Service — Product design & UX
Design that starts at the problem.
Design that begins with a component kit produces screens that look finished and work badly. We start with the job the user is doing and the constraints the system imposes, and let the interface follow from those.
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Product discovery
Most rework is not a design failure. It is a problem that was never defined properly.
Interviews, workflow mapping, and constraint gathering that establish what the product has to do before anyone opens a design tool.
- Real user workflows mapped, including the parts done outside the product
- Constraints from data, compliance, and existing systems gathered up front
- Scope written down as decisions, with what was ruled out and why
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Interface design
The happy path is the easy part. A design is finished when the awkward states are designed too.
Screens designed against real data, real permissions, and the empty, loading, and error states that make up most of the actual experience.
- Layouts tested against realistic data volumes and edge cases
- Empty, loading, partial, and error states designed, not improvised
- Accessible colour, focus, and target sizes as a baseline requirement
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Prototyping and validation
A wrong assumption is cheap in a prototype and expensive in a release.
Interactive prototypes put in front of users early, so assumptions get corrected before they turn into engineering work.
- Clickable prototypes covering the flow end to end
- Structured testing sessions with findings written down
- Handover as a design system engineers can build from directly
Engineering Principles
Three things we hold to.
How we approach every engagement — the non-negotiables that keep systems maintainable, compliant, and buildable.
Understand before drawing
The first deliverable is a clear statement of the problem, not a screen.
Design the whole state space
Loading, empty, error, and permission-denied are part of the design, not afterthoughts.
Built to be built
Designs are handed over as tokens and components engineers can implement without guessing.
Engagement Outcomes
Production deliverables you own from day one.
Every engagement produces tangible codebases, automated pipelines, and operational specs your internal team actually runs.
Production Web Architecture
Full TypeScript React/Next.js product application built with strict schema validation, responsive state, and role-based permissions.
- Clean Git history with semantic commits
- Full end-to-end runtime & type safety
- Edge-optimized data fetching & caching
Enterprise Component Library
Documented component system enforcing consistent typography, spacing, accessible color contracts, and micro-interactions.
- WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance
- Storybook / isolated component docs
- Zero-runtime CSS token architecture
Core Web Vitals Harness
Automated performance instrumentation guaranteeing sub-second load times and distributed real-user monitoring.
- Strict budgets: LCP < 0.9s & INP < 150ms
- Automated Lighthouse regression CI gates
- Real-user monitoring & error telemetry
Operational Specs & Runbooks
Comprehensive architecture blueprints, deployment guides, and structured pairing sessions for your internal engineering team.
- Self-healing production deploy scripts
- Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
- Paired engineering team transition
Tell us what you are trying to build.
Bring the constraint that worries you most. That is usually the fastest way to work out whether this is the right service for the job.