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Wurthy

Wurthy

Roles
Naming, Strategy, Brand, Art Direction, Content, Generative Content, Motion, Product Design, Atomic System, Web Design, Web Development
Industry
FinTech

Small businesses make up 99% of U.S. companies, yet most back-office software isn't built for how they actually work. Owners juggle accounting tools, CRMs, payments, and spreadsheets across systems that don't connect, turning everyday decisions into unnecessary busy work.

Wurthy came to Little Plains to relaunch as a modern operating system for SMBs: powerful without bloat, intelligent without friction, and supportive in the flow of real work.

Wes, Wurthy's in-house agent.

Most SMB tools fall into one of three buckets: bloated platforms built for companies much larger, one-size-fits-all software missing critical features, and expensive systems that don’t justify their complexity.

The result is owners doing high-stakes financial work inside tools that were never designed for them, bouncing between apps, reconciling data manually, and losing time where it matters most.

Wurthy’s insight was simple: small businesses don’t need more software, they need a system.

We used Wurthy firsthand to be explain how it worked.

Little Plains partnered with Wurthy to design and launch a full system: brand, product, agent, and motion working together.

Our scope covered brand strategy and positioning; verbal identity and tone; visual identity and logo; agent concept, naming, behavior, and states; UI kit and financial data visualization; motion design as a primary explanatory layer; and website design with performance-optimized execution.

This was not a surface-level refresh. The goal was to make Wurthy understandable the moment you see it working.

Carefully customized components.

Wurthy ingests QuickBooks, HubSpot, Stripe, Google, Meta, Shopify, and more, unifying accounting, billing, communications, and financial diagnostics into one system.

We felt static screenshots couldn't explain Wurthy; the experience had to be shown working. Thus, motion became the language for how the system thinks.

Wes.

Wes is the interface to the Wurthy system.

We named, designed, and built Wes as a contextual operator, one that understands the current state of the business, ingests data across finance, ops, and marketing, suggests what matters next, and executes work directly when asked.

Each interaction with Wes was storyboarded and designed to communicate intent, progress, and outcome.

Each of Wes' different states has its own animation.

We defined a full set of agent states: listening, thinking, executing, and success, so owners always understand what the system is doing and why.

We used choreography, motion, animation, and storyboarding.

The rest of the identity flows from here. We designed the Wurthy voice around two roles, one purpose.

Building agents starts with aligning on persona.

Wes’ voice avoids traditional "software language" so it sounds like a partner who understands the stakes of running a business.

"You build the business. We've got your back."

The identity balances clarity, trust, and momentum.

Dots became a brand throughline.

The wordmark pairs with a five-dot system forming an upward W. The dot becomes the agent avatar, favicon, and interaction motif. Primary blues with gradients, supported by functional system colors. Typography spans STK Bureau, Geist, and Geist Mono.

Wes thinking...
Colors map to the spectrum of states users encounter.
Wurthy's type.

Photography uses generative imagery inspired by American entrepreneurial grit. Real businesses, real environments, no stock clichés.

Wurthy's imagery reflects American SMBs.

Wurthy's platform spans complex workflows: software ingestion, data normalization, prioritization, and execution. Static UI would flatten the experience, so we treated motion as infrastructure.

Across the site, we built four pages of fully custom motion sequences demonstrating tool ingestion, intelligent dashboards, agent-led recommendations, and real-time collaboration between system and operator.

Wurthy's website in action.

Showcasing Wurthy online meant two things: use motion to show not tell, and give space so the user isn't overwhelmed.

Each sequence was written, storyboarded, prototyped, then executed and refined. We optimized every file for performance, ensuring fast load times across desktop and mobile.

The site functions as a live product demonstration, not a marketing wrapper.

Our Lottie are fast-loading, light-weight animations.

The product experience is inseparable from motion. Dashboards, financial data, and agent actions are designed to be seen in context, not inferred. The UI system supports everything from cash flow and receivables to working capital and diagnostics.

The website mirrors the product philosophy: minimal, direct, and clear on value, pricing, and integrations. Wurthy also introduced a business credit card designed to fund growth, not just spend, positioning it distinctly from incumbents.

Motion used to tell a story.

Wurthy launched as a cohesive, living system, one you can watch think, act, and improve the business in real time.

A brand that feels supportive and credible. A product that clears the noise. An agent that works quietly in the background so owners can stay focused on what matters.

Credits

Ann-Marie Sebastian
Product Manager
Natasha Rodriguez
Product Manager
Taylor Simpson
Brand Designer
Jonathan O'Brien
Brand Designer
Eastern Rodeo
Brand Designer
Sanghee Han
UI/UX Design
Jonathan O'Brien
UI/UX Design
Sasha Klu
Development
Lauren McCurry
Brand Strategist
Nick Ceglia
Brand Strategist
Nicole Fernandez
Copywriter
Andrew Janik
Production Design
Phillip McClure
Production Design
Elliot Robinson
Motion Design
Austin Mullin
Motion Design
Kent Ortiz
Motion Design
Emmett Shine
Creative Director
Alex Leiphart
Head of Product
Michelle Riis
Account Management
Laura Romero
Operations
Little Plains | Wurthy