Bring Structure to Creativity. Streamline Your Studio’s Workflow
Help Architecture and Design Studios connect their systems and simplify their workflows using the Xero ecosystem
Understanding the Challenges of Modern Design Studios
Creative businesses run on people, projects, and precision.
But too often, those parts don’t talk to each other.
You’re managing design revisions, tight budgets, and client approvals, often with tools that weren’t built for complex, project-based work.
Common challenges we see
- Unclear visibility into project profitability or design-stage performance
- Over-reliance on spreadsheets for tracking time, revisions, and budgets
- Creative teams bogged down by admin instead of design work
- Fragmented systems across quoting, approvals, and billing
These inefficiencies quietly erode profitability and make scaling harder.
Disconnected systems shouldn’t slow down your creative process; they should power it.
Building a Connected Studio with Xero
We help architecture and design studios replace manual admin with connected, scalable systems built around Xero.
From managing projects to tracking budgets and forecasting workloads, everything flows seamlessly.
Our process is straightforward, flexible, and tailored to your workflow:
Select: Identify the Xero-connected apps that fit your workflow and growth plans
Implement: Configure, integrate, and train your team to use them effectively
Support: Provide ongoing optimisation and support as your business evolves
You get complete visibility, from time spent on drawings to final invoicing, without ever losing focus on creativity.
What a Modern Tech Stack Looks Like
Every design studio is different, but the right combination of tools can help you manage your creative and commercial sides with ease.
Together, these tools create one seamless flow, from proposal to payment. Helping you keep your projects, people, and profitability in perfect balance.
Why Architecture & Design Studios Choose Hyphen Digital
We’ve worked with architecture and design firms across the UK. From boutique studios to multi-discipline practices, we’ve helped them build systems that support growth without slowing creativity.
Here’s why they choose us:
Specialists in the Xero ecosystem
We work exclusively within the Xero ecosystem, ensuring your tools are reliable, scalable, and perfectly integrated with your financial processes.
Deep Understanding of Creative Operations
We understand the pressures of running design projects. From balancing creativity, timelines, and budgets, we'll help you design systems that make the business side as smooth as the creative one.
Practical, Jargon-Free Delivery
We translate technical solutions into real-world workflows your team can use straight away. No confusing tech talk, just clarity and results.
Long-Term Support, Not One-Off Projects
We don’t disappear once your systems go live. We provide ongoing optimisation and support as your team, projects, and tools evolve.
Contact Us
Let’s Build Your Perfect Xero Stack
Whether you’re ready to start or just exploring Xero apps, we’d love to hear from you. Book a free discovery call with our team today.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
How can design studios improve project profitability without adding more admin?
By connecting your project, billing, and reporting tools with Xero, your data updates automatically in real time.
You get accurate insights into time, costs, and margins. All without adding new admin tasks to your team’s workload.
Why do so many studios rely on spreadsheets, and what’s the alternative?
Spreadsheets feel flexible, but they quickly become a bottleneck as projects grow.
A connected system built around Xero automates reporting, approvals, and forecasting. Freeing up your designers to focus on their craft, not data entry.
How can better systems support collaboration in design teams?
When your workflows are digital and connected, everyone sees the same data, from budgets and timelines to approvals.
That transparency builds accountability, reduces delays, and makes collaboration across disciplines and locations effortless.
How does Hyphen Digital help studios implement new systems smoothly?
We take a phased approach.
We map your current processes, implementing tools step by step, and training your team as we go.
That means minimal disruption, faster adoption, and better long-term results.
How can better project management help architects deliver projects more profitably?
For architects, project management is about more than timelines.
It’s about connecting design, budgets, and billing in one place.
When your project systems integrate with Xero, you can see profitability in real time and make confident design and financial decisions.
