Product design for complex digital tools.
When a product is doing real work for real users, design decisions have consequences. They affect speed, confidence, trust, and whether people can actually get through the task in front of them.
We work with product and engineering teams to make complex tools clearer, more consistent, and easier to use.
Who this is for
For product teams who need design to pull its weight.
The product has grown, but the experience has not kept pace. New features have been layered onto an interface that was built for a simpler version of the tool, and users are feeling the friction.
We work best with founders, product leads, and engineering teams who want a proper design partner and a shared way forward.
Common problems
Where the product starts to cost more than it should.
1
Complexity has built up without enough structure behind it.
2
The interface has grown feature by feature, and now feels uneven or hard to navigate.
3
New users struggle to get started, while experienced users rely on workarounds.
4
Design and engineering are working from different assumptions, which slows everything down.
What we do
We design interfaces around how the product is actually used.
We stay close to the product, the people building it, and the people using it. Flows, components, and critical screens are developed together so what gets designed is useful, buildable, and grounded in reality.
UX research and flows
Understanding what users are trying to do, and where the experience gets in the way.
Information architecture
Clearer structure, hierarchy, navigation, and states.
UI design
Interfaces with clarity, character, and consistency.
Design systems
Components and patterns teams can keep building with.
Prototyping
Useful prototypes for testing and decision-making.
Engineering handover
Files, specs, and collaboration that help teams move into build.
Selected project proof
Recent digital product work.
A selection of recent work from the studio.
YakChat
A complex B2B messaging platform reworked across product, system, and interface.
View case study
Perfectly Clear
Sophisticated image correction software made more intuitive for busy B2B users.
View case study
AlixPartners
A generative brand tool designed in close collaboration with an internal team.
View case studyHow we work
A process that stays close to the product and the team behind it.
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Audit and framing
We spend time with the product, the team, and the points of friction.
- 02
Systems and core flows
We focus first on the parts of the product where clearer design will matter most.
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Design and build in parallel
We work closely with engineering, so the work stays grounded and moves faster.
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Iteration
We refine as the product evolves, rather than treating launch as the finish line.
If the product has become harder to use as it has grown, we should talk.