Aboutone designer, start to finish.
Bonaventure Design is David Brindle. I design, build and look after every project myself, from the first sketch to the updates years later.
Hello, I'm David.
I've always been interested in design. I built my first website in 1996, and I've been making them ever since.
In 2002 I founded Bonaventure Design while still working a day job. By 2008 there was enough work to do it full time, and I haven't looked back.
When you hire Bonaventure, you work with me. I'm the one who answers your email, sketches your pages, writes the code and keeps the site running after launch. Nothing gets handed off to someone you've never met.
David Brindle
Principal, Bonaventure Design
- Principal
- David Brindle
- Designing websites since
- 1996
- Bonaventure founded
- 2002
- Based in
- Elizabethtown, Kentucky
The course so far
Thirty years of it, in five stops.
- 1996
The first website
I'd always been drawn to design. That year I built my first website, back when most of the web was gray backgrounds and blue links.
- 2002
Bonaventure Design begins
I started the studio on the side, working evenings and weekends while I kept my day job.
- 2007
WordPress
I built my first WordPress site. It's been the center of the work ever since.
- 2008
Full time
There was finally enough work to leave the day job and do this full time.
- Today
Still at the same desk
I design, build and look after sites for schools, ministries, nonprofits and small businesses, and keep about fifty of them running.
How I work
Four things that haven't changed since 2002.
You talk to the person doing the work
No account managers and no hand-offs. Your questions go straight to me.
Planned before it's built
Every page is sketched and agreed before any code is written, so there are no surprises at the end.
Built so you can run it
Standard WordPress and Elementor, set up so you can edit your own pages and any developer can follow the work.
Looked after for years
Most of my clients stay on a care plan long after launch. I'd rather keep a site healthy than rebuild it.
When you showed me the first design for my site, my jaw hit the floor. Never had I imagined that my own site would look so good! It was exactly what I was looking for.
