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Design that holds up.
We design products that survive contact with reality — researched, tested, documented in detail, and tightly coupled to your engineering constraints.
Disciplines
Six disciplines — one continuous trace.
Each discipline carries its own depth in the studio. Click through — the stage shows the live work.
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Specs
UX/UI Design
Research, information architecture and visual interface — designed straight from the use case.
Design language
We work in systems, not in screens.
Color, type, spacing, radius — every primitive is a token with a name and a value. Hover to read it.
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Color
Type
Spacing
Radius
Anatomy
One component — pulled apart in plain sight.
Every property of a button — radius, padding, weight, states — exposed as a live playground. Move the sliders.
Weight
States
Padding ⇕ vertical · ⇔ horizontal · Radius measured at edge · 8 · 16 · 24 px grid
How we work
From brief to release — in documented steps.
Every phase has a clear target state, a tangible artifact, and a stakeholder sign-off. No hand-offs into the void.
- 01DiscoveryStakeholder brief, research plan, risk list
Discovery
stakeholders · 6
- · Goals & guardrails
- · Constraints (tech, time)
- · Success metrics
- 02StrategyPersonas, customer journey, design principles
Strategy
journey
DiscoverSign upSet upUseRenewPersonaPrinciplesPillars - 03UX conceptIA, user flows, low-fi wireframes
UX concept
- 04UI designHigh-fi mockups, components, style spec
UI design
AccountSave - 05Prototype & testClickable prototype, test report, iterations
Prototype & test
tasks · 4 / 5 done
- 06Hand-offDesign tokens, engineering specs, a11y report
Hand-off
tokens.json{ "color.accent": "#B0FE93" }A11ySpecsAssets
Live audit
Check contrast — instantly, in your browser.
Pick a foreground and background, read the ratio, watch WCAG AA and AAA flip in real time. A tool, not marketing.
Presets
Sample
Reading is a load-bearing task.
Pick a foreground and background, read the ratio, watch WCAG AA and AAA flip in real time. A tool, not marketing.
Ratio
19.30:1
Body text
AAALarge text
AAABy the numbers
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15+ Experts
Engineers, designers, and strategists working as one practice from our Hamburg HQ.
50+ Clients
Companies across consumer, healthcare, and B2B trust us with their digital products. Long-term partnerships are the default.
97% Recommendation rate
Repeat engagements and references our buyers actually call. Trust compounds when delivery does.
50+ Launches
Custom mobile and web products shipped from concept to maintenance — owned end-to-end by our team.
100% In-house
Strategy, design, and engineering all live at our Hamburg HQ. One team, one project lead, accountable to you from kickoff to launch.
Since 2023
Helping companies ship digital products — and growing alongside the teams we work with.
Next steps
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