Imaginary Landscape

Imaginary Landscape builds and supports business websites, working mainly with the Python language, the Django framework and React. It describes its approach as high tech with high touch, meaning modern web technology delivered with close, personal service. Custom sites have been its line of work since 1995, and the firm presents its work as a long-term partnership rather than a one-off build.

Custom Django and React builds

The company builds custom web applications, content management systems and online shops, and it upgrades existing Django sites. Its work includes third-party API integrations that connect a site to outside services, and custom responsive designs that work across devices. Hosting support and DevOps are offered alongside the build, so the website is run as well as delivered.

How an engagement starts

Imaginary Landscape asks prospective clients to check whether the firm and the project are a good fit before any work starts. The firm says it needs the right experience and technology for the work, and it wants the client to be a good fit too, since that is what allows its team to do its best work. A contact form and a request for proposal form are both offered for those who want to begin.

From triage to a plan of action

The process starts with a deep dive in which senior staff learn how the business works and what it needs, followed by a triage of immediate problems. The firm then assesses the client's goals and asks whether they can be measured. These findings are turned into a plan of action, setting out the order of the work, the benchmarks and who does what, which the client signs off before execution begins.

Build, testing and ongoing support

During the build the firm keeps the client informed at each stage, and it runs question and answer testing and refinements based on the client's feedback before going live. After launch it monitors, maintains and supports the website so that it keeps working. The firm presents this final stage as the start of the next phase of the relationship, rather than the end of the project.