An'n'Bo - Interface Studio

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm a co-founder and CEO of DataRoot Labs, which was founded in 2016. Also, aspiring to widen Ukraine’s capabilities in Data Science, we were launched DataRoot University, Ukraine’s leading Data Science school which has graduated over 2K young experts and employed over 80% of them. Our team is AI experts and the fastest-growing AI company in Ukraine. With offices in Kyiv and Tel-Aviv, we build and implement AI-powered systems across different verticals to help our clients operate effectively.

For what projects/services did your company hire An'n'Bo - Interface Studio?

We wanted to attract design expertise to our team, which would be able to qualitatively cover the necessary tasks and projects based on its competence.

What were your goals for this project?

When working on our own project, our goals were to upgrade our own corporate resource and develop a design process to scale the site in the future with faster speed and the same high quality. When working with our own clients, we pursued the task of attracting design expertise to create integrated products with quality work results and estimates. Also, we wanted to involve the design team in customer calls.

How did you select An'n'Bo - Interface Studio?

The acquaintance was accidental. Initially, we tried to delegate small design tasks and over time it grew into a long-term full-fledged collaboration.

Describe the project in detail.

After the first acquaintance, we decided to start our work on developing a new version of the blog. The main tasks were: to create the blog that will be convenient for any user who will perform business tasks and update the visual appearance of the site. In the latest versions of the product, we have a built-in process of design delivery, a holistic design system, and stylistics, which is actively implemented in the content, and marketing materials.

What was the team composition?

It all depended on the project. Both the product designer and UX and UI designers were involved in our internal project. Valentin had controlled the quality of delivery and decided who should be involved in different tasks and projects.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The design process was set in motion, thanks to the created design system and patterns for building visual content, we can create new features much faster and fill the site with quality content. When working with our clients, we are able to quickly formulate a task, determine estimates, and gradually present the work to customers. The ability to involve designers in negotiations with clients greatly simplifies the work process.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Each project is built by designers taking into account technical features and has a components kit which significantly reduces development time. The optimally built process of interaction of designers with us, as a result, helps to plan more qualitatively own time and resources.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The team always overperforms on their tasks to get optimal results. To us and our clients, that is priceless.

Are there any areas for improvement?

An'n'Bo's capacity and focus - undervalued on the current phase (the team DO deliver), so scaling the team as a possible challenge to be solved.

Please describe your company and your position there.

CEO of NodeFactory, blockchain research and development company that develops dapps, tools and infrastructure.

For what projects/services did your company hire An'n'Bo - Interface Studio?

We needed help with UI/UX design of our web application Hactar.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted a simple yet modern UI/UX for our application and that's what we got.

How did you select An'n'Bo - Interface Studio?

We got in touch a while back earlier and when we needed UI/UX services we remembered An'n'Bo. After the initial call, we got quickly on the same page and realized that we are a good fit.

Describe the project in detail.

Hactar is a web application that displays data insights for users about their mining performance. It contains a lot of data that should be displayed simply for the user.

What was the team composition?

We worked with Valentin and Vadim and our collaboration together was very smooth.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Our product (application) is still in it's early phase but we received a lot of good feedback regarding it's design.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We had a Telegram group so our communication was very fast and all requests were resolved in a short time.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They try to understand the product, end users and what you want to achieve as a client. They have a clear and transparent workflow. Also they are reasonable and flexible with all the requests.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We were satisfied with their work every step of the way.