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Our Design Process

Clearly defining and communicating the design process is empowering. It enables us to align expectations, work collaboratively, think creatively, focus on deadlines, and produce the highest quality deliverable for every client and every project.

Here's the process our team follows to design a new brand:

Process

Discover

01

Discovery

Our discovery process collects detailed information about your business from defining key goals, to observations, and metrics which drive the success of the project. It explores every aspect of the project to identify and frame the problems.

02

Comparative & Competitive Analysis

Our C&C Analysis produces a visual report that takes inspiration from within and outside your industry and identifies patterns to position your brand to stand out from the crowd.

03

Moodboard

We then create a moodboard that consists of a collection of visuals to align on the style, voice, and direction of your project. A final moodboard provides us with design direction moving the project forward into the define phase.

Define

04

Product Strategy

Building a Product Requirements Document allows us to outline the product we intend to build: it defines the product's purpose, features, functionalities, and behavior. It acts as a guideline for the product team to understand what needs to be built and the expectations around it.

05

User Flows

We create user flows to map all the possible paths a user can take to finish a specific journey within the product. We make sure to have flows for all relevant roles and permissions.

06

Development Constraints

We will review the product strategy and userflows to identify any issues from a technical perspective. Adjustments will be made based on discussion with the development team to ensure we are building in the most efficient way possible.

Design

07

Wireframes

In the design phase, we create wireframes for each user flow, which are blueprints of each page’s structure, information architecture, layout, functionality, and intended behaviors.

08

Visual Language

Through a visual language workshop, which is an extension of the moodboard, we help to define a unique visual style for each component in the design system.

09

Hi-Fidelity

This is where the magic happens! By applying our established visual language, we turn simple wireframes into stunning, polished pages. Each element, from typography to color schemes, comes to life creating an interactive beautiful final design.

10

Prototype

We will test and validate ideas using a prototype, or a simulation of the final product. We will think through transitions and micro interactions to direct the development team accordingly. 

Deploy

11

Development Handoff

Development transforms our hi-fidelity design into a functioning app. We'll deliver all of the project assets over for final review. We'll assist with clarifying questions or provide any final assets to ensure a smooth transition from design to development.

12

Quality Assurance, Testing, and Review

In this final stage, after the product has been developed, we meticulously check and test the development staging environment to ensure that the app is functioning properly and the design has been built as envisioned. 

13

Launch

We will help you prepare for launch by providing app store assets, social media, and marketing collateral to announce your product to your market.

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