Interfaces people can use on their worst day

Research that answers real questions, flows built around one decision per screen, and a design system your engineers can actually ship.

UX research

UI design

Mobile app design

Design systems

Prototyping

★★★★★

5.0 · 60+ reviews on Ratemark

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Overview

Designed for people in a hurry

Why it matters

Software gets used by tired people in a hurry. That is the bar: not whether the interface photographs well, but whether someone can finish the task on their fourth interruption of the morning.

How we do it

We research to settle the arguments that block decisions, design the flows one question at a time, and build the component system — tokens, states, motion — so that the tenth feature looks like it was always part of the plan. Then we stay through the build.

Why choose us

Senior designers from the first call to the last hand-off, working in your Figma and your stand-ups rather than presenting at them. Engineers are in the room while we design, so what we hand over is something your team can ship — not a prototype that has to be redesigned in code.

Our experience

Sixty-plus products across fintech, AI and developer tools since 2017. Payno more than doubled its weekly active users; Rillo’s app holds 4.7 stars across 100,000 ratings.

What changes

Numbers from real projects

Numbers from real projects

Numbers from real projects

2.5

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weekly active users on a personal-finance app

4.7

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App Store rating for a smart wallet, 100k ratings

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shorter enterprise sales cycle after a redesign

What’s included

Everything in product design

UX research

Interviews, funnel analytics and usability tests — enough to decide, not enough to stall.

Information architecture

Navigation, hierarchy and the naming people actually understand.

UI design

Web and native screens, accessible by default, in light and dark where it matters.

Design systems

Tokens, components, states and documentation, shipped to code.

Prototyping

Clickable flows tested with real users before a line of production code.

Design engineering

We pair with your engineers or build the front end ourselves.

How it runs

Four phases, one team

Four phases, one team

Four phases, one team

Step #1

Discovery

Discovery

2 weeks

2 weeks

Interviews, analytics and an audit of what exists. One page of agreed problems.

Interviews, analytics and an audit of what exists. One page of agreed problems.

2 weeks

Interviews, analytics and an audit of what exists. One page of agreed problems.

Step #2

Design

Design

4–8 weeks

4–8 weeks

Flows, screens and prototypes, reviewed in weekly working sessions.

Flows, screens and prototypes, reviewed in weekly working sessions.

4–8 weeks

Flows, screens and prototypes, reviewed in weekly working sessions.

Step #3

System

System

2 weeks

2 weeks

Components, tokens and motion rules handed to the teams that will use them.

Components, tokens and motion rules handed to the teams that will use them.

2 weeks

Components, tokens and motion rules handed to the teams that will use them.

Step #4

Ship

Ship

1–2 weeks

1–2 weeks

QA, pairing with engineering and instrumentation on the flows we changed.

QA, pairing with engineering and instrumentation on the flows we changed.

1–2 weeks

QA, pairing with engineering and instrumentation on the flows we changed.

Verified reviews

What our clients say

What our clients say

What our clients say

5.0

★★★★★

60+ reviews on Ratemark

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    They gave our own studio the clarity we sell to clients. Enquiries tripled in a quarter.

    Dmytro Kravenko

    Founder, Kontour Studios

    Kyiv, UA

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    They found one idea and put it on every cup, bag and menu. Our regulars started asking for the tote bags.

    Lena Hofer

    Founder, Danse Café

    Graz, AT

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    They turned a long list of services into one calm journey. Clients arrive at the first call already knowing what they want.

    Clara Vidal

    Founder, Move in Mallorca

    Palma, ES

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    They made our data feel calm. People open Luma because it already knows what kind of day they’re having.

    Hana Mori

    Co-founder, Luma

    Tokyo, JP

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    They made our app feel calm. People open MyNotes to think now, not just to file things away.

    Rosa Almeida

    Head of Product, MyNotes

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