Curious Design helps early-stage startup teams validate new ideas and growth-stage companies design what’s next.
But enough about me, who are you?
FOR STARTUP FOUNDERS
Define your brand
Start with a strong logo and visual language that sets the foundation for future visual designs
Align on your brand’s personality, reflect your value proposition, and generally make it pop
Bring your vision to life
Collaborate on your customer journey with a trusted design partner
Define your MVP and map out your product vision
Iterate on key workflows and quickly reach initial milestones
Test key assumptions
Learn how real buyers and users react to your value proposition
Engage your target audience and get data-driven validation using qualitative and quantitative research methods
FOR ESTABLISHED TEAMS
Get unstuck
Get fresh eyes on your product challenges and process
Participate in design thinking workshops with practiced facilitators
Ideate past a product roadblock with key stakeholders
Embed a design expert in your team
Add a part-time designer who can pinch-hit in and focus wherever you need help most, whether that’s with updating design systems, mentoring junior talent, bringing fresh eyes or data-driven rigor to specific features – or all of the above
Learn what makes your users tick
Point us at a persona, feature area, or workflow you want to learn more about and we’ll pick the aproporiate research method, plan and facilitate a study, and report on our findings while you stay focused on your near-term priorities.
SERVICES
Product design
Design thinking workshops
Design sprint lead and facilitation
Concept design and validation
Information architecture
Low and high fidelity mockups
Prototyping and specification for engineering
Design system definition, best practices
User and market research
Heuristic evaluation of current product
Qualitative research planning
Survey design and analysis
Exploratory research design, facilitation, & analysis
Remote usability testing
Data-driven insights and recommendations
Visual communications
Product design visionware
Data visualization
Informational graphics
Branding
Visual identity
Packaging design
Brand tone, personality
Design ops
Project management
Design/research process optimization
Resource planning
Tailored designer recruiting
READY TO GET STARTED?
Let’s chat about what you need and how we can help.
ABOUT CURIOUS
Curious is a product design studio led by Sharon Brener, a data-driven product designer and startup veteran focused on delivering excellent brands and experiences.
PAST ROLES
VP Product Design and User Research, data.world
Design Director, Wikibuy (acq. by Capital One)
Founder, Hardcore Sprinkles
Lead Visual Designer, CA Technologies
Designer, Pentagram