Brooklyn, NY, design led studio
AREA 17
AREA 17 is a web design company based in Brooklyn, NY. Its own home page scored 68 for mobile speed and 100 for access in our lab test on October 24, 2026, faster than 313 of the 450 firm sites we tested. Its websbz Score is 44.3 out of 100. Its Reach, a separate score, is 18.5.
Our Read
AREA 17 is a brand, experience and technology firm with its Americas headquarters in Brooklyn. It also has a French site and European leadership. It serves culture, fashion, tech and public clients.
What sets them apart. It was started by two founders who set out to treat brand, experience and technology as one craft.
Best for. Cultural, fashion and tech organizations.
Services
Our Lab Test of area17.com
Mobile emulation, tested October 24, 2026. One run from our desk. Field data from real visitors can differ.
- Largest paint
- 5.4 seconds
- First paint
- 2.6 seconds
- Blocking time
- 249 ms
- Layout shift
- 0.000
- Page weight
- 12.3 MB
- Requests
- 48
Proof of Work
Clients They Name
Work
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Signed Work
0
signed client sites found so far
We have not yet found a live client site with a AREA 17 footer credit in our crawl of local business sites. Studios that sign their work, like Website by AREA 17, can claim this profile and send us the sites to count.
Search Authority
70
PageRanker Score, link authority from 0 to 100
The PageRanker Score reads the public link graph of the whole web. How it works.
websbz 2025 Look Back
Rank 126 with a Look Back score of 18.5 out of 100. Scored in October 2026 from 2025 archived copies of each firm’s site. It is a separate list and does not change the 2026 websbz Score.
Proof 3 of 30, openness 9 of 20, tenure 0 of 15, scaled to 100. Home page copy saved July 1, 2025. See the 2025 copy. Read the Look Back.
Reviews
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The AREA 17 Award, in Hand
How the Noted award looks off the screen. Made to order for winners, ask about one from the contact form.
Framed certificate
A signed certificate in a black frame for the studio wall.
Acrylic award
A clear block with the seal etched in, for a desk or a shelf.
Wall plaque
Brushed champagne metal on walnut, engraved with the award.
Window decal
A round seal for the front door or the office glass.