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Lola Wilder-Thorne from Wilde Studio Website Design and Branding Melbourne, working at her laptop in a bright, naturally lit studio space

ABOUT WILDE STUDIO

I'm Lola, the Designer Behind WILDE STUDIO.

Twenty years designing strategic websites and brands for people who do real work. I’m Lola Wilder‑Thorne, a Melbourne-based Wix expert and the person behind WILDE STUDIO.

Building brands and websites

Just me. Direct. Always.

Clients worldwide

What Changed

The TURN

Not long after the COVID boom, I was in a serious car accident. It reshaped a lot. It deepened my empathy and sent me looking into psychology, attachment theory, coaching, and neurodivergence. A few years later, I was diagnosed with AuDHD myself.

 

That diagnosis changed how I understood the way I work. I need clarity and direct communication, and I've learnt that most clients want exactly the same thing. They want to know where they stand, what is happening and what comes next. No guessing. No reading between the lines. That is now non-negotiable in how I run WILDE.

 

That's also when my focus sharpened: not exclusively therapists or coaches, but people who help people. More broadly, anyone running a service-based business with real passion behind it. People whose work is fundamentally personal, even when it's professional.

 

That's still the throughline today, now under the WILDE STUDIO name.

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Lola Wilder-Thorne, founder and designer at WILDE Studio Melbourne Australia

SMALL Business Web Designer

BRAND and WEBSITE Design built to bring in clients, not just compliments.

A brand that looks good is easy to find. A brand that turns strangers into paying clients takes more than a nice colour palette, and that's the part WILDE STUDIO actually specialises in.

professional website designer  & wix expert, Australia

I'm Lola, and this is WILDE STUDIO.

Twenty years building brands and websites for people who do real work. I still work the same way I started: just me, paying close attention, no shortcuts.

The Long Version

How I got here

I've been a creative person for as long as I can remember. Photography was the first real pull, but I had cousins already established in that industry, and it put me off chasing it myself. So I went looking for other creative outlets and landed on website design.

 

I started a multimedia course, but the coding side was fiddly and it wasn't where my strengths were. Graphic design and branding was where I actually lit up, so that's what I chased instead: freelance work, typesetting for a newspaper, years across print production and account management roles. All of it close to creative work, but never quite close enough. And none of it gave me the freedom I knew I needed.

 

Having my daughter is what gave me the courage to go out on my own. I didn't want to miss her growing up, and I wanted both things, not one instead of the other. I already had an entrepreneurial streak; I'd run a handful of small creative businesses on the side over the years, including building websites to sell my own products. That's genuinely how I found Wix and became fluent in it. Necessity first. Career plan later.

 

That fluency turned into local client work across Australia, then Wix Partner status, then clients worldwide. Then COVID hit, everyone needed to get online fast, and the business grew quickly.

Lola Wilder-Thorne, founder and designer at WILDE Studio Melbourne Australia
Lola Wilder-Thorne, founder and designer at WILDE Studio Melbourne Australia

What Changed

The TURN

Not long after the COVID boom, I was in a serious car accident. It reshaped a lot. It deepened my empathy and sent me looking into psychology, attachment theory, coaching, and neurodivergence. A few years later, I was diagnosed with AuDHD myself.

​

That diagnosis changed how I see everything about this work. It's why I'm so clear about communication: being neurodivergent means I need clarity and directness to function, and I've learned that most of my clients need exactly the same thing. They need to know where they stand, what's actually happening, and what to expect next. No guessing, no reading between the lines. That's become non-negotiable in how I work.

​

That's also when my focus sharpened: not exclusively therapists or coaches, but people who help people. More broadly, anyone running a service-based business with real passion behind it. People whose work is fundamentally personal, even when it's professional.

​

That's still the throughline today, now under the WILDE STUDIO name.

in real time

Outside the Studio

I'm a designer, a mum, a musician. Mostly I'm the person asking too many questions. I lift heavy things, get submitted at jiu-jitsu regularly, disappear into research holes that start with one question and become fifteen. I'm studying counselling because understanding how people actually work fascinates me more than almost anything.

 

That curiosity isn't separate from the work. It is the work. I want to understand how you think, what drives the business and what you're actually worried about. Design matters, obviously. But before I decide how something should look, I need to understand the person behind it and what the website needs to do.

 

It's why I ask so many questions and notice the small things other people miss. Your business isn't a template. Neither is the person running it.

Lola and her daughter during a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training session
Lola and her daughter during a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training session

My Values

Four things, in no particular order. They all matter equally, and they show up together, not one at a time.

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INTEGRITY

Just Honest

Say the true thing , what something costs, whether it's the right fit, what's still being figured out. Clients should never have to read between the lines to find out where they stand.

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ATTENTION TO DETAIL

Real craft

Most of the job is noticing what everyone else glosses over. The paragraph that doesn't sound like you. The button that's technically fine but slightly wrong. Details matter.

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TRANSPARENCY

Direct

Say it in as few words as it actually takes. No "synergy," no padding. If something's not working, that gets said plainly and early, not buried in an update.

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CONNECTION

Warm

Professional doesn't mean distant. Clients are people running businesses they care about. That deserves warmth, not just competence.

MY CLIENTS

Who I Work With

Solo and small service businesses across Australia. Therapists, coaches, trades, beauty practitioners, creatives, and other client-facing businesses where the person is the brand. If your clients are choosing you, not a faceless company, we'll probably be a good fit.

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Good fit

The Right Fit

✓  Solo operators or very small teams

✓  Businesses built on trust and reputation

✓  People who want honest input, not just execution

✓  Ready to be specific about their business

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POOR FIT

Not a Great Fit.

ï¾’  Large teams needing a full agency system

ï¾’  Businesses wanting a trend chasing, high gloss corporate look

ï¾’ Anyone wanting a template turned around in 48 hours

ï¾’ Clients who want to be told what to think instead of asked

Image by Geranimo

All SERVICES

EVERYTHINGWe OFFER

Ember

01

Branding Kit

A complete brand identity ready to personalise. Logo suite, colour palette, font pairings, and brand files, designed by the studio, not generated.
Limited to 5 releases per kit. Once they're gone, they're gone.

From $397
Limited to 5

Ember

02

Website Template

Pre-designed Wix Studio templates built for service businesses. Structure, layout, and polish sorted. You bring the content.

From $197
Instant access

RISING

03

Semi-Custom Branding

A proven brand identity built out for your business. Your name, your colours, your industry, done for you properly.

From $750
Done for you

RISING

04

Semi-Custom Website

We take one of our proven designs and build it out completely for your business. All the quality of custom, at a fraction of the investment.

From $1,497
2–3 week build

Wilde

05

Custom Branding

Brand strategy, positioning, and a full identity system designed entirely around your business. This is the real thing.

From $1,200
Book a call

Wilde

06

Custom Website Design

A Wix Editor, Wix Harmony and Wix Studio website built entirely around your business, your brand, and your goals. Strategy first, conversion always.

From $2,200
Book a call

Wilde

07

Design Day

A full day of dedicated design time for contained work. Landing pages, brand refreshes, collateral. Thursdays only,  four slots per month.

HALF DAY $800
FULL DAY $1500

A brand built around your business

NO Account Managers. 
NO Handoffs.
Just Me.

Lola Wilder-Thorne in professional attire, representing direct Wilde Studio a Melbourne Based Website Design and Branding Stu

I'm Lola, the designer behind WILDE STUDIO.

​

Based in Melbourne, I build brands and websites for therapists, coaches, tradespeople, beauty professionals, creatives, and other service-based businesses across Australia.
 

WILDE STUDIO is a one-person studio. No account managers, no handoffs and no outsourcing. You'll work directly with me from our first conversation through to launch.
 

I ask a lot of questions, pay attention to the details most people miss and build around your business, not a template. Every project is strategic, considered and designed to reflect how you actually work and who you want to attract.
 

If your clients are choosing you, not a big company, we'll probably be a good fit.

A brand built around your business

NO Account Managers. 
NO Handoffs.
Just Me.

I'm Lola, the designer behind WILDE STUDIO.

​

Based in Melbourne, I build brands and websites for therapists, coaches, tradespeople, beauty professionals, creatives, and other service-based businesses across Australia.
 

WILDE STUDIO is a one-person studio. No account managers, no handoffs and no outsourcing. You'll work directly with me from our first conversation through to launch.
 

I ask a lot of questions, pay attention to the details most people miss and build around your business, not a template. Every project is strategic, considered and designed to reflect how you actually work and who you want to attract.
 

If your clients are choosing you, not a big company, we'll probably be a good fit.

Lola

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Lola Wilder-Thorne in professional attire, representing direct Wilde Studio a Melbourne Based Website Design and Branding Stu
Lola Wilder-Thorne in professional attire, representing direct Wilde Studio a Melbourne Based Website Design and Branding Studio
Lola Wilder-Thorne, WILDE Studio website designer in Melbourne, Australia, walking along a forest path with a laptop in her hand

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Let's work
together.

If this sounds like you, let's talk about what you're trying to build.

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