The Weather

The Weather is a Berlin-based digital agency co-founded by Chris Lettner and Dominik Backhaus. The firm has built over 200 websites and digital products since launching, working with clients ranging from tech startups and research institutions to green energy companies, universities, and NGOs across multiple continents. It ranks #1 out of 1,100+ web design agencies in Germany on Clutch and top on The Manifest. The team is fully remote with bases in Berlin and Prague, plus people spread across Vienna, Barcelona, Lisbon, Kyiv, Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, and Cape Town. Sixteen of their websites have received nominations or recognition on Awwwards.com.

Services and capabilities

The Weather divides its work into four core pillars: design, development, branding, and AI development.

On the design side, they handle discovery and digital advisory, UI/UX design, product design, and motion design with 3D animations. Their development work spans WordPress with Elementor Pro, Webflow, Framer, and Shopify, plus custom development for Jamstack and headless CMS architectures. They also offer ongoing site maintenance through Sitecare packages with proactive updates, issue resolution, dedicated tech support, and monthly reports. For SEO and visibility work, they implement technical optimization, strategic content creation, and authority-building strategies.

Their branding practice covers brand strategy and identity, copywriting and messaging, graphic and print design, and video and motion production. The AI development unit—which created Oylo, their in-house live AI video transformation product—offers AI product strategy and scoping, AI agent design and build, LLM integration, prototyping and proof of concept, prompt engineering, and workflow design. Beyond the core four, they operate theweather.film for film production, handle digital marketing and sales process optimization, run training and workshops, set up data and analytics infrastructure (GA4, conversion tracking, server-side tracking), and create pitch decks and investor materials for early-stage companies.

Notable work

Named clients include Kiwi.com (Czech Republic), Mews (Netherlands/Czech Republic), RE/MAX (Europe), Casa Corpo (Germany), Timedriven (Germany), Varied Forms (United Kingdom), Autillus (Switzerland), Torhaus Berlin (Germany), Julie Shannon (Australia), DeepPlants (Italy), Heliovis (Austria), Feedback Marketing Consultants (United Arab Emirates), and the Jewish Museum in Prague (Czech Republic). The source does not provide measurable outcomes or detailed case study information, so the depth of individual project impact is unclear.

How they work

The Weather operates with lean, multidisciplinary teams and measures success by outcomes rather than outputs. Their stated average turnaround time for a website is eight to ten weeks. The team maintains a "no-fluff policy" for addressing issues and emphasizes transparent communication throughout projects. Clients can set budgets in tiers: under €4,000, €4,000–€16,000, or over €16,000. The firm positions itself as pragmatic and process-driven, avoiding dogma, endless meetings, and bureaucracy in favor of finding the most efficient solution.

Team and credentials

Co-founders Chris Lettner and Dominik Backhaus lead a fully remote team spanning approximately 20–25 people based on the visible roster (Project Managers, Web Developers, UX/UI Designers, a Cinematographer, Graphic Designers, Sales Manager, Finance Manager, Social Media Manager). The team is multilingual and distributed across eight countries. The Weather holds the #1 ranking on Clutch in Germany and is top-ranked on The Manifest for web design. Sixteen portfolio websites have been recognized on Awwwards.com. They maintain a sister studio, theweather.film, for film and video production.