Cold Rice is a web development studio founded by Mitchell Barton.
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Studio
Based in Salt Lake City, UT, Cold Rice builds bespoke websites for cultural and commercial clients. We create fast and accessible sites that emphasize design integrity and long-term impact through ongoing partnership and care.
Capabilities
Frontend Development
Backend Development
Ecommerce Development
CMS Architecture
ADA Compliance/Accessibility
Backend Development
Ecommerce Development
CMS Architecture
ADA Compliance/Accessibility
Services
Shopify (Headless & Themes)
Informational/Marketing Websites
Sanity, Wordpress, Craft
Site Maintenance/Support
Data Migration
Third Party Integrations
Informational/Marketing Websites
Sanity, Wordpress, Craft
Site Maintenance/Support
Data Migration
Third Party Integrations
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Contact
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Work
Much of Cold Rice’s success comes from tight collaborations with incredible designers and artists. Since 2018, Cold Rice has partnered with various institutions, studios, agencies, and brands. Collaborators include Abbr. Projects, Actual Source, Christian Sant, Folder Studio, IN-FO.CO, Matthew Booth, New Information, Noah Beckwith, No Ideas, Other Means, This January, and others.
Select Clients
American Literary Translators Association
Antenne Books
Aspen Art Museum
June Rings
Krink
Monkeypaw Productions
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
Storefront for Art & Architecture
Queens Museum
Utah Jazz
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Antenne Books
Aspen Art Museum
June Rings
Krink
Monkeypaw Productions
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
Storefront for Art & Architecture
Queens Museum
Utah Jazz
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
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Pricing/Process
New project builds normally take 3-6 months to complete and typically range from $20k - $50k, depending on complexity and ongoing needs. Smaller or experimental projects are also occasionally a fit when timelines are short or the work is especially aligned.
A typical project follows 4 phases:
A typical project follows 4 phases:
Setup (2-4 weeks)
We like to get involved in projects early — getting a sense of where design is headed from the get-go prevents scope creep and allows for more thoughtful dev planning. Once development is ready to kickoff, we define milestones and start a setup process that involves building the foundations of the website.
Development (4-8 weeks)
In this phase we work towards a beta site. Once layouts, styling, and functionality are finished, we provide a staging link and hold a CMS training in preparation for content input and QA.
QA/Launch (4-8 weeks)
Here, we make the final push to get the site ready to go live. After content input, we go through multiple rounds of bug tracking and fixing until the site is ready for launch.
Support/Maintenance (Ongoing)
After launch, we provide 30 days of post-launch support for any bugs or questions that might come up. After this period, we offer ongoing support in the form of maintenance retainers. These usually end up in the $500 - $1,500/month range.
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Featured Work
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
Custom Wordpress theme. Design by New Information.
Kevin Kramer Gallery
Sanity + SvelteKit. Design by Noah Beckwith.
American Literary Translators Association
Custom Wordpress theme. Design by New Information.
Antenne Books
Custom Shopify OS 2.0 theme. Design by Actual Source.
States of Change
Custom Shopify OS 2.0 theme built in collaboration with Matthew Booth.
Storefront for Art & Architecture
Custom Wordpress theme. Design by New Information.
Gallery98
Custom Wordpress theme built in collaboration with Folder Studio. Design by Folder Studio.
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Custom Wordpress theme. Design by Actual Source and A Lot of Moving Parts.
June Rings
Custom Shopify OS 2.0 theme. Design by Christian Sant.
Krink
Custom Shopify OS 2.0 theme. Design by New Information.