The Old
Olive Kart.

They already had a Victorian wordmark with character, photography that earns its lighting, and a loyal local following. What they didn't have was a website that did any of it justice.

Client

The Old Olive Kart

Year

2025

Sector

Hospitality · Coffee Bar & Deli

Scope

01 — Web design
& build

§ 01 — The Wordmark The mark was already theirs.

Victorian display serif
Ironwork flourish · client-supplied

Most rebuilds start by replacing what's there.

The strongest thing we could do for this brand was resist that instinct.

Our job was to listen to the wordmark — typography choices, type pairings, white space — and let the site echo the same register.

Fig. 01 — Existing wordmark, used as-is

§ 02 — The Site Atmosphere first, layout second.

theoldolivekart.co.uk
Custom build · client-managed CMS

The Old Olive Kart — homepage screen, iced coffee on a terrace

Fig. 02 — Live site · home theoldolivekart.co.uk

§ 03 — Inside the Layout Hospitality, photographed.

Type stays calm. The room speaks.
Photography supplied by client

Iced coffee on a sunlit terrace — golden afternoon

Cocktail at golden hour — purple gradient drink, blurred warm interior

Fig. 03 — Hero photography · used in layout Iced coffee & cocktail · in situ

§ 04 — Outcome A website that finally matches the room.

Mobile-first · Client-managed
Live in 2025

The work, in three lines.

Brand — none required. Existing identity respected, used at full strength.

Web design & build — full site, mobile-first, with a CMS the client can run themselves.

Result — a site that sounds like the venue.

The work, in one line

Restraint is the work.

The Old Olive Kart — 2025 D&M · Studio

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