A friend forwarded me an email his wife got from CVS, who wanted her to come in for a Halloween sale. He was surprised at the illustrations of the Halloween costumes... and so am I. Hmmmm, we have: A single-toothed vampire in a cowboy hat. A single-toothed monkey in...
We're all the tasks between "I have an idea" and "send it to the developers to build."
Research · Design · Prototype · Test · IterateWe offer your engineering team the dream process of building a finalized and tested design once.
Remarkable designs. Passionate UX experts.
We are available to agencies, startups, and companies of all sizes and locations for short-term and long-term UX projects.
Ptype is refreshingly different.
Innovative. Casual. Fun. Honest. Tenacious.
Over 20 years of experience and expertise.
We architect, craft, and construct the best solutions and designs for your target audiences.
We involve you in the process and make sure you understand what we’re doing and why.
We’re Mary Poppins… we come in, we fix everything, sing a few songs, and we fly away until needed again (or stay on monitoring KPIs and live user recordings so we can get the next phase into the backlog).
Main Areas of Service
UX Strategy, Innovation, Design, and Optimization
Product and experience design for digital interfaces including websites and apps.
Service Design
Service design focusing on processes, motivation, employee experience, and customer delight.
Axure Prototyping
Axure prototyping for brainstorming, iteration, user testing, impressing investors, and more.
Axure Training
We’re one of the few Axure-recommended trainers on the planet.UX Training
Training on UX topics for UX practitioners, non-UX roles, managers, and executives.Upcoming Training Workshops
- DevOps ICU: Improving DevOps Results by Integrating UX Practitioners and Processes
Helping non-UX roles fit UX into their software dev methodologies and processes.
Dec 2018 live and online AND January 2019 live in the Bay Area, California. Registration is open now! - Live Online Axure Workshops
Core Skills, Mobile App Prototyping, and Advanced Skills
September, October, and November 2018, via Zoom
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Updates
- Our Mobile Apps Prototyping video course is now available! Plus a new bundle of all three Axure video workshops. Learn more.
- Did you miss our presentations at WeAreDevelopers in Vienna or UX Designers Camp Serbia? Visit our Ptype Academy for home studio versions of these presentations.
- DevOps ICU: Improving DevOps Results by Integrating UX Practitioners and Processes, a 6+ hour video course, is now available. Learn how UX fits into Agile (and many other topics!).
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Walt Disney World Should Treat All Star Resorts As The Gateway To Moderate Resorts
Happy Anniversary, Walt Disney World. You were very influential during my childhood and influence me even today. I consider you my third home. I'm here now for one of your Disney Institute courses. But I'm having an experience that makes me want to get someone's...
Video Course On (Correctly) Integrating UX in to Software Development Now Available
Our 6+ hour self-paced video workshop is now available for purchase. The first chapter (roughly a half hour long) is available as a free preview. DevOps ICU: Improving DevOps Results by Integrating UX Practitioners and Processes UX specialist Debbie Levitt takes you...
What’s With the Language on Your DevOps ICU Site That Makes UX Sound Like Jerks?
Some UX practitioners have responded negatively to some of the copy around our new DevOps ICU training program, aimed at non-UX roles. They've seen the site or our ads and didn't like how we phrased things. For those who haven't seen, some of our website and ad copy...