For startups
UI/UX Design
Design here is product work. Vortex Digital helps startups learn the task, structure the product, and hand engineering an interface a person can learn. Decoration without a job is not the point.
- Journeys
- Prototypes
- Design systems
- Handoff
What we build
The outputs are decisions and files the build can follow. They are not a gallery of fictional apps.
Product discovery
Enough research to name the user, the task, and the constraint. Not a months-long study unless that is the engagement.
Journeys and structure
The path through the product and the information each step needs.
Wireframes and prototypes
Low-fidelity structure first, then a prototype of the interaction that is risky to guess.
Interface design
Screens for the agreed flows, including empty, loading, and error states.
Challenges we address
Startups lose time when every feature invents its own interface, or when a pretty file cannot survive real data.
01
Screens without a task
Visuals that do not say what the user is trying to finish. We design the task first.
02
A prototype that ignores the data
Perfect records in a mock hide the empty state and the long name. We design those states on purpose.
03
Engineering has to interpret the file
Spacing, components, and behavior that are not specified become a second design project during the build.
04
Accessibility arrives as a bug
Contrast, focus, labels, and keyboard paths are part of the interface, not a later audit we promise to pass.
Our technical approach
Watch the task, structure the product, prototype the risky part, and hand off a system rather than a pile of frames.
01
Discovery
Talk to the people who know the problem. Write the jobs the first release must support.
02
Information architecture
Group the product so a new user can tell where a task lives.
03
Wireframes
Structure and priority before color. Review them while they are still cheap to change.
04
Interface and prototype
Visual design and a clickable path through the interaction that is easiest to get wrong.
05
Handoff
Components, states, and notes engineering can implement. A short design system if more than a handful of screens exist.
Service capabilities
User journeys
The steps a person takes, including the ones that fail. Each step has a reason to exist.
Wireframes
Layout and hierarchy without the distraction of a finished coat of paint.
Prototypes
A model of the interaction founders can try before a sprint is spent on it.
Interface design
Typography, spacing, and components that match the product, applied to the screens in scope.
Accessibility basics
Contrast, focus order, names for controls, and text that still makes sense without color alone. Not a formal conformance certificate.
Developer handoff
Specs a developer can build from: components, spacing, and the behavior of each state.
Typical deliverables
These are examples of what a proposal can include. Scope decides which ones you receive. None of them is an automatic part of every inquiry.
- Journey or flow notes for the tasks in scope
- Wireframes for those tasks
- Interface design for the agreed screens
- A prototype of the risky interaction
- Handoff files and a starter component set when the screen count justifies it
Technologies and tools
Design work is not a framework certification. The frontend names in the catalog are examples of what engineering may implement afterward. The handoff should not depend on a single tool, and no design-vendor partnership is claimed.
Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
Questions founders ask
Do you only make things look polished?
Polish is the last layer. The work starts with the task, the structure, and the states people actually hit. A decorative screen that hides the workflow is not the deliverable.
Can you design inside an existing product?
Yes. We start from the current flows and the complaints that are specific. A full visual reboot is a choice, not the default.
What do developers receive?
Files and notes that name components, spacing, and behavior, including empty and error states. The format is agreed so the engineering team can open it.
Do you guarantee accessibility compliance?
We design for the basics and can test the flows in scope with assistive checks. A legal conformance claim needs a dedicated audit and is not made here.
How many screens are included?
The ones the proposal lists. A product with forty views is not the same project as a product with six.
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