Experience since 1992, Laravel since 2012.
MWH Media is a new name for a small agency with a long history. Design, development, AI solutions and maintenance, all in-house. You talk to the craftsman who builds it.
The story
Started as a commercial artist
With pencil on paper for displays of major brands. The basis of everything we do now: making a message clear and shaping it so that it works. A craft that changes medium, not core.
Laravel as the foundation
Websites became applications. We chose Laravel when it was still young and have built everything with it since: portals, SaaS, integrations. Fourteen years of experience with one stack means fewer surprises for you.
MWH Media
Design, development, AI solutions and maintenance under one roof. Including mobile apps. For entrepreneurs and organisations that need something that doesn’t fit a standard package.
Maikel Zwart, founder
After two graphic design qualifications I started in 1992 as a commercial artist. Three years later the market had completely changed and I taught myself to work with computers, and then to build websites. In the years after that I worked at several advertising agencies in Amsterdam, for large and very diverse clients. Since 2003 I have worked independently.
What has stayed: I start from the craft, not from the technology. You tell me how you work and what you need, I turn that into something that works and looks right. You don’t need to know anything about technology to work with me.
- ROLE
- Design, development, point of contact
- SINCE
- In advertising since 1992, Laravel since 2012
- CONTACT
- info@mwhmedia.nl
Fewer links, less noise.
At a large agency you talk to an account manager who passes it on to a project lead who explains it to a developer. Every link costs time and loses nuance.
Direct answers
Your question reaches the person who builds it, and you get an answer without jargon. If something needs checking first, you hear that honestly and then get an answer that is right.
Design and technology in one head
What is designed can be built. Nothing gets lost in handover.
Honest about costs
No overhead to distribute, so no reason to sell you more than you need.
Honest about what we do and don’t do.
What we are good at
- Custom websites, web applications and portals in Laravel, with a design that belongs to them.
- Integrations with the systems you already use: accounting, CRM, payment providers, APIs.
- Practical AI applications that make an existing task faster or better.
- Improving an existing WordPress site and rebuilding it as a secure Laravel website, without the fuss of a free CMS and keeping your SEO rankings: existing links keep working.
- Long-term maintenance: we stay involved after go-live.
What we are not the right party for
- Standard websites in WordPress, Wix or another ready-made theme. There are cheaper parties for that.
- Large campaigns with media buying and social advertising.
- Projects where speed matters more than quality. We work fast, but never at the expense of good.
- Projects that only need an executing party: we think along, or we don’t do it.
Working method and values
Getting acquainted
A conversation about what you need and what it may cost. We like to visit you to see your workplace and get a feel for the project. You get a clear quote, not a sales pitch.
Design
Structure, screens and identity. You see early what it will become and adjust where needed.
Build
Custom work in Laravel, in short rounds. By using AI smartly we build faster than you are used to, always with an expert checking the work. You follow progress in a test environment.
Go-live & maintenance
We take it live and keep it running: updates, monitoring, backups and further development.
Skilled
Thirty years of experience shows in the choices we make, not in the stories we tell.
Independent-minded
We build what doesn’t fit the mold. That calls for our own solutions, not templates.
Approachable
Plain language, short lines, an honest answer. You tell us how you work, we translate that into technology. Even if the answer is: you don’t need this.
An idea that doesn’t fit a standard package?
Tell us what you need. You get an answer from the person who is going to build it.