When the Designer Becomes the Client
Displace Agency built the portfolio website for The Offsite Agency, a design studio with 80,000+ Instagram followers known for world-class branding. The project required pixel-perfect implementation of their designs with 60fps CSS animations, smooth page transitions, and a gallery system where project imagery dominates the viewport.
But there was a twist: they were also our partner. Displace and The Offsite have a standing collaboration , they design, we develop. So this project was also a proof of concept for our partnership model.
Building for a design studio is the ultimate test. If the development can match their design standard, the partnership model works.
By the numbers
80K+
Instagram followers
60
FPS on mobile
12
Updates post-launch
<2s
Load time
Design-First, Performance-Second-to-None
The Offsite's portfolio needed to do one thing above all: let the work speak. We built a gallery system where project imagery dominates the viewport. Smooth transitions, minimal chrome, and carefully choreographed scroll animations ensure nothing distracts from the design work itself.
Behind the visual polish, every image is optimized with next-gen formats, responsive srcsets, and lazy loading. The site loads in under 2 seconds despite being image-heavy, because we treated performance as a design constraint, not an afterthought.
The Rotating Brand Showcase
One of the distinctive features is the rotating brand showcase on the partnership page. Eight portfolio pieces orbit around the central partnership statement, each staying upright as the ring rotates. This interaction demonstrates both agencies' capabilities in a single, memorable moment.
We built this with pure CSS animations and counter-rotation, avoiding heavy JavaScript libraries for a smooth 60fps experience even on mobile devices.
Client Independence by Design
The Offsite team manages their own content through Webflow CMS. New projects, team updates, and blog posts are added without developer involvement. This is our core principle in action: build websites that clients own completely.
Six months after launch, The Offsite has added 12 new portfolio pieces independently. Zero developer calls. Zero update fees. That is what client independence looks like.
- 12 portfolio pieces added independently post-launch
- Sub-2-second load times despite image-heavy design
- 60fps animations with pure CSS (no heavy JS libraries)
- Complete CMS independence for content updates
“Working with Displace was effortless. They understood our design vision perfectly and delivered a portfolio platform that exceeds every expectation.”
Francisco
Founder, The Offsite Agency
