Your embedded product design team.

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Our Purpose

We build genuine friendships with our clients because we believe the quality of our work depends on it. Our goal is always to be your true partner.

We are…

Partners

We treat your goals as our own and invest in your success.

Truth tellers

Honest in everything we do. If something isn't right, we address it head on until it is.

Executors

We'll take great execution over a perfect idea 10/10 times. We'll get it done, and it's going to look killer.

Focused.

We build great products. No distractions, just good design.

Business strategy

  • Product vision and goals
  • Market analysis
  • Strategy & positioning
  • Stakeholder alignment
  • MVP launch

User experience

  • User research
  • Wireframing
  • User experience testing

Interface design

  • User interface design
  • High fidelity prototypes
  • Device specific design

Product management

  • Product roadmapping
  • Sprint planning
  • Engineering team handoff
  • Ongoing design support
  • Integration with operations

Mobile & desktop

  • iOS
  • Android
  • Native desktop
  • Web & SaaS

4.8

Avg App Store rating

50M+

Users on our products

$100M+

Revenue for our clients

18.9 mo

Avg partnership length

2020

Year founded

0.1%

Only the best designers

Zero

Wasted meetings

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Rick Russie

Founder, design lead

Minneapolis

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Daniel Kuh

Lead product designer

Los Angeles

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Bryce Murray

Head of AI

Columbia, MO

Portrait of Alex Schumacher

Alex Schumacher

UI designer

NYC

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Nash Faulk

Business development

Minneapolis

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Sandy Hsiao

UX designer

Seattle

We partner closely with you, from aspirational vision to killer execution that punches above it's weight.

Our process