Independent digital studio · UK + Portugal
Websites and apps,
made personal.
Bespoke digital work for businesses that value clarity, care and a direct conversation with the person actually building it.
No sales team. No automated answers. Just Rui.
Selected work
Different businesses.
A considered fit for each.
No house style forced onto every client. The right structure, tone and technology depend on the people using it.
01Product design · Mobile app · Web platform
Lortivo
A multilingual booking platform that helps people discover services and gives businesses the tools to manage bookings, customers, availability and payments.View project →
02Website · iOS & Android app · Bookings
Body Flow Pilates
A joined-up website and client app for classes, bookings, memberships, credits, video content and QR check-in.Visit website ↗Website · Local service · Bookings
The Dog Runner
A characterful service website for trail-running adventures across Brighton, Hove and the South Downs.Visit website ↗
04Website · E-commerce · Ongoing care
Wensum Pools
A broad online home for an established pool business, bringing products, services and customer enquiries together.Visit website ↗Websites + apps
One partner.
One connected system.
A website can attract the customer. An app can serve them. The right back-office tools can make the whole business easier to run.
See how we can work togetherA Malamen product
Not just a showcase.
A working business platform.
Lortivo brings discovery, booking and day-to-day management into one multilingual product. It is the clearest example of what happens when website, app and operational thinking are designed together.
Read the Lortivo storyWhat Malamen does
Useful digital work,
without the agency layers.
Websites
Bespoke, responsive sites—from a clear first presence to e-commerce and memberships.
02Mobile apps
Practical iOS and Android products designed around real users and real operations.
03Connected systems
Bookings, payments, customer areas and workflows that join the front and back of a business.
04Ongoing care
Hosting, updates and thoughtful improvements from someone who already knows your project.
The personal part
“You speak to the person doing the work.”
Hello, I’m Rui.
Malamen is intentionally personal. I listen, challenge where it helps, explain decisions in plain language and stay close after launch.
Working across the UK and Portugal has also made flexibility a practical strength—not just in language, but in understanding how different people buy, book and do business.
Public client feedback
Good work is only part of a good project.
Responsiveness, patience and support matter just as much. See the unfiltered feedback from 52 client reviews on Facebook.
Também falamos português
Um parceiro digital,
sem intermediários.
Projetos digitais para Portugal, Reino Unido e além—com conversa direta do início ao fim.
Falar no WhatsApp ↗Have a project in mind?