Website modernization
Audits, information architecture, content restructuring and responsive build support for public-facing sites.
Agencies + Prime Contractors
Specialist digital and business-systems capacity for public-sector work.
Q Design Studio is a founder-led studio based in Columbia, Maryland. QDS offers agencies and prime contractors defined support for websites, content, workflow improvement and team enablement, with written scope, acceptance criteria and documented review.
Accessibility-focused implementation and review
Automated accessibility checks and manual keyboard, focus, text-zoom and reduced-motion review within an agreed scope, with documented findings and limitations.
Content and knowledge systems
Content inventories, internal knowledge bases and structured documentation teams can maintain.
Workflow and AI enablement
Workflow mapping and AI-assisted workflows with human review gates and team training.
Release governance
Change records, acceptance criteria, rollback plans and checksum-verified release packages.
Brand and communication systems
Identity application, templates and communication standards for programs and initiatives.
Engagement standards
- Written scope and acceptance criteria before work begins
- Documented approvals at each decision gate
- Named ownership and a defined handoff
- Confidentiality of client and program information
- No credentials exchanged through forms or ordinary email
- Human review of all AI-assisted work
- Capability and outcome language limited to what can be shown
Internal capability examples
These are QDS-owned systems, not client or government engagements.
QDS Website SystemQDS Interactive Web System
QDS Release Governance System
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