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One step ahead

A studio year in review. Seven short chapters, ten minutes.

Studio review Seven chapters Ten minutes

Three decisions that changed how we work.

Fourteen clients became six

Fewer, longer projects. The average engagement doubled.

Roster
Design and code in one room

Every project ships as a working prototype, not a PDF.

Craft
Four-day weeks since March

Fridays off the clock. Output went up, not down.

Time

What changed once the roster got smaller.

projects shipped
day week
pitch decks written

Seven weeks, four phases, one team the whole way.

Three clients, unedited.

Signal 01

“They asked better questions than our own team did.”

Nadia R., Head of Product, Kite

Signal 02

“The week-two prototype was more useful than the last agency's final deliverable.”

Tomas L., Founder, Brine

Signal 03

“Every review felt like a working session.”

Priya M., CMO, Lumen

Same people, different shape.

Last year

  • Fourteen clients
  • PDF deliverables
  • Five-day weeks
  • Pitch decks every month

This year

  • Six clients
  • Working prototypes
  • Four-day weeks
  • Zero pitches

Four things we have already started.

Lisbon rooma second studio The playbookour process, published Two productsour own, not client work Four-day weekunchanged
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