interface for clients with more than $5M in assets. Designed in Malta. Trusted across 14 jurisdictions.

$2.1BAssets under view
Beta cohort

Stillwater Sleep

An app that helps people fall asleep without telling them how to feel. Soft sounds, soft data, soft accountability.

4.9★App Store rating
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06 / SYNTHWAVE

Press play. Drive forever.

For brands that want to feel like a movie soundtrack.

BEST FOR: MUSIC PRODUCERS / GAMING BRANDS / CREATIVE AGENCIES

NEON CIRCUIT · LP

Twelve tracks recorded entirely on analogue synthesisers in a basement in Berlin. Cassette, vinyl, and lossless digital. Limited to 500 copies worldwide.

SIDE A · 47 MIN
RELEASE 06.06.26

MIDNIGHT DRIVE TOUR

Eleven dates across Europe and the UK. Lasers, fog, and the kind of sound system you feel in your sternum. Tickets go live at midnight on Friday.

11 CITIES · 0 OPENERS
EU · UK · 2026
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Issue 07 · Editorial

Read me like a Sunday paper.

When your brand deserves to be taken seriously.

Best for · Media companies · Consultancies · Cultural institutions
"Editorial design isn't decoration. It's the difference between something you read and something you trust."
Field Report · No. 042

The Quiet Return of the Long Read

How three independent magazines grew their paying subscriber base by 340% in eighteen months · without a single algorithm chasing them. A study in patience, type, and trust.

Interview · No. 043

A Conversation with the Last Type Foundry in Sicily

Inside a third-generation print shop in Catania that still casts hot metal type for a small but loyal list of clients in Milan, Paris, and Tokyo. They are not, they insist, a museum.

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08 / Gen-Z Pastel

main character energy

No cap, this hits different. Periodt. ✨

Best for: Youth brands · Lifestyle apps · Social media services
trending

The Friend Group App

Make plans without the chaos. Vibe check the whole group, vote on places, and lock it in · all without leaving your DMs. Built by 19-year-olds, used by 2 million.

❤ 24k · 🔥 8.2k · 😍 11k
drop alert

Lavender Daze Capsule

Six pieces, two colourways, zero restocks. Made in small batches by a tiny team in Lisbon. Ships in compostable packaging because obviously.

❤ 18k · 🍽 14k · ✨ 9k
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IX · ART DECO

The Atrium

For clients who consider 'affordable' an insult.

Best for · Luxury hotels · Premium services · High-end retail

The Royal Suite

Four hundred square metres on the top floor overlooking Valletta harbour. Private elevator. Twenty-four hour butler. A Steinway in the drawing room. Available from 24th August.

€4,800 / night

Founders' Membership

Twenty-five members, no more. Year-round access to the club, the spa, the cellar, and the boat. By personal nomination only. Annual dues paid in full.

€28,000 / year
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10 / Neo-Brutalist

Big · Loud · Yours

Loud, flat, and completely unforgettable.
Best for: Creative agencies / Streetwear brands / Bold startups
NEW

Studio Loud · Open House

We threw open the doors of our Lisbon studio for two days. 600 designers showed up. We're doing it again in November. RSVP closes when we hit capacity.

Lisbon14 · 15 NOV
SHIPPING

The Big Yellow Book

320 pages of identity work from the last six years. Hardback, screen-printed cover, hand-numbered to 1,000. Already shipped to 31 countries. Last 80 copies left.

320pp€58
HIRING

Senior Designer Wanted

Full-time, hybrid, Lisbon. You'll lead two identity projects a quarter and ship them end-to-end. We pay the top of market and we mean it. No portfolio? No problem · show us anything.

SeniorApply by 30 JUN
PALETTE
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VOL. XI · NO. 4,128SUNDAY EDITIONEST. 1947

The Mediterranean Standard

Timeless authority. Because trends are for amateurs.

Best for · Publishers · Legal firms · Established institutions
Front Page Story

Maltese Court Upholds Landmark Heritage Ruling

For the first time in three decades, a panel of judges in Valletta has ruled in favour of full restoration over redevelopment in a case that will set the tone for the next generation of construction permits across the islands.

Long Read · Section B

The Quiet Revival of the Maltese Boatbuilder

Three brothers, one workshop in Marsaxlokk, and a waiting list that runs through 2029. Inside the slow-motion comeback of the Luzzu · built by hand, by men who refuse to advertise.

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12 / MEMPHIS

SHAPES THAT SHOUT

Milan, 1981. The future of your brand.
BEST FOR: INTERIOR DESIGNERS / BOLD RETAIL / ART GALLERIES
01

OBJECTS THAT MISBEHAVE

A rotating exhibition of contemporary furniture by 12 European makers. Sit on it, photograph it, take notes · the gallery insists.

02

WORKSHOP / SUMMER

Two weeks. Six students. One enormous studio in Bologna. Sketch, build, break, repeat. Tuition includes lunch and one very loud studio dog.

03

LIMITED RUN PRINTS

Six new screen-printed posters, 60x90cm, from our Milan studio. Pulled by hand on 250gsm Munken Pure. Hand-numbered to 80.

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13 / SWISS INTERNATIONAL
N° 13.00

Order, on purpose.

Structure is not a limitation. It is the design.

Best for · Architects · Institutions · Serious B2B brands
N° 13.01

Practice profile

A 22-person architecture and urban-design studio with offices in Zurich and Vienna. Active commissions across cultural, civic, and educational sectors.

Founded2008
N° 13.02

Selected works 2025

Eleven projects completed in 2025, including the Zumtobel Pavilion in Vorarlberg and the Hauser Library renovation in Bern. Documentation available on request.

Built11 / 2025
N° 13.03

Consulting service

Engagement begins with a feasibility brief delivered in eight weeks. Pricing is fixed-fee. Confidentiality is mutual. References are available on second meeting.

Lead time8 weeks
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14 / VAPORWAVE

Soft Glitch

ﻱe{e、ェys.eィe has entered the building.

BEST FOR · MUSIC ARTISTS · STREETWEAR · ONLINE-NATIVE BRANDS
TRACK 01 / SIDE A

FLOATING POINT EP

Five tracks of slow, screwed, half-submerged synth pop. Recorded between Tokyo and Berlin in the dead months of winter. Available everywhere streams are awkward.

RELEASE 06.06.26 · CASSETTE / DIGITAL
TRACK 02 / SIDE B

HEX MERCH DROP

Six pieces of textile work and one VHS-quality DVD documenting the studio's first year. Made in collaboration with a screen printer in Osaka. 200 sets only.

SHIPS WORLDWIDE · LIMITED 200
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15 / CYBERPUNK · SYSTEM ONLINE

BUILT FOR THE END GAME

Your website should look like it could hack the planet.

CLEARANCE LEVEL: GAMING / TECH STARTUPS / DARK CREATIVE AGENCIES
UNIT_001 / RECON

NIGHTRUN ENGINE

A 3D rendering pipeline built specifically for low-spec hardware. Runs at 90fps on a six-year-old GPU. Already powering three indie launches in Q4.

⚡ LIVE BUILD · v2.4.1
UNIT_002 / OPS

BLACKWALL DEFENCE

Real-time threat scoring for game servers. Banned 2.4M cheats in 2025 across our partner network. The bots hate us. We sleep fine.

⚙ UPTIME 99.99% / 90D
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16 · cottagecore

A slower kind of beautiful.

Slow down. Your website should feel like a Sunday morning.

Best for · Wellness practitioners · Florists · Artisan food brands

The Spring Bouquet Subscription

A handful of seasonal blooms wrapped in linen, delivered to your door every other Friday. Cut yesterday. Arranged this morning. Grown ten miles from where you live.

€28 / fortnight

The Quiet Sourdough Course

Six Saturday mornings in our farmhouse kitchen in Gozo. Six students. Six loaves. We provide the starter, the linen, and the coffee. You bring the patience.

€320 / six weeks
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XVII · Dark Academia

The Examined Life

For brands built on knowledge, craft, and candlelight.

Best for · Educators · Authors · Premium coaching services
❖   ❖   ❖
Chapter I · The Method

The Long-Form Writing Cohort

Twelve writers. Twelve weeks. One book chapter completed by the end. Weekly tutorials in person at our library in Edinburgh, with reading lists curated by published novelists.

· "Worth ten MFAs"
Chapter II · The Library

Private Member's Reading Room

Forty-eight seats, one fireplace, sixteen thousand volumes, no laptops. Open from eight in the morning until midnight, six days a week. Membership is by referral only.

· "The last quiet place"
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18 / Kawaii

So cute it should be illegal

Maximum cute. Zero apologies. ♡

Best for · Children's brands · Cute products · Influencer services
🎀

Mochi Plush Subscription

Every month, one new collectible plush hand-stitched in Kyoto, delivered to your door in a printed gift box. Cancel any time. Most don't.

♥ 12k members
🌹

Strawberry Milk Sticker Pack

Forty-eight die-cut vinyl stickers. Waterproof, dishwasher-safe, and absolutely covering my MacBook right now. Perfect for laptops, water bottles, and small gift bags.

✨ new colourway
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19 / Skeuomorphic

Made of actual things.

Before flat design. After flat design. Always timeless.

Best for: Craft businesses · Premium physical products · Heritage brands

Heritage Field Notebook

192 pages of cream Munken Pure paper bound between two slabs of Italian cordovan leather. Hand-stitched in Florence. Carries seven years of patina before it starts to look new.

Edition of 250€180

Brass Letter Opener N°3

Solid brass, machined in a small workshop in Birmingham, finished by hand. Weighty, cold, and perfectly balanced. Engraving available on request.

Sold individually€95
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20 · Biomorphic

Designed like it grew there.

Grown, not designed. Felt, not clicked.

Best for · Sustainability brands · Natural skincare · Retreat centres

The Olive Grove Retreat

Five days of nothing in particular, on a hillside in southern Crete. Cold-pressed oil for breakfast, sea swimming at five, supper around a long wooden table. Eight guests at a time.

€1,400 / week

The Botanical Skincare Line

Six products, formulated by a herbalist in Provence. Zero synthetic anything. Refillable glass containers, returned via the post for free, sterilised, and sent back full.

From €38
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21 / Neumorphism

You'll feel the interface.

So tactile you'll reach for the screen.

Best for: Productivity tools · Audio equipment · Premium tech accessories

Studio Monitor MK II

Reference-grade nearfield monitors hand-built in Denmark. Flat as a pancake from 40Hz to 22kHz. Used by mastering engineers in 14 countries and one very particular podcast.

40Hz · 22kHzFrequency response

The Daily Focus App

One screen. One task. Zero notifications. Used by 84,000 people who finally stopped touching their phone every nine seconds. Available on iOS, macOS, and Android.

84,201Daily active users
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22 / Claymorphism

Soft. Squishy. Friendly.

3D. Tactile. Irresistibly squeezable.

Best for: Children's education · Creative tools · Playful SaaS

Daily Adventure Quests

A creativity app for 6-to-10-year-olds. One adventure a day, four minutes long, completely offline. Built with two child therapists and a primary school teacher in Lisbon.

Ages 6 · 10

Make-Believe Studio Pro

A drag-and-drop animation tool for makers who don't know they're makers yet. Used in 1,200 classrooms across the EU. Ships with a complete teacher curriculum.

For schools & families
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23 / Liquid Glass

The future, refracted.

The future of the web, as demonstrated by the biggest company on Earth.

Best for: Premium apps · Tech product launches · Apple ecosystem businesses
Now shipping

Flux Pro · macOS & iPadOS

A drawing tablet companion that turns your iPad into a precision-grade input for macOS apps. Sub-millisecond latency. Pressure-curve presets for every major creative tool.

0.4msInput latency
Available worldwide

Vision Studio One

Spatial-first design environment for the next decade of interfaces. Built natively for visionOS 3. Free for indie developers. Pro tier for studios over six people.

2,400+Studios on Pro
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24 / NES 8-BIT

PRESS START

Level up. No continues required.

PLAYER 1: GAMING / RETRO BRANDS / ESPORTS
LEVEL 01

PIXEL PUNCH ARCADE

FOUR-PLAYER FIGHTING GAME. EIGHT FIGHTERS. ONE BUTTON. SHIPPED ON STEAM, SWITCH, AND ARCADE CABINETS IN 18 CITIES.

SCORE 187,420
LEVEL 02

RETRO CART JAM 2026

72-HOUR GAME JAM. EVERYONE BUILDS FOR REAL NES HARDWARE. WINNERS GET PRESSED ONTO ACTUAL CARTRIDGES. APPLY BY 14 JUNE.

PRIZE $10,000
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25 / Bento Grid

Every piece, in place.

Every piece in place. Every pixel earning its keep.

Best for · SaaS dashboards · Productivity brands · Data-driven businesses
Quarterly review
$1.4M

Annualised recurring revenue, up 84% YoY.

Across 1,840 paying teams in 47 countries. Net retention sits at 132% on the back of two new pricing tiers shipped in March.
New release

Workspace 4.0 is live.

Multiplayer cursors, audio rooms, and a redesigned export pipeline.
Customers
1,840
Paying teams, 47 countries
What customers say

"It replaced three tools we were paying for and one we kept forgetting to pay for."

· Anya P., Head of Operations, Norrsken
Our team

22 people. 9 countries. 1 quiet Slack.

We hire seniors only, work async, and ship every Tuesday. Roles open in design and infra. Apply via the careers page.
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26 / DOS · AMBER CRT

C:\> HELLO, WORLD

C:\> nobody forgets this website.

RUNTIME: RETRO GAMING / DEV COMMUNITIES / NOSTALGIA BRANDS
PROC 0001

TERMINAL DAILY

A daily newsletter for software people who remember when computers were yours. 14,800 subscribers. Two short sections. One link. Zero ads.

SUBS 14,802 // OPEN RATE 64%
PROC 0002

RETRO CONF '26

Three days of talks, demos, and one truly weird hardware showcase. Dublin, October. Tickets opened 14 days ago. Already 78% sold.

DUBLIN // OCT 8-10 // 78% SOLD
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27 · CSS Zen Garden Tribute

The same HTML. A thousand personalities.

The page that proved CSS could do anything. Still true.

Best for · Design studios · Agencies · Developers with taste
· · ·
No. 27.01

The studio profile

An 18-person interactive studio in Kyoto and Berlin, building thoughtful, slow-moving digital products for clients who plan in years, not sprints. Open to two new engagements per quarter.

· Kyoto, Berlin, since 2014
No. 27.02

An exhibition of one document

A single CSS file, restyled by 27 designers across 14 cities. The HTML never changes. The mood always does. On display online from June, in print this autumn.

· Curated by Kyle Atkins
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28 · Horological

Perpetual Reserve.

Maison Vaulère · Geneva · Est. 1847.

Best for · Watchmakers · Heritage brands · Atelier & jewellery
N° 01

Movement

Calibre VL-47. Manual winding. 312 components, hand-finished in the Vaulère workshop in central Geneva.

In-house
N° 02

Case

41mm sapphire crystal both sides. Anti-reflective coating, brushed bezel, 50m water resistance, screw-down crown.

18K Gold
N° 03

Dial

Grand feu enamel. Applied gold indices. Each dial requires fourteen days of careful production to produce.

Hand-made
N° 04

Certification

Geneva Seal. COSC certified. Fourteen-day individual testing in six positions. Numbered & signed by the master.

Certified
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29 · Atmospheric Dining

Where silence becomes flavour.

Trattoria Oscura · Est. 1962 · Valletta.

Best for · Restaurants · Wine bars · Hospitality with a story
Starter

Burrata di Bufala

San Marzano reduction, pickled walnut, Sardinian honey, torn basil from the kitchen garden.

€ 18
Main

Agnello in Crosta

Herb-crusted Maltese lamb, pommes sarladaises, natural jus, spring peas.

€ 42
Dessert

Semifreddo al Pistacchio

Bronte pistachio, dark chocolate feuilletine, cherry coulis, sea salt.

€ 14
Natural Red

Gellewža Aℏmar

Marsovin · Gozo · 2019. Indigenous grape, dark cherry, leather, iron, long finish.

€ 56 / btl
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30 / STUDIO_AGNC.2026

WE MAKE THINGS
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.

// MALTA · BERLIN · LONDON

// Best for · Creative agencies · Branding shops · Motion studios
Branding

Vaulère Identity System

Web Design

Trattoria Oscura Digital

Motion

Noir Records Title Sequence

Strategy

Archipelago Spirits Launch

// palette
// THEME_30 · STUDIO_RED REQUEST_THIS →
31 · Architectural Stone

Mdina Palazzo, rehabilitated.

Studio Borg · Architecture & interiors · Malta. Completed 2024, 1,840 m².

Best for · Architecture studios · Heritage practices · Interior design
2024

Mdina Palazzo

Residential · Heritage
2023

Valletta Gateway

Commercial · Mixed Use
2023

Gozo Heritage Centre

Public · Cultural
2022

Marsaxlokk Villa

Residential · New Build
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32 / NOIR SIGNAL

OBSIDIAN EP

Electronic · Malta · Out 14 June. Pre-save on every major service.

Best for · Music artists · Record labels · Tour pages · Album landing

THRESHOLD

Track 01 · Opening signal · slow build into the album's gravitational core.

5:42
DURATION

MARROW

Track 02 · Bone-deep low end · the rhythm pattern that anchors the record.

4:18
DURATION

SIGNAL LOSS

Track 03 · The album's centrepiece. Six minutes of sustained tension and release.

6:05
DURATION

TOUR

Berghain · Fabric · Tresor · Razzmatazz. 14 dates across Europe this summer.

14
DATES
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33 / Atlantic SaaS

One workspace, infinite teams.

Trusted by 1,840 teams in 47 countries. Multiplayer cursors, audio rooms, async-first.

Best for · SaaS · Productivity tools · Developer platforms · Startups

Set up in 60 seconds

Sign in with Google or SSO. No credit card. We migrate the rest of your stack in the background.

Latency that disappears

Built on a custom replication layer. P95 actions under 60ms on every continent we run on.

🔒

Secure by default

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, EU-hosted on request. SCIM provisioning included on every plan.

📊

Quarterly review

ARR up 84% YoY, NRR at 132%, churn under 1%. Built by 22 people in 9 countries.

$1.4M
Annualised ARR
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34 / Tide Orange

SALT, SUN, SECOND BREAKFAST.

Café & board shop on the eastern coast of Malta. Open from first light, closed when the tide turns.

Best for · Surf brands · Outdoor goods · Independent shops

Single-fin 6'4"

Hand-shaped in Sliema. Glass-on fin, EPS foam, parabolic stringers. Numbered, signed, ready to wax.

€640
Made in Malta

Tide Hoodie

400gsm organic cotton, brushed inside. Three colourways. Heavyweight enough to live in.

€72
New for summer

Wax (3-pack)

Cool, cool-warm, warm. Sticky bumps, no plastic film, no animal by-products. Smells like coconut and nothing else.

€12
Restock

Saturday Breakfast

Eggs, sourdough, cured tuna, lemons from the courtyard. Served until the surf comes in or the bread runs out.

€14
In-house
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35 · Library Wine

A small bookshop with strong opinions.

Below the steps in old Birgu. Coffee, second-hand books, and a wine list that gets longer after dark.

Best for · Bookshops · Cafes with character · Independent retail
Fiction · First edition

The Quiet Revival of the Maltese Boatbuilder

A novel of saltwater and patience. Long-listed for the Costa, ignored by the Booker, beloved here.

· Carmela Pisani, 2023
Essays · In-house

Reading in the Time of Algorithms

Thirteen short essays on the slow joy of paper. Bound in linen, printed at our cousin's letterpress in Gozo.

· Various, 2024
Wine list · By the glass

Gellewža, Sannat, 2021

An indigenous Maltese red. Dried fig, sun-baked thyme, an undertone of saltwater stone. Five euro a glass.

· Marsovin, Gozo
Evenings · Programme

Thursdays at eight

Quiet readings, slow conversations, a poem at the end. No microphones, no posters, no photographs.

· Every Thursday, year round
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36 · Couture White

The Spring edit.

Maison Allard · Paris · Available in five world cities from 14 March.

Best for · Fashion houses · Editorial brands · Galleries & objects
Look 01

Wool overcoat, ivory

€2,640
Look 02

Silk slip, charcoal

€1,180
Look 03

Cashmere knit, raw

€980
Look 04

Tailored trouser, bone

€860
Look 05

Linen shirt, midnight

€540
Look 06

Leather mule, cream

€720
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37 · Brewhouse Amber

Small-batch, slow-poured.

Lazaretto Brewing Co. · Manoel Island, Malta. Tap room open Wed · Sun.

Best for · Craft breweries · Distilleries · Tap-rooms & coffee roasters
House IPA

Quarantine

Citra, Mosaic, Galaxy. A west coast IPA with mediterranean pine and grapefruit pith on the finish.

ABV6.4%
IBU58
StyleIPA
Aged Stout

Lazaretto No. 7

Bourbon-barrel aged for eleven months. Vanilla, dark cocoa, leather and a long, dry roast.

ABV11.8%
IBU42
StyleBBA Stout
Summer Saison

Manoel Wheat

Light, dry, peppery saison with Maltese honey and a touch of fennel pollen. Brewed twice a year.

ABV4.8%
IBU22
StyleSaison
Limited

Sirocco

A red ale brewed once a year with Sicilian almonds and locally pressed prickly pear. 800 bottles.

ABV7.2%
IBU34
StyleRed Ale
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38 · The Long Read

Nine thousand words on one quiet boatyard.

A magazine for long pieces, slow journalism, and one new essay every Sunday morning.

Best for · Magazines · Documentary projects · Independent journalism
Cover story · 9,200 words

The quiet revival of the Maltese boatbuilder

For three generations one family has been refusing to retire. We spent eleven days in their yard.

14 March 2026 · 38 min read
Essay · 4,400 words

What the bookshop knows that the algorithm cannot

A meditation on the irreplaceable function of a shopkeeper with strong opinions about novels.

02 March 2026 · 18 min read
Profile · 6,800 words

The watchmaker who is afraid of nothing · except the new clients

Inside a Geneva atelier where forty hours of finishing go into a single 41mm case.

17 February 2026 · 28 min read
Photo essay · 38 photos

One year inside a small brewery

The mashes, the spillages, the Tuesday afternoon lulls. Daniela Caruana spent twelve months photographing the floor.

02 February 2026 · 14 min read
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39 / Performance Black

BUILT FOR WHAT'S NEXT.

Performance running. Trail. Track. Designed in Berlin, tested everywhere from -22°C to +44°C.

Best for · Athletic brands · Performance gear · Strength & conditioning

Vector 02

Road running · 5K · Half

A 192g racing flat with a carbon spike plate and PEBA midsole. Built for the closing kilometre.

192g
Total weight, men's UK 9

Vertex Trail

Trail · Ultra distance

5mm aggressive lugs on a graphene-infused rubber compound. Tested 380km on the Tour du Mont-Blanc.

5mm
Lug depth

Cradle Lift

Strength · Olympic lifts

A flat, hard-stacked sole with carbon shank and metatarsal strap. For people who care about millimetres.

16mm
Heel-to-toe drop

Squad

Athletes · 2026 roster

A small group of athletes we sponsor, fund and check in on. No fame requirement. Just consistency.

14
Athletes worldwide
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Theme 39 · Performance Black Request this theme →
Now · the easy part

You've seen 39 ways to make a first impression. Now let's make yours.

Pick a direction, or bring me one of your own. I'll handle everything from the first sketch through to the line of code that ships it.

The Designer

Kyle Atkins. Web designer based in Malta. Building distinctive websites for founders, studios, and small teams across Europe and the UK since 2014.

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StudioSliema, Malta
BookingQ3 · 2026
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