We are Portmandau Studios, a multi-disciplinary design and technology forward collective. We build digital platforms, mobile applications, and interactive experiences for physical spaces. Our designs, inspired by local culture, are built to solve business problems, resolve local challenges, be intuitive to adopt, and made to just work.
Explore Our WorkBefore anything else, we first understand exactly what to build and why it matters. We study how your audience behaves to find the real problems that need solving, making sure your new technology serves your users and helps your business grow. Focusing on the most essential features first, we create straightforward project roadmaps that keep all stakeholders working toward the exact same goal.
We design software with the goal of making it easy for people to understand and navigate. We build digital tools that work reliably under real-world conditions. By mapping out clear user paths and creating cohesive visual systems, we ensure your application feels intuitive to your audience and remains straightforward for software engineers to build and maintain.
We design custom media setups and interactive digital installations that turn physical locations, like retail stores and restaurants, into places where people can naturally gather and connect. By looking at how customers move through a room, we place digital kiosks, video displays, and responsive media exactly where they fit best, blending technology into the physical environment to make the space more engaging and useful.
As a creative studio, we simply love the art of animation and the energy it brings to a project. We create expressive motion pieces and digital artwork that inject personality into applications and bring physical environments, like restaurants and shops, to life. For us, animation is a chance to play with storytelling, color, and movement, transforming ordinary screens into vibrant, engaging visual experiences just for the joy of making something beautiful and compelling to watch.
We love fresh perspectives... because the best ideas grow when people build together.
We regularly open our studio doors to independent developers, local artists, and creative technologists to bring the right minds to every project. Whether you are a fellow creator looking to team up on a commercial project, a grassroots initiative, or if you are a non-profit needing pro-bono design help to lift your community, we would love to hear from you.
African Cartoon Art, Animation, and Media.
Urban and Pop Culture Inspired Art and Design.
Where Kenyan Creativity, Technology, and Culture Intersect.
Portmandau is a technology and design creative studio driven by a product-first philosophy and a deep respect for local innovation and culture.
We are a corporate buzzwords free zone and we don't jump onto the latest trends... we simply focus on what actually matters, building useful products. Great design is rooted in necessity, resourcefulness, and community. Whether mapping out a digital application or installing interactive screens in a physical space, we focus on human behavior first to solve real business challenages and local problems.
Years of experience across business consulting, web platform and mobile development, and digital design agencies.
Need to get a custom solution done? Whether you need a mobile app, a website, interactive experience in a physical space or some other creative project, ping us at hello at portmandau dot com.
Opening our studio doors to engagements across three different corners of the world.
We are available to take on creative projects and consulting engagements in the United States, Kenya, and New Zealand. Whether you are based in one of these places or want to launch something there, we make it easy to team up and build work that fits your local community perfectly. Hit us up if you are located in any of these locations!
Portmandau Studios
The Longonot Station
Southern Cross Labs