About
A small studio with a high bar
Black Pixel Studios is a founder-led IT partner for software, web & networks in Belgium. We build the software your business runs on, and the network it runs over. And we keep the team small enough that you always know who is building or installing yours.
Why the black pixel
A pixel is the smallest unit of a digital product. Nobody notices it until it is wrong, or until every one of them is right. That is the level we work at, and the name is a reminder.
We started the studio because too much business software is built to be delivered, not to be used. Agencies optimise for the handover; the people using the product live with the result for years. We wanted to build the way the best product companies build: with judgement about what to leave out, obsession about what stays in, and ownership that goes to the client.
Networks came along for the same reason. Too many business networks are installed without a design, without documentation and with the passwords kept by the installer. We bring software discipline to cabling and Wi-Fi: understand first, design next, only then buy or build, write everything down, and put ownership with you. Structured cabling is done together with our partner electrician; design, configuration, post-install measurement and documentation we do ourselves.
So we stay small and senior. No account managers, no juniors learning on your budget, no offshore delivery you never meet. The person you brief on Monday is the person who writes the code or mounts the access point.
The founder
[PLACEHOLDER-FOUNDER-NAME]
Founder and lead engineer
[PLACEHOLDER-FOUNDER-NAME] has spent [PLACEHOLDER] years building web applications and platforms for [PLACEHOLDER: sectors or notable roles], as a senior developer, as a freelancer embedded in product teams, and now as the founder of Black Pixel Studios.
Based in [PLACEHOLDER-CITY], Belgium. Speaks Dutch, English and [PLACEHOLDER]. Still writes code every day.
Principles
How we decide.
- 01
Quality first
We never optimise only for speed. The right solution is simple, secure, scalable and maintainable, and it looks the part.
- 02
Think before coding
Understand the business goal, check what exists, design the architecture, then build. Features that do not earn their place are cut.
- 03
Performance is a feature
Fast software is a form of respect. Lighthouse above 95 on every page is the baseline, including this one.
- 04
Secure by default
OWASP, GDPR and EU hosting are in the plan from the first sprint. Security is not a phase at the end.
- 05
You own everything
Repository, infrastructure, data. Hardware, controller and every credential. Yours from day one, with no subscription holding you.
- 06
We write it down
Every project ends with documentation: handover guide, as-built file, labelled rack. Written so that whoever comes after us can carry on immediately, without calling us.
- 07
Business first
A technically perfect solution that loses money is not a success. Every decision weighs cost, value and what comes next.
The studio
Team
Black Pixel Studios is founder-led. For design, content, and specialist integrations we work with a small network of people we have worked with before and trust. Structured cabling and network racks are done together with our partner electrician, to our design. You always know who is on your project, and there is never a layer between you and the work.
See what this looks like in practice- Based in
- [PLACEHOLDER-CITY], Belgium
- Working with
- Companies, venues and homes in Belgium; software also remotely across the Benelux and Europe
- Service area for networks
- [PLACEHOLDER-SERVICE-AREA], on site for survey, installation and support
- Working
- Remote-first for software, on site for infrastructure
- Languages
- English, Dutch[PLACEHOLDER: , French]
- Legal entity
- [PLACEHOLDER-LEGAL-NAME], VAT BE [PLACEHOLDER]
Want to work with a team that says no sometimes?
Tell us about the project. We reply within one business day.
Or email us athello@[PLACEHOLDER-DOMAIN]