Made by Dave founder Dave Hawkins joins Becca Harpain of Inside the Square and host Will Myers on the Somewhat Useful Podcast for an honest, hype-free conversation about practical AI for client work, where it actually fits into a Squarespace studio’s workflow, and where human craft still wins.

Made by Dave has been officially named the Squarespace London Lead Community Partner, one of just five such roles that exist globally. Appointed directly by Squarespace, the London Lead Community Partner hosts in-person meetups, runs the Circle London forum group, and works directly with Squarespace to support and grow the local community.

A practical, honest guide to choosing the best Squarespace designer in the UK in 2026, covering the credentials that actually matter, the questions worth asking, and a curated list of leading studios with Made by Dave at the top.

Dave Hawkins explains “vibe coding,” the AI-led approach to building websites that became Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year, and shows web designers how to talk to clients about where AI helps and where human craft still wins.

Featured by Squarespace from Circle Day 2025: four web designers walk through how they tailored Squarespace templates for very different industries, from interior design and music festivals to service sellers and limited merchandise brands.

At Squarespace Circle Day 2025, Dave Hawkins led a tactical session on no-code design solutions, sharing advanced techniques that help designers create more polished, performant Squarespace builds without writing custom code.

Made by Dave Group has been named Best Specialist Web Design Studio 2025 in the SME News Greater London Enterprise Awards, recognising our focus on bespoke Squarespace websites that get results for UK businesses.

Squarespace’s official interview with Dave Hawkins, founder of Made by Dave, on the core principles behind his content-first, audience-centric approach to web design and why his team has built exclusively on Squarespace since 2014.

Dave Hawkins is one of six Circle designers featured by Squarespace at Circle Day 2024, each showing how they customised the Adri template for a different client. Dave’s contribution was a striking homepage built for an author.

Made by Dave was named Digital Business of the Year at the SME Business Awards 2023, recognising over a decade of bespoke Squarespace web design and the studio’s relentless focus on building sites that solve real problems for real businesses.