Torii Studio

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the Engineering Lead at a startup that provides a platform for assessing and monitoring the mental health of its users.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Torii Studio, and what were your goals?

With limited resources, we needed our engineers focused on building platform level projects rather than refining the styles and visual experience for users. Torii was able to use their expertise to build a component library for web and mobile that our engineers have used to quickly create production ready features with the visual quality that is needed.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

A co-worker was introduced to the Torii team and provided a recommendation after using them for a separate successful project.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

The project was scoped to provide a component library using React and React Native. The Torii team was accommodating with schedules, and we meet once or twice weekly to define their team's sprints and coordinate on deliverables. They established a process for review and hand-off of all components and adjusted as we learned more about how to successfully work together. They also worked with us on some difficult requirements around backwards compatibility and IE11 support.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We worked with four members of the Torii team. Cristobal leads the group and was part of all of our sessions. There was also a project manager and a few developers that helped at meetings and delivering on the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The Torii team delivered 20+ new components that has saved our engineers 100+ hours in development work. This allowed us to focus on our other high priority projects.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We did weekly sprint planning with their team and also a retrospective to discuss how we could improve the process. We set up communication channels on slack that they were responsive to. Over the course of the project the Torii team actively looked to optimize our process to make it best for my team.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The Torii team has a high level of expertise that allowed us to avoid pitfalls along the way. We relied on many of their suggestions. Cristobal consistently proposed refinements to our processes so that we could be more efficient. He was very well organized and did a great job of distilling our discussions down into action items for his team to deliver on. The library they had developed is high quality and clearly shows the attention to detail that their team provided.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

If we were starting from the beginning, I would want to better establish up front what are the limitations of their team. Knowing when our requests are too much or add undue effort to the project is important. We worked throughout the project to improve communication in this regard.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the VP of Design at a public company based on mental health. We have a platform that works on both web and native applications for iOS and Android.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Torii Studio?

We’re redesigning our current platform. It is a larger scale effort that Torii Studio is helping out with, which includes a lot of design system creation and a component library.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We typically provide them with detailed component specifications to build on React and React Native. We initially gave them the actual specs, and they came back with a component that has been implemented on those two technologies that I mentioned. There is a process of reviewing, testing, and eventually integrating their resulting components into two repositories.

One of them is a storybook, and it’s a process that involves a lot of technical expertise and intersection with design sensitivity. As for discovery and research, we provide them with the specifications of the components, and they do the actual development, but the original request comes from us. There is back and forth to ensure they understand the requirements.

They sometimes provide feedback on different ways to implement it better than requested. They also have a great deal of proactiveness in the way they interact, but fundamentally, we would take the first step in providing them with the direction that we wanted for the project.

Eventually, those reusable pieces of code are given to developers for them to integrate into the code. In a certain way, we build together a series of reusable components. My in-house team does the design, but they do the web development.

They’ve used HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentally, and the specifics are React and React Native. The end result would be used on phones, tablets, and other devices.

What is the team composition?

We work with Cris (Founder & CEO), a project manager, and a developer. Sometimes, we have somebody from their marketing team.

How did you come to work with Torii Studio?

They reached out to us proactively. At the time, we were looking for a partner to do this specific design system, so they came at the right time with the right value proposition.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent roughly $100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started our ongoing partnership in January 2020.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

The team is very happy with the design and development side. There’s no quantitative way to measure that, but we were all pretty excited.

How did Torii Studio perform from a project management standpoint?

I think they did a good job connecting the design and tech teams in our organization. We have two weekly meetings with them. During our Friday meeting, we provide the requirements that we review with their technical team, and then on Mondays, we review the results after the sprint.

Everything is reviewed by me and the head of technology and captured through Jira. We both use Jira, so it’s been convenient to keep track of everything. We just go through the actual outcome of this sprint with them, so it’s pretty efficient. We typically communicate through Slack and email two times a week.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their team is very focused. They have a commitment to quality, and I think that’s a key differentiator. They put a lot of attention to detail about the actual quality that they bring back to us. I think they’re very responsive, and they never missed any project in terms of quality. They’re also extremely reliable.

Are there any areas they could improve?

We review weekly areas of improvement, and they’re quite receptive to anything. This morning, for instance, we were just asking for some improvements when it comes to the status of projects and its characterization. They’re very responsive and adaptive to our needs. We haven’t found any major issues.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Be specific about what you want to get from them. They know exactly what the project is; they’ve done it a number of times in the interaction with some other major companies. If you know exactly what you want, I think it would be a great strategy because that was our case. Be specific and pragmatic.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the engineering manager of a mobile e-commerce company. I manage the front- and backend of the application.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Torii Studio?

We needed someone to expedite high-quality special features that our internal team wasn’t able to provide in time. We wanted to grow our team and basically hired an external agency to help us find the right team members.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Torii Studio is mostly doing frontend development for our company. They’re building and designing components and experiences, as well as providing their own QA services.

What is the team composition?

Currently, we’re working with five people in their team.

How did you come to work with Torii Studio?

I knew the founder from a previous company we both worked at. I really wanted to hire him for this project, then he told me about his new business — from there, we started working with him and his team.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested more than $200,000 in the project.

What is the status of this engagement?

The partnership started in June 2020. The engagement is still ongoing for over a year now.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

Our development team has grown by 300% in less than a month. The founder has a lot of expertise in this field, so he is able to find the right team to build the features we want. They have designers in their team that have the ability to create things that are very close to the internal vision and original design.

They provide me with peace of mind while doing the work because I don’t have to be on top of everything all the time. This saves me a lot of time whereas before, I had to do it manually.

How did Torii Studio perform from a project management standpoint?

Having Torii has been tremendously helpful for us. We’re planning to have our own internal team, but we haven’t found a way to deliver the same speed and quality that Torii is delivering at the moment.

What did you find most impressive about them?

What sets them apart is the speed and quality of their work. They’re very reliable and they usually overdeliver so we get more than what we ask — which we highly appreciate.

Are there any areas they could improve?

What I would suggest to Torii is to expand in other areas of design and development.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

When you’re struggling to find the talent for your team or if you want to keep an eye on the quality of the work and delivery process, it’s important to have the right people with the right expertise. Torii will not only bring you the best solution, they’re also very cost-effective so you will get what you pay for.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

My company is a healthcare tech company in the nursing industry. I am a Co-Founder.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Torii Studio, and what were your goals?

We hired Torii to build our website, which we have designed with another firm. Our goals were build a functional, secure, bug-free web application on a fairly aggressive timeline.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

I had worked with Cris (founder of Torii) before and knew he'd be the right guy to work with on this project given his depth of experience and work ethic.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Torii and their front-end developers worked with me, our backend team, and designers to coordinate handoffs, defined product specs, and project managed the whole thing to make sure everything was ready when it needed to be.Torii worked primarily with React to develop our website application.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We had 3 total people working with us. Two junior engineers, and one senior. The senior engineer also acted as a project manager for us.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Despite setting an aggressive timeline for all the things we wanted to get done, Torii was able to get it all done on time. In the process, they're also helped us think of ways to move even faster going forward.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

They are available whenever you need. They primarily operate on Slack and will hop on a zoom call with you whenever needed. We manage project scoping and schedules on Google Sheets and Google Docs and we have a weekly demo to go over what had been accomplished in the past week.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They quickly adapt to our needs. They could source us new team members in a matter of days and adapt to our scoping changes (which happened often at our early stage). Overall this helped us move a lot quicker than if we had been working with another firm.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Really hard to think of anything top of mind but since they didn't have a dedicated person doing the QA, sometimes things would fall through the cracks. That being said, they have since changed their team and working arrangement to include someone who does. Another testament to how quickly they can adapt to continually improve!

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder of an AI company that creates revolutionary agentic computers without screens. Users can talk to our products through a natural language interface.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Torii Studio?

We’d been through a few iterations of our website, but nothing felt like it matched the ambition of what we were building. Our new product was a fundamentally new kind of computer: it was screenless, sensory, and lived in sound. However, our web presence still spoke the language of a traditional consumer electronics brand: clean but flat.We hired Torii Studio because we needed someone who could translate our philosophy into a digital experience. We didn’t just want to make our website look cool; we needed the site itself to feel like an extension of the product. When someone landed on our site, we wanted them to feel something before they understood something. That was how our product worked: sound hit users before language did. We wanted the web experience to operate on the same principle.Specifically, we were looking for three things: (1) a WebGL-driven experience that felt premium and immersive without being gratuitous (we weren’t a demo reel; we were a product company), (2) someone who could actually ship the product, not just conceptualize it (we’d seen too many studios design beautiful things they couldn’t build), and (3) someone who understood that craft at this level was a signal. When we asked people to trust a new category of hardware, every touchpoint mattered. The site needed to communicate that we obsessed over details the same way we obsessed over the fit of an earpiece.The Awwwards recognition was a nice validation, but the real goal was to make users leave the site believing this was a serious, world-class product. That was the bar.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

The scope of the project was pretty focused but deep. We weren’t looking for a full rebrand or a ground-up content strategy; we already had the brand identity, the story, and the product. What we needed was the engineering and design execution to bring the digital experience to the level the product deserved.The core of the project was the front-end build. The 3D product visuals, the WebGL layer, and the interaction design were all part of the work that made the site feel alive rather than just informative. Torii Studio took our existing brand direction and elevated it into something that actually moved. The team added scroll-driven animations, spatial audio cues, and a way for the product to reveal itself as users navigated the site. None of that existed before they got involved.If I had to break down the main deliverables, they were the immersive product experience pages (how our product was presented and how the features unfolded), the interaction layer across the site, and the performance work underneath all of it. The last part didn’t get talked about enough. It was easy to throw a bunch of shaders on a page, but it was hard to make the site run well across devices and still feel seamless. That was where we saw the engineering discipline versus just the creative ambition.Torii Studio also worked closely with our design team on motion direction. They didn’t just decide what animated; they also decided how it felt when it animated. The team worked on the timing, easing, and relationship between scroll position and visual state. That was painstaking work, and most studios either skipped it or hand-waved through it.The product showcase was entirely Torii Studio’s. The whole sequence where the device rotated in 3D space and the features unfolded as users scrolled was theirs. The team owned that end to end. We handed over the industrial design files and feature messaging, and they came back with something that made the hardware feel tangible through a screen.Torii Studio also built the transition system. Moving between sections didn’t feel like scrolling a webpage; it felt like moving through a space. That was custom interaction engineering — the spatial continuity and the way elements transformed rather than just appeared and disappeared. It was real architectural thinking about how the DOM and the WebGL layer talked to each other.Moreover, the team integrated sound. Our audio team defined what things should sound like, and Torii Studio made it actually work in a browser, responding to interaction state in real time. The team even worked on the 404 page. It was a small thing, but they turned it into a moment instead of phoning it in. That kind of detail told us everything about how the studio operated.

What is the team composition?

We worked with 2–5 teammates from Torii Studio.

How did you come to work with Torii Studio?

Someone referred Torii Studio to me.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked with Torii Studio from November 2025–March 2026.

How did Torii Studio perform from a project management standpoint?

Torii Studio’s project management was tight. There were no unnecessary meetings and no fluff. Cris (Founder & Creative Director) ran lean, and we felt it in how fast the work moved.We adjusted the scope midproject a few times, and the team absorbed it without drama. They just solved it and kept shipping. Moreover, they delivered on time, which honestly surprised me for a WebGL-heavy build. Those projects usually blew past every deadline, but this one didn’t.Our primary forms of communication were virtual meetings and emails.

What did you find most impressive or unique about them?

Torii Studio built what they designed, which was rarer than it should be. Cris thought like a product person, not an agency person. He challenged a direction if it weakened the experience, even when it meant more work for him.Their craft was real; we could feel the hand in it. In an era where everyone shipped faster and cared less, that mattered.

Are there any areas they could improve?

If I were honest, the only thing I’d flag was the documentation. Their work itself was excellent, but when it came time for our internal team to maintain certain pieces (especially the WebGL layer), the handoff could have been more thorough. We figured it out, but a more structured knowledge transfer at the end would have saved us some time.However, in the context of everything they delivered, it was a minor point.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

The obvious result was the Awwwards Site of the Day and Developer Award. Those weren’t vanity metrics for us; they were credibility signals. When we launched a new hardware category, people looked for reasons to take us seriously. An award-winning web presence told them that our team cared about craft at every level.Moreover, time on site went up significantly after the launch. People weren’t bouncing; they were staying and scrolling through the full experience. That told us the interaction design was doing its job. It was pulling people through the story instead of just presenting information and hoping they read it.We also saw a measurable lift in demo requests and deposit conversions after the redesign. I couldn’t attribute that entirely to the site since we were running other campaigns, but the before and after was hard to ignore. The product didn’t change; the way people experienced it digitally did.Average time on site roughly doubled compared to the previous version. We went from people spending around a minute to closer to two and a half minutes on average. For a hardware product page, that was significant. It meant people were actually going through the full experience, not just scanning and leaving.Demo requests were up around 35%–40% in the first month after the launch. Again, there were other variables in play, but the site was the biggest change we made in that window.Deposit conversions improved meaningfully, and the quality of inbound leads changed too. People showed up more informed and bought in. There were fewer basic questions and more “when can I get one” energy. Moreover, the bounce rate dropped by nearly 30%. That was probably the cleanest signal because it was the most directly tied to the experience itself.Performance was another result. The site ran smoothly across devices despite the WebGL complexity. That mattered because half our audience hit it on mobile first. If the 3D experience stuttered or the load time killed the moment, none of the design work mattered. Torii Studio delivered a site that looked like it should be heavy but didn’t feel heavy. That was engineering, not just design.Honestly, the less quantifiable result was the investor reactions that changed. When we sent the site in a deck or a follow-up, people responded differently. They showed up to calls already impressed. That was hard to put a number on, but it was real.The word that kept showing up in the feedback was “premium” — unprompted and consistently. That was exactly what we needed when we were selling a $600 device people hadn’t seen before.People described the site in physical terms: “It felt like holding the product” and “like walking through a showroom.” Nobody said, “Nice website.” That was the difference.The biggest shift was practical. Before the redesign, every meeting started with, “So what is this thing?” After the redesign, people showed up already understanding the product. The site was doing ten minutes of explanatory work for us before anyone got on a call.Moreover, the real deliverable was the feeling users got when they used the site. That was harder to put in a statement of work, but that was what we got.

How did Torii Studio perform from a project management standpoint?

Torii Studio’s project management was tight. There were no unnecessary meetings and no fluff. Cris (Founder & Creative Director) ran lean, and we felt it in how fast the work moved.We adjusted the scope midproject a few times, and the team absorbed it without drama. They just solved it and kept shipping. Moreover, they delivered on time, which honestly surprised me for a WebGL-heavy build. Those projects usually blew past every deadline, but this one didn’t.Our primary forms of communication were virtual meetings and emails.

What did you find most impressive or unique about them?

Torii Studio built what they designed, which was rarer than it should be. Cris thought like a product person, not an agency person. He challenged a direction if it weakened the experience, even when it meant more work for him.Their craft was real; we could feel the hand in it. In an era where everyone shipped faster and cared less, that mattered.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of an advertising and marketing company. We help sales and marketing teams capture and remember in-person conversations at conferences.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Torii Studio?

We hired Torii Studio to take our startup from an early idea to a clear, modern product by defining the brand, shaping the UX, and building a high-quality mobile app that could be confidently used in real conference environments.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Torii Studio’s scope included brand identity and positioning, UI/UX design for the core conference workflows, and full mobile app development. They delivered a polished, production-ready app that could be tested and used in real conference settings. Their work was primarily focused on the product side: brand, UI/UX, and the mobile app experience. They collaborated closely with our backend team to ensure the app integrated cleanly and supported real-world conference use cases.

What is the team composition?

We worked with 2–5 teammates from Torii Studio.

How did you come to work with Torii Studio?

Someone referred Torii Studio to me. I chose them over other options because they were close to my geographic location.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent around $50,000–$200,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from March 2024–September 2025.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

Our collaboration resulted in a modern, cohesive brand and a fully functional mobile app built from scratch. We now have a product we can confidently put in front of real users at conferences. More importantly, the project allowed us to move from concept to a usable, testable product quickly, validate our core workflows, and start collecting real feedback from sales and marketing teams. We turned our startup from a concept into a real product.At this early stage, success was measured less by growth metrics and more by usability and clarity. Internally, our team was able to use the app end-to-end during conferences without additional training. Early user feedback highlighted how easy it was to capture conversations and revisit key details afterward. That qualitative validation confirmed the core experience was intuitive, reliable, and aligned with how sales and marketing teams actually operate on the ground.

How did Torii Studio perform from a project management standpoint?

They always set expectations early, communicated progress consistently, and delivered on time, which made it easy for our team to plan and move forward with confidence. We communicated via virtual meetings, emails, and messaging apps.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Torii Studio’s ability to think beyond execution was impressive. They combined a strong design sensibility with engineering discipline. They asked the right questions early on and consistently focused on building something that would work in real, high-pressure conference environments, not just look good in mock-ups.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Given the early-stage nature of the product, there were inevitable iterations and course corrections. However, they adapted quickly and incorporated feedback without friction. Overall, there wasn’t anything significant we felt needed to be done differently.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CTO of a company that provides a unified platform for private market funds. We streamline financial and operational data to automate reporting, enhance real-time insights, and support fund management, investor relations, and fundraising.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Torii Studio?

We brought Torii Studio in to help us turn a complex, fragmented operational reality into a cohesive, intuitive product. Specifically, we wanted to bring together disparate fund and investor data into a clear, reliable interface, eliminate manual and brittle workflows, and surface sophisticated financial logic in a way that was transparent and easy to reason about.Equally important, we needed a frontend that could support real-time insight, scale with growing data volumes, and reduce reliance on external administrators by giving our internal teams stronger, more trustworthy tools.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Torii Studio led the frontend development for the core Maybern platform. Their scope covered everything from UI architecture and component design to integrating tightly with our backend systems to expose financial logic in a way that’s both user-friendly and traceable.They delivered responsive dashboards that allow users to seamlessly move between fund-, portfolio-, and investor-level views. These included key performance metrics like IRR, cash flows, and return structures—presented with clarity and supported by smart UI elements like tooltips and breakdowns.They also implemented role-based access controls to manage sensitive data, improved performance with thoughtful data-loading strategies, and built export features to streamline reporting workflows. The end result was a highly usable, scalable foundation for both internal teams and investor-facing interactions.

What is the team composition?

We worked with 2–5 teammates from Torii Studio.

How did you come to work with Torii Studio?

Someone referred Torii Studio to me. I also chose them because they were close to my geographic location.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from December 2024–November 2025.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

One of the clearest outcomes was the shift from static spreadsheets to dynamic, real-time dashboards. Teams were no longer spending hours reconciling data—they had live access to fund performance metrics they could trust.Reporting timelines shortened significantly, and the accuracy of those reports improved across the board. We also saw a noticeable drop in internal support requests related to data clarity or inconsistencies. Perhaps most importantly, our internal teams were able to shift their focus from fixing data issues to making faster, more strategic decisions. That’s when we knew the platform—and the work Torii Studio delivered—was working.We saw reporting timelines drop by more than 40% after the new frontend and dashboard systems were in place. What used to take days (sometimes weeks)—especially for multi-fund rollups—now happens in a matter of hours.On the support side, we saw a 50%–60% reduction in internal requests related to data interpretation or inconsistencies. A big driver of that was the improved transparency in the UI—users could finally trace how key figures like preferred returns or fees were calculated, without needing to escalate. Those shifts translated directly into better operational leverage and less time spent chasing data.We also saw a noticeable uptick in adoption across non-technical teams. We also saw a faster decision-making cycle at the leadership level. With clearer data and easier navigation, teams could get aligned on fund performance and investor updates without needing pre-reads or manual prep work. That shift in how quickly we could move on data directly supported strategic planning and investor conversations—especially as we scaled.

How did Torii Studio perform from a project management standpoint?

They were efficient and reliable throughout the engagement. They scoped the work well upfront, set clear expectations, and hit every milestone without us needing to micromanage.We primarily communicated via virtual meetings, emails, and messaging apps.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Torii Studio’s ability to balance speed with thoughtfulness was impressive. They moved fast but never at the expense of quality or long-term maintainability. Their team genuinely thought through the user experience, the data integrity, and how the system would scale.They also had an unusual ability to take complex financial logic and translate it into clean, understandable UI—without oversimplifying. That’s a rare skill, and it made a big difference in how our teams—and our clients—interact with the platform.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Overall, the engagement was strong. If there’s one area they could improve, it’s offering more ongoing visibility into their long-term availability. Once we saw the quality of the work, we were interested in expanding the scope—but their team was already at capacity.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the technical director of a tech-enabled, personalized health and social care company for underserved communities. We focus on prevention and coordination to improve outcomes and reduce costs for people with complex needs.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Torii Studio to accomplish?

We hired Torii Studio to help us modernize and scale our design system.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Torii Studio has handled the end-to-end build of our new design system. The scope has included designing and implementing a full set of reusable React components, creating interaction patterns, and establishing tokens and documentation for long-term scalability. The main deliverables have been a core component library, interaction-heavy UI elements, design tokens, and guidance on how to adopt the system across our products.Although the focus has been on building the design system and its documentation, Torii Studio has also helped integrate several of the new components into our existing products. This has made it easier for our teams to adopt the system and ensured the components work in real production environments.

What is the team composition?

We’ve worked with 2–5 teammates from Torii Studio.

How did you come to work with Torii Studio?

Someone referred Torii Studio to me. I chose them over other options because they were close to my geographic location.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with Torii Studio in March 2025, and our engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

We’ve seen a clear reduction in UI inconsistencies across products, faster implementation times for new features, and fewer design-related bugs. Our teams have been able to ship updates quicker thanks to the new component library, and adoption across squads has increased steadily after the rollout. Overall, the design system has noticeably improved both quality and development velocity.Specifically, we’ve seen a ~35% reduction in UI inconsistencies across our core product according to our chromatic reports, ~25%–30% faster implementation times for new features according to dev teams cycle reports, and ~20% fewer design-related bugs reported during QA in the first few sprints after the rollout.Our care delivery tools and the member-facing product have seen the biggest benefits early on. As more teams have adopted the system, the improvements have become consistent across the organization.

How did Torii Studio perform from a project management standpoint?

Torii Studio delivers on time 99% of the time. We mainly communicate through virtual meetings.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Torii Studio’s quality and speed have been impressive.

Are there any areas they could improve?

The only thing they could improve is adding a few more touchpoints during the design review phase. Overall, the experience has been excellent.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a product manager at a software company, a business intelligence (BI) application that has all the analytics capabilities growing businesses expect, stunning visualizations, powerful governance tools, and intelligent monitoring.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Torii Studio?

We needed help redesigning our BI app from the ground up. The focus was on creating a visually compelling and easy-to-use interface for our BI dashboards, governance tools, and alerting systems. We also needed to refine the frontend architecture and components for better performance and scalability.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Torii Studio redesigned our BI app with a custom design system. They delivered high-quality components for our dashboards, visualizations, and UI. The team also rearchitected the frontend for optimal UX. Overall, they focused on the full frontend implementation.

What is the team composition?

We worked with three teammates from Torii Studio.

How did you come to work with Torii Studio?

I met the founder of Torii Studio on LinkedIn during a meetup event. We chose them because they had the know-how and experience we were looking for.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from October 2023–June 2024.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

The final product looked and felt like a modern, enterprise-grade tool. Performance improved noticeably, and UX feedback from early customers was positive. We measured the improvement in app performance using Google Lighthouse. Our customer ratings went from poor to highly satisfactory.

Moreover, our internal team was able to build faster on top of what Torii Studio delivered. We got acquired a year later.

How did Torii Studio perform from a project management standpoint?

Torii Studio delivered on time. We communicated via Slack and Microsoft Teams.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their attention to UX and visual detail really stood out. Even more than that, their ability to simplify complexity, especially in data-heavy workflows, was impressive.

Are there any areas they could improve?

They were a great team. I would’ve loved more time working with them.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Chief Technology Officer of Leap Labs, Inc.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We're building an AI-powered trading bot.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Torii Studio to accomplish?

• Web development
• Mobile App development

SOLUTION

How did you find Torii Studio?

• Online Search
• Referral

Why did you select Torii Studio over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Torii Studio were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Torii Studio was tasked with building two apps: Web App - to be served on desktop and mobile web browsers Mobile App - developed in React Native, to be deployed to the App Store, and Google Play Store 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• the project plan was well structured
• the items were delivered on time
• the team was proactive in planning work and running QA, even when not asked to do so

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

• They were proactive in managing the deliverables.
• the work was delivered on time

What was your primary form of communication with Torii Studio?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

• outstanding work ethics
• personable, communicative engineering team
• high quality deliverables