Whether your digital platform is consumer or business based, we have a vast amount of experience in product design - creating easy-to-use tools that are also beautiful to look at.

UX & UI Product Design | Silicon Rhino

Having worked with companies of all sizes and stages, we understand how to approach digital product design in a way that will work for you.

Whether you need a simple and easy-to-use MVP interface, or a complete overhaul of your product’s look & feel, we approach every project with the care it needs, including seeking out efficiencies when it comes to implementing the build.

From wireframes to clickable prototypes, our team can help in all the stages of a design project, no matter how big or small.

A wireframe is a low-fidelity mockup of your project focusing on information hierarchy and the functionalities available to users. This is a crucial stage to establish your key user journeys.

How does a new system or new feature work? How many steps will the user need to take to achieve their goal? The aim is to design an application that is functional and easy to use.

 

Once it’s clear how everything should work it’s time to apply some colour and style to the user interface, to give it some personality and reflect your brand.

A prototype connects the various screens and actions of the UI design to demonstrate the final user flow of your product.

This enables user testing before any code is written, to allow for changes in scope at the start of the process. Doing so ensures the final build will be closer to the user's expectations while avoiding overheads.

Designing a mobile app has its own intricacies, from good practice iOS and Android interface design to understanding the subtle differences in user behaviour between web and mobile applications.

With the introduction of Progressive Web Applications in the last few years, the gap between the available functionality in mobile and web apps is smaller than ever. Nowadays it's possible to implement very rich user experiences within the browser. 

Thanks to our years of experience in web app development, our design team is capable of leveraging the latest trends and features to give users the best experience possible.

The best dashboards are those which look simple no matter how complex the data being presented is.

We have designed many dashboards with that mantra in mind, always with excellent results.

With thousands of different devices and screen sizes, designing for the web means your product should have a responsive design that looks beautiful and functional no matter which devices your users have.

When starting a new project, it’s helpful to begin with a library of the components that will make up the design. These are the building blocks of your digital product which can be combined to create more complex interfaces.

This approach improves reusability throughout the design, and helps plan for better reusability during the build, improving efficiency and consistency in both areas.

We have the experience to know what makes your users tick and what will make them want to come back to your product. Contact us for a free discussion about your design project and see how we can help.

We are not only creative, but we are also commercially grounded. We make our decisions based on our clients’ objectives and make sure we are in the sweet spot between efficiency and wow factor.

We took over the MVP for this babysitting app to take it to the next level.

Bubble | Silicon Rhino

React, Typescript, Angular, MongoDB, Node JS

We have worked with Bubble for the last 5 years to refine, expand and scale what started as a simple but great idea. 

The original MVP grew into a full business solution that includes mobile app, web app, operations portal, and a back end supporting countless users. We have helped Bubble establish its internal technical team, and transitioned all the technology operations.

Understanding what a business needs given it's current product stage is key to successfully supporting a startup. When we took on Bubble the most important things were agility and adaptability, and so in the initial stage we worked closely with Bubble to ideate, design, and develop new features which would help the product expand. This meant solving more parts of the overall problem and gaining more users.

As the user base grew and the strain on the system increased, the next important step was to optimise performance and improve their operational abilities, such that the system could dynamically scale during busier periods.

With all of this in place, the product was in a great place to iterate and polish the overall user experience.

Bubble's technology and product were developed to such a high standard that having an external development team was seen as a benefit in assisting the company's growth.

With a freshly launched MVP on the App Store and Google Play, Bubble began their partnership with us.

We started with some initial sprints to improve the UX & design of the existing app, before being ready to start development of some new features.

This year saw lots of new features, and a redesign of the existing mobile app to be able to work with this vast expansion of functionality.

It also saw the introduction of an admin portal to allow customer support to manage the ever expanding user base.

As the number of users kept growing, there was a need to ensure the infrastructure supporting them was able to grow as well.

This saw the introduction of containers and auto-scaling, ensuring the system was able to adapt to the busier weekly periods while maintaining a low baseline infrastructure cost.

By now the app had outgrown it's original technologies, and so the year started with the launch of the brand new version of the Bubble App, moving from the Cordova framework to React Native.

When Covid started, we worked closely with the Bubble team to try to have a positive impact, launching free babysitting for the NHS doctors in less than 2 weeks.

After reaching cruise ship velocity it became clear Bubble were ready to have their own internal development team.

We collaborated with the Bubble management team on the recruitment process, onboarding, and training of the new hires.

Over the past 5 years, we have helped Bubble to grow to hundreds of thousands users.

We have been involved in feature design, product design, UI/UX design, development, infrastructure, and support. Being able to take part in the multiple stages of Bubble as a business, from MVP to high scaling, has proven Silicon Rhino is the right partner to bring your product to scale.

As their technology partners, we achieved our original goal and more.

Silicon Rhino has been the Bubble technology team since shortly after launch. They've transformed the product and been able to provide strategic advice to guide us to be a stronger business. As we transition to our own internal technology team, I'm grateful for all the value Silicon Rhino has been able to build into our world class care app - they have been invaluable support.

UX & UI Design

Stages

Wireframing

UX Design

UI Design

Prototypes

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Mobile apps

Designing for the small screen

Web applications

Anything is possible

Dashboards

All about data

Website design

Responsive mobile and desktop design

Design systems

The building blocks for your platform

Bubble