Amsten / Solutions / Product & UX

Strategy — 05

Design that ships
alongside engineering.

We research, design, and prototype digital products that work for the people using them — and hand off design systems that engineering teams can build from confidently.

Design System
Components
Flows
User Testing
Tokens
32 components synced

Why it matters

Good engineering can't save a confusing product.

01

Teams design in the dark

Decisions get made on opinion, not evidence. Without real user research, teams ship what feels right instead of what actually works.

02

Every screen looks different

Without a shared design system, every new feature reinvents its own buttons, spacing, and colours — and the product slowly falls apart.

03

Design and dev drift apart

Handoffs without shared components mean what ships never quite matches what was designed — and both teams end up frustrated.

What we provide

Product design that moves with engineering

User research

Understand real behaviour before you design

We run interviews, usability tests, and journey mapping sessions to surface what users actually need — not what stakeholders assume they need.

  • User interviews and moderated usability testing

  • Journey mapping and information architecture

  • Competitive audits and heuristic evaluation

Task completion rate n=24 sessions
Complete checkout92%
Find account settings64%
Reset password88%
Wireframe
Hi-fi prototype

Interface design

From wireframe to pixel-perfect, in the same team

We move from low-fidelity concepts to interactive, production-ready prototypes — so stakeholders can click through the real experience before a line of code ships.

  • Wireframes through high-fidelity UI design

  • Clickable, interactive prototypes for stakeholder review

  • Motion and micro-interaction design

Design systems

One system, consistent everywhere it ships

We build design systems with tokens, components, and documentation that keep design and engineering in sync — so consistency doesn't depend on memory.

  • Design tokens synced between Figma and code

  • Reusable component libraries (React, Figma)

  • Usage guidelines and pattern documentation

Primary Button Secondary Pill / Tag
Color tokens
Colour contrast (text)AA Pass
Keyboard navigationPass
Screen reader labels3 flagged

Accessibility

Usable by everyone, verified — not assumed

We audit against WCAG standards and test with assistive technology, so accessibility is built in from the start rather than retrofitted after a complaint.

  • WCAG 2.1 AA compliance audits

  • Screen reader and keyboard-navigation testing

  • Remediation guidance for engineering teams

How we work

From open questions to a system that ships

1.0 Discover

Research users and define the problem

2.0 Design

Wireframe, prototype, and test with users

3.0 Systemise

Build components and tokens for reuse

4.0 Hand off

Ship with engineering, not just to them

Tools we work with

Proven design tooling, applied to your product

Figma

UI design & prototyping

Maze & UserTesting

Usability research

Storybook

Component documentation

Style Dictionary

Design token pipelines

Axe & WAVE

Accessibility auditing

Linear & Notion

Design ops & documentation

Have a project in mind?

Tell us what you're building — we'll scope the right team and timeline.

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