Products &
software
Product strategy, interface design, databases, custom applications, and the systems underneath.
Design company Northern California
Design with roots.
Ideas with reach.
We make thoughtful tools and expressive digital places for interacting with the world we live in.
Software Identity Web Cartography Systems
Small team. Broad practice.What we believe 00
The best design feels less like decoration and more like finding the shape that was already there.
From a farm workflow to a musical scale, we listen closely, find the pattern, and make it useful.
Selected work 01—06
Different worlds.
One way of working.
Products, platforms, and identities made from the inside out—each with its own voice and a clear reason to exist.
01 / Product design & software
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CannaTrace
Complex operations,
made calm.
A connected workspace for cultivation, inventory, team coordination, and supported Metrc workflows—built in Northern California.
02 / Identity & web
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True North
SkyWorks
Aerial cinematography and precision mapping for Northern California.
03 / Interactive experience
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I Ching
A tactile consultation with the Book of Changes, shaped by your movement.
04 / Music tool
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ToneShape
Compare scales, modes, and chords on a two-octave piano keyboard.
05 / Financial software
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SuperDiamondHands
A focused portfolio workspace for seeing positions, performance, and the bigger picture.
06 / Commerce platform
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ShopperNow
for Sundial Seed
A custom e-commerce system made around the way a small business actually works.
Project directory The quick way in
One studio.
Many paths.
Go straight to a project, experiment, or collaboration.
Our practice Useful + beautiful
We work across
the whole landscape.
We bring design, technology, and real-world experience to the same table. Fewer handoffs. Better questions. Work that holds together.
Products &
Identity &
the web
Visual identities, websites, storytelling, e-commerce, and small details that make a brand feel whole.
Land &
living systems
Cartography, integrated site design, living water systems, agriculture, and clear ways to see complexity.
About the studio Northern California
Small by design.
Curious by nature.
Little Lake Studios is a small team of dedicated professionals from Northern California. For more than twenty years, our work has moved between software, agriculture, performance, media, and the places where they meet.
We like work with a pulse: ambitious ideas, unusual intersections, and practical problems worth solving well.
Have something in mind? We’re listening