Interfaces and websites
Bachoo Studio is a multidisciplinary design studio, with the main focus on digital product design: mobile, web, cross-platform applications, Saas, media websites, e-commerce. Additionally, we do branding, marketing, motion and other supporting visuals.
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Airfox.com Mercedes AMG Polibius
Team SoloMid — The House Where the Game Lives
Team SoloMid is a professional esports organization based in the United States. Today TSM has several teams for all the hottest online games.
Their new idea is to build a Gaming Facility – a cool place where players and fans can work, play and hang out.
The building will have everything: from a cafeteria and fitness gym to Content Studio, Streaming Rooms and Wellness Clinic.
Website under construction
TSM needed a website that would tell investors and future visitors about the Facility and at the same time become a virtual advertising platform for the sponsors.
But since the building was still under construction, they did not have real photos: only construction plans and renderings.
In the image and likeness
Inspired by the holographic game interfaces, we decided to create lifelike rooms for our future website. But it wasn’t that easy.
First, the original three-dimensional building models turned out to be too detailed, and therefore their display in the browser was too resource-intensive.
And secondly, the number of polygon lines was too large, so when they crossed – guess what? – right, all turned into a mess.
Real virtuality
In order to preserve the artistic image and at the same time to optimize the engine, we simplified all the rooms and in some cases even redrew them from scratch.
Follow Me
The most engaging part was to create an easy navigation that would lead the user through all the rooms, from one floor to another, without unnecessary transitions.
IPglobal.net
Branding, web and ux/ui design for IPglobal, a telecom service provider for SMB and enterprise clients with over 20 years of experience.
Singular – Complex Object
Singular is an established brand in the iGaming industry providing the full spectrum of iGaming and omnichannel solutions. It was founded in 2009 in Georgia, but now they already have several offices around the world.
The task sounded familiar – to update the company's website. But in fact, more was expected from us: to highlight main product areas, not forgetting about the company's vision.
So, we decided to put complex three-dimensional figures assembled from various pieces at the center of the concept. Such a visual approach echoes the Singular brand, because both in our design and in Singular everyday work there is a huge amount of details that make up unique and beautiful products-solutions. The overall geometric and clean direction can be traced through the entire website.
Bindtuning
A complex corporate website for a company that builds digital workplace and intranet solutions based on Microsoft Sharepoints, 365 Office.
Finding ways to explain and promote quite a techy solution in simple terms was challenging, yet we enjoyed creating thoughtful product illustrations and building unusual colour schemes.
Osom. Your all-in-one money solution
Osom is a newbank application, merging fiat and crypto and simplifying financial transactions between them. Their positioning is loose and playful, the brand evolves around the concept of easy, on-the-go transactions, effortless finance management.
https://osom.finance/
Airfox. Rethink your finance.
Airfox provides an alternative to traditional banking. This application addresses the needs of people who don’t have access to bank services, as well as those who dislike the high commissions on bank operations. Airfox aspires to be a financial solution for the everyday lives of people and small businesses in Brazil. It maintains financial operations like money transfers and all kinds of payments: utility, entertainment, shopping, POS.
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The 8760: the WOWest of the WOW
A flashy website to highlight unique creative yet technologically advanced approaches to marketing and growth-hacking of a super modern marketing agency. This was the time when we needed to intentionally go crazy and creative.
Surprise the industry
The biggest challenge was to create a WOW-site for the industry where a WOW was a norm. And at the same time, we wanted to keep the website smooth and lag-less.
Be personal
The best inspiration always comes from talking to the founders and getting to know them.
We asked about everything – from musical preferences (techno and electro) to their intense, workaholic pace of life, edginess, straightness, and bold marketing and PR moves, which actually brought them to success.
Using the gyro
So, ladies and gentlemen, meet the creative highlight of this project that helped us implement the vision, complete the task and resolve the challenge.
We managed to breach the gap between the web and the real world by tying website animation to a natural biological interface which is a human hand via using gyro as a proxy.
Code-based motion graphics
The process was also unique. Instead of traditional designer-handcrafted visuals, we went for code-based motion graphics, created by a developer under the supervision of a designer.
We used 3d shapes and Voronoi diagram tessellations to create the effect of a moving network.
Aside from the fact that The8760 team keeps getting random compliments for the website, we also won a bunch of trophies, the biggest of which was User’s choice Mobile Site of The Year from Awwwards.
WIO: when animation assists the tech
WIO is a cloud-based Wi-Fi platform that self-heals, infinitely scales, and creates new revenue, all while providing fast and reliable wireless internet. As wireless technology continues to evolve, service providers must keep up.
Simply put
The most intriguing part of this project was the topic itself – it turned out pretty technical and complex for us.
The website had to contain a lot of information with heavy schemas and the client wanted it to become approachable, friendly and easy.
Color and motion
To make everything clear to the average user and to separate 5 main product families, we introduced the color-coding system.
To offset the side of the WIO’s business and to make it cozy & friendly we stuffed the website with tons of animations and other visuals in a juicy yet soft color scheme.
As almost every of WIO’s services & solutions is tailor-made & unique, we decided to make them abstract enough for everyone to see exactly what they may need.
Timeless classics: ‘Before-after effect’
The visual twist in this case was meant to show how WIO’s products actually solve their customers’ pains.
To reach this goal as clearly as possible we used two-state before-after animations.
Research, research and research again
Designing WIO was a classic textbook process, but the “fun” part was that we had to spend more time on research than on actual design.
But no worries, we are exactly the geeks who managed it to understand WIO’s product and to present it to potential clients in an understandable and friendly manner.
Huru backpack: Online shop
Huru brand concept stands for nullifying limitations — it's a premium quality backpack suitable for tourism and everyday use.
As Huru backpack has so many features, that it seemed too much to have all of them on one page. Thus, we came to the decision to show core features on the Home page and explore all the details on the Product page.
We used graphics and animations to add up to the story, to give allusions to the ways the backpack can be used: boat, sea, mountains and dynamic city life.
Anywell — a clean website for a wellness magazine
Anywell is a health and wellbeing online magazine for younger audience. The website structure is relatively simple, but we put our effort into creating an effective admin panel with a visual constructor for the homepage.
Bitmedia.io
The advantage of the platform and its innovativeness is that it gives the advertiser the ability to customize everything, if necessary. Namely, choose placement, set prices (auction), see the display options, etc. Everything to spend the budget as efficiently as possible. The user can buy 1 click or 1 million clicks.
There is a monetization tool for publishers, they can directly sell ads from their site, setting their terms, conditions and prices.
In general, this is an environment that can function not as an aggregator or a broker, but as a full fledged platform.
Pattern
Visual communication is built on the metaphor of the site grid which is then filled with ads.
Website
We have developed a special graphic language for the site that perfectly conveys the strategic direction of the company.
Judolaunch
This platform we created for the company Judolaunch. They start launching a new PPC tool, that helps sellers from Amazon analize the keywords for their products and promote all items on their Amazon store.
The platform has main feature that differs from other platforms of this kind — goals creation. Every goal direct to the particular task solving: liquidate products, maximize profit from popular products, launch and boost products.
KEA — corporate website
KEA European Affairs is an international policy design research center specialised in culture and creative industries as well as sport, education and youth.
Swissborg
Swissborg is the first blockchain-based wealth management platform for crypto. It is made by a team of Swiss financial experts. The first products released are the referendum, the ICO platform, and the smart wallet.
Family.net — simplifying the difficult
Family.net is the platform that provides users with the ability to park and keep their local and toll-free numbers. Simply put, it allows to control the calls and message routing to and to make their number do exactly what they intended.
We were tasked with designing the platform itself and a landing page to present and sell the platform features.
Keep it simple
We needed a visual structure and navigation that would allow the user to easily get around multiplicity of available functions.
Platform for all ages
To make the interface familiar and easy-to-use we found the most comfortable combination of fonts, contrasts and spacing, and built intuitive navigation to accommodate the needs of users of all ages, sexes and nationalities.
Soft and cozy
How to make a generally corporate office-oriented product soft and cozy?
We managed to develop an understandable and user-friendly shell that made Family.net suitable and desirable for family use.
Screens, screens, screens
More than 250 screens and screen states were created for desktop version only. On top of that we produced more than 100 additional screens for the mobile version.
U scooters: Scooters renting App
Thorough competitor and user research allowed us to bring the best of the e-scooters renting world into one pretty app.
Digital marketing agency Byzantium
Digital marketing agency website aimed to attract traditional investors who are ready to venture out into the non-traditional world of crypto.
Gatex: ICO landing page
Gatex landing page is an example of how a unique, special illustration style defines the project.
The style is inspired by Wall Street — tall, majestic buildings, and passion, and aspiration of those who work there.
Kickstagram: Instagram Marketing Tool
Kickstagram is aimed to cover all the pains of Instagram social media marketing professionals as well as small business owners.
Thus, we created a cross-device web-platform, that allows to accumulate content for future posts, schedule them, track progress and easily manage multiple accounts.
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Blockchain: Buglab Token Distribution Event
Buglab is an Etherium-based platform that connects companies with a global network of expert security researchers.
We've pushed the limits of isometric illustrations to the new level and we with the client is more than happy with the result.
Blockchain: Buglab Token Distribution Event
Buglab is an Etherium-based platform that connects companies with a global network of expert security researchers.
We've pushed the limits of isometric illustrations to the new level and we with the client is more than happy with the result.
ReachOut: Network Maintenance App
Communication and good connections are essential for a successful business and personal life. Yet in the modern world, when connections are so many and communication is brief, it is easy to miss lots of opportunities. It is hard to build a solid and lasting connection with people.
We simply keep forgetting to call, message, congratulate, etc. ReachOut App helps you maintain your personal network seamlessly and enjoy it on the way.
As the first step, the user sorts his or her contacts into groups by type of connection. Then the user indicates, how much time and effort he/she is willing to put in on a weekly basis. Then the app automatically generates a weekly plan for communication.
Order X: meal ordering application
OrderX is a mobile application for fast ordering at festivals, cafes, and restaurants. Standing in line is always a pain when you want to grab a drink or some food. Accordingly, places loose profit, because they serve less than they could. OrderX solves these problems by optimizing the processes of choosing dishes, ordering, payment, and order receiving.
We developed a new visual style for the application and improved the UX. It turned out to be an original yet simple application.
Ambrosus IoT Network: Blockchain
Ambrosus is a blockchain-powered IoT network for food and pharmaceutical enterprises, enabling secure, and frictionless dialogue between sensors, distributed ledgers and databases to optimize supply-chain visibility and quality assurance.
For this project, we created visually illustrated and well-structured website design. Space and new technologies became the central visual component of the design.
Grovvup: A social network for parents
Grovvup connects parents and businesses who offer various services for children: from daycare to high school activities. Finding a local activity for a child is easy, as well getting important information like rating and reviews, working hours etc.
It helps parents of children who are related, stay in touch with each other. It also helps businesses manage communication with the parents.
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Vikingheim
This is a concept for an online casino, based on Scandinavian mythology. In Vikingheim (The world of Vikings) four gods rule — Odin, Thor, Loki and Freyja. Each god has a special power, follows his rune and can grant certain bonuses.
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Raker: crawfish delivery application
Raker is a crawfish delivery application. We created both end user and merchant applications. The end user app allows to order raw or cooked crawfish, choose a recipe, request immediate or scheduled delivery, track the order and rate the service. The merchant app provides for a few types of users: manager, kitchen and delivery. It facilitates seamless order processing: from taking an order to final delivery and getting a feedback.
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ChefXchange: private chef booking app
Having a private chef prepare your meal at a home party or a dinner is quite popular today. We created a simple, intuitive and well-thought-out platform, that facilitates private chef booking. It allows to discuss all the details online, choose the meal, find out if all of the equipment is present, set up the time and the number of guests.
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Tsesna Bank: Internet Banking Platform
Our goal was to design an internet banking platform, that would indeed save its users time and effort. Clean and simple interface, that would adjust to a particular user needs. Transparent and intuitive, yet maintaining all the features of modern internet-banking.
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LitsLink: Startups Laboratory
LitsLink is a product-oriented software development company with R&D offices in Eastern Europe serving customers from around the globe. The company puts a significant emphasis on the quality of its services. The company believes that creating a strong visual self-presentation online could help deliver its message to new and loyal customers.
So for this project, we created visually appealing illustrations and animations and a well-structured site design with the user in mind.
Ticki: chatbot for travelers
Early 2017, we helped Tiquant design their trip application. Tiki is a chatbot that helps travelers over the globe in their trips find best places to stay, eat or visit in a natural way via simple and common conversation. We designed an iOS app to make it as effortless as possible to make users’ travels as easy and enjoyable as possible.
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Kibzy: Carpooling app
Kibzy is a carpool app for kids.
It allows parents to help each other drive their kids to their after-school activities.
Anytime your plans have changed or you are working and you need help driving your child anywhere, you can form a request and sent it over to your contacts. You'll get responses from those who are willing to help and choose someone who will drive your child. Once they are on their way, you will get notifications on every step: picking up, in route, dropped off.
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Klue: Object valuation App
Valuation of things used to be a privileged service, time-consuming and costly. Thus, it was used mostly by professional art and antique collectors.
With Klue valuation of your stuff becomes easy and affordable. So you can evaluate any of your rare belongings at a fraction of their cost.
You just need to take good photos of your object, add a detailed description and wait for a professional to give you the answer and, if you want, the certificate to verify the price. Having done this, you can seamlessly send the object to most popular online auctions: ebay, tradera, blocket.
TWOSIGMAS: Online Tutoring Company
Twosigmas is a Cambridge-based organization specialized in e-learning solutions that connect Chinese students across the globe with native-speaking English tutors.
Along with updating its brand identity, we designed a completely new adaptive website.
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Rebranding for Software Tech Company
“The design looks great. It’s a vast improvement from what we had before.”
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the marketing manager for Kidbrooke. We provide B2B analytics to financial organizations, such as banks and wealth managers, via APIs.
What challenge were you trying to address with Bachoo Design Studio?
We needed to rebrand. We started as a consulting company but evolved into a more software tech company over the last few years. We wanted to change our branding and logo to reflect the change in our business.
What was the scope of their involvement?
They redesigned our logo and created new brand guidelines. They introduced new fonts and a new color palette. We also wanted branded material, so they created business cards, letterhead, and social media styles. We’re now working with them to rebrand our website.
What is the team composition?
There were about 2–3 people working on our project. We spoke with the CEO, project manager, and art director.
How did you come to work with Bachoo Design Studio?
They reached out to one of our founders through LinkedIn.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent about $4,000 so far.
What is the status of this engagement?
The project started in August 2020 and is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We plan to launch our entire new brand in January. Overall, our team is really pleased with their work. The design looks great. It’s a vast improvement from what we had before. They’re very proactive and creative. They always ask questions to make sure everything is clear.
How did Bachoo Design Studio perform from a project management standpoint?
They’ve stuck to the timeline and have been really responsive. When we leave comments, they’re able to address them by the next day.
What did you find most impressive about them?
I was impressed by their creativity and attention to detail. On top of that, they’re proactive and efficient.
Are there any areas they could improve?
Nothing comes to mind.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Make sure you have a couple of calls to brief them before the project starts. That will ensure everyone understands the scope of the project.
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Web Design for Custom Web, Mobile & Software Company
“The best thing about working with them was their creative outlook and vision for the concept of the website.”
the reviewer
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I am the marketing director at Proxet. We’re a software development company that is introducing different services. We are doing everything according to business verticals, technologies, and industries we work with.
What challenge were you trying to address with Bachoo Design Studio?
We recently created a marketing department within our company. Although our company has more than 10 years of experience, we had a lack of marketing expertise. We needed a company or service that could provide good quality design.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Bachoo Design Studio designed our website and its whole concept. They worked with our logo and brand book.
What is the team composition?
I worked with the project manager as well as the designer. There were also about three people who were responsible for different activities. They were like marketing consultants, but they explained the whole concept, and we tried to explain what we wanted to them.
How did you come to work with Bachoo Design Studio?
Based on the research of about 10 companies, we decided to go ahead with Bachoo Design Studio and sign a contract with them.
How much have you invested in them?
The total cost was about $20,000. It might've been more or less than that.
What is the status of this engagement?
Our engagement started in October 2019, and we launched the website at the end of May 2020.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We have received positive feedback not only from members of our team but also from people who have visited our website. They just love it and enjoy the website in general.
How did Bachoo Design Studio perform from a project management standpoint?
They were quite professional and open to solving different issues that happened during the process of the website creation. They helped by providing different consultations and analyses on how the design should look, what was good to do, and what was bad to do. We had a few methods of communication, but we mostly used email and Zoom.
What did you find most impressive about them?
The best thing about working with them was their creative outlook and vision for the concept of the website.
Are there any areas they could improve?
Everything about their design was quite good and professional.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
I would definitely recommend working with Bachoo if you are trying to create something with a design focus, and if you want to have something different in the market.
the project
New Product Page for iGaming Solutions Company
"Their skills in 3D animation were impressive."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
We develop a full suite of iGaming solutions including an iGaming and Sports Betting Platform, Casino integration system and Retail solution.
For what projects/services did your company hire Bachoo Design Studio?
Development of a new webpage.
What were your goals for this project?
Improve visual appearance of our web page. Communicate more information about our products in a structured and comprehensive manner. Reflect the boldness of the brand using 3D elements and animations.
How did you select this vendor?
Researched best behace portfolios.
Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.
They created the design and content for the new webpage from copy and layout to illustrations and icons. They also developed the web page with basic SEO features.
What was the team composition?
One account manager, several designers including a 3d designer and 1 copy writer.
Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?
It's too early to say.
How was project management arranged and how effective was it?
We used Slack for written communication and Zoom forc alls. Deadlines were communicated with a simple timeline drafted in Excel (no project management tool).
What did you find most impressive about this company?
Their skills in 3D animation were impressive.
Are there any areas for improvement?
There was lack of research prior initiating the project which led to misunderstanding and a lot of time invested in explaining the nature of the industry.
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Website Redesign for Software Platform
"It was extremely helpful to have them manage the project as closely as they did."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I am the marketing manager for BindTuning. BindTuning is the leading platform for building connected and engaging workplaces in Microsoft SharePoint, Office 365 and Microsoft Teams. Since 2011, BindTuning has been helping clients empower employees, drive engagement and boost collaboration. Over 20,000 customers, in more than 50 countries rely on BindTuning award-winning software.
For what projects/services did your company hire Bachoo Design Studio?
Website redesign.
What were your goals for this project?
A complete overhaul of our website, including a refresh of our brand.
How did you select this vendor?
Our CEO evaluated several design firms and selected Bachoo based on many factors, including their design skills evident on other projects.
Describe the project in detail.
Bachoo worked with our team to restructure the entire website and to refresh not only the content, but the brand. A brand new navigation and unique graphics provided a more modern look to our website. Bachoo also designed the look of our App (the customer account area), to match our new brand.
What was the team composition?
Primarily the Bachoo team of designers and project managers coordinated with our small team, composed primarily of marketing, our CEO and our CIO.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
Our website was launched in December and we have received much positive feedback. We are able to idealize many marketing campaigns and programs to help us drive additional traffic to our new site. The structure of the entire website now makes better sense
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
The Bachoo team kept us to a strict schedule, which was extremely helpful. As with many small company, we are juggling many competing priorities, but Bachoo served as our partner, making sure that we kept on deadlines. It was extremely helpful to have them manage the project as closely as they did.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
their design skills are excellent. We were able to verbally communicate our ideas, and they converted them to designs. Their project management team was professional and competent.
Are there any areas for improvement?
Not that I can think of.
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Web Design for Lifestyle App
"I loved their quality, turnaround, politeness, and creativity."
the reviewer
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I am the founder of the popular Way of Life habit tracker app.
For what projects/services did your company hire Bachoo Design Studio?
We needed a new landing page for the app.
What were your goals for this project?
To increase the number of visitors who, after having visited the new site, would continue to one of the app stores to download the app.
How did you select this vendor?
Based on their portfolio and talks over Skype and email, I was pretty confident they could deliver.
Describe the project in detail.
The site needed to have a fresh engaging look demonstrating the power of Way of Life without going to much into detail, however, enough that the user would want to install the app.
What was the team composition?
Me, a designer and a manager from Bachoo.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
We saw a 33% increase in the conversion rate immediately after launching the new site.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
Very effective. The designer was very responsive and open to my ideas and feedback, however, she also had very strong (and valid) opinions, which brought us just a bit further :-)
What did you find most impressive about this company?
I loved their quality, turnaround, politeness, and creativity.
Are there any areas for improvement?
Not really honestly.
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Android UX/UI Design for FinTech Startup
"They’re incredibly efficient and exceptionally hardworking."
the reviewer
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m a UX designer at a FinTech startup. We have an app that provides financial services to customers in Brazil. I work on the product team, collaborating with them to design new features, develop research protocols, audit older features, and identify areas for improvement.
What challenge were you trying to address with Bachoo Design Studio?
We hired Bachoo Design Studio to build an MVP for our product. We didn’t have the resources to hire an internal design team, so we decided to partner with a group that could design our app from the ground up. Our goal was to make financial services available to Brazilians who may not have access to a traditional bank because of credit history or other issues.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Bachoo Design Studio designed the UI/UX for the app we have now. They completed a variety of design work, including UX flows, UI development, and interaction designs. The team guides our engineers through the implementation process with each of their designs.
The app they designed is essentially a digital wallet that lets users pay bills, make purchases, manage their finances, and complete other tasks that banks typically handle. Their team is planning to roll out more robust banking and financial features before the end of this year.
What is the team composition?
We work primarily with one of the co-founders of Bachoo Design Studio. We check in with her regularly, and she is always present when we need to make tough decisions. We also work with a senior designer who interfaces with our engineers to build features and supervise implementation.
How did you come to work with Bachoo Design Studio?
I’m not sure how we initially found Bachoo Design Studio, but we’ve continued to work with them primarily because of their senior designer.
What is the status of this engagement?
Our company began working with Bachoo Design Studio in the fall of 2017, and our partnership is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Without Bachoo Design Studio, we wouldn’t have a product. We’ve greatly benefitted from working with their experienced designers, especially as a young startup.
Users have told us that the app is very intuitive, and that is entirely a result of Bachoo Design Studio’s work. We’re currently in a phase of high growth, and we’re expecting that our user base will increase as we continue to release new features.
How did Bachoo Design Studio perform from a project management standpoint?
We’ve managed the overall project from our end through setting timelines, giving requirements, and coordinating with engineers, many of whom are subcontractors. In terms of Bachoo Design Studio’s internal project management, I’ve always felt comfortable with their ability to allocate their resources and complete tasks on time.
We typically communicate through Slack at least daily, and our designer will use Slack to message our engineers directly. We also use Confluence to record and comment on documentation. We schedule meetings through Google Calendar and hold meetings on Google Hangouts and Zoom. We’ve moved from an ad hoc meeting schedule to having conversations at least twice a week.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They’re incredibly efficient and exceptionally hardworking. Their team is also reliable, trustworthy, and reachable, all of which are important traits for a partner that is located in a different country.
In terms of their design capabilities, I’ve been very impressed by their senior designer. She’s extremely thoughtful and conscientious, frequently looking at the whole flow of the product while executing discrete visual design specifications. She also gives regular feedback and asks great questions. We’ve benefitted from her unique point of view, especially when we’ve had to make important decisions about the direction of our product. At times, she’s acted like more of an employee than an external partner.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I don’t think I have any constructive feedback. When you’re working with a proficient team like Bachoo Design Studio, everything becomes easier, and you don’t have to worry as much.
If anything, it would be great if they were more vocal and assertive. They have valuable opinions and excellent design insights, and I’d love to see them push back against our management team during higher level conversations. With a contractor relationship, that can be very difficult to navigate, but they have the expertise regarding UI and product design.
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UI/UX Design & Dev for Multiple Projects
“The team went above and beyond to ensure top-quality results.”
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I’m COO and senior developer at Saker.io, a Detroit-based development company specializing in web application development and cloud computing services.
For what projects/services did your company hire Bachoo Design Studio?
We needed to outsource UI/UX design and development for some of our clients.
What were your goals for this project?
We wanted to improve user experience with an engaging and intuitive interface design.
How did you select this vendor?
My team researched vendors and chose Bachoo Design Studio based on their experience and skillset.
Describe the project in detail.
Bachoo Design Studio has provided UI/UX design and development services for several projects. Our partnership is ongoing.
What was the team composition?
We have worked with Daria (Head of Business Development, Bachoo Design Studio), Tasha (Head of Operations, Bachoo Design Studio), and Elena (Head of Design & Co-Founder, Bachoo Design Studio), amongst others.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
Our clients have been extremely complimentary of Bachoo Design Studio’s rendered website designs. Users have also praised the cohesive and uncomplicated designs.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
Our teams work very well together. Bachoo Design Studio is easily accessible and fosters seamless communication. They are responsive to our needs.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
Bachoo Design Studio delivered the simple, sleek, and intuitive designs that we wanted. The team went above and beyond to ensure top-quality results.
Are there any areas for improvement?
We have not seen any areas for improvement.
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Logo and Web Redesign for CMS Provider
"We enjoyed their process immensely and saw almost daily progress."
the reviewer
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I’m the CEO of SabreCMS. We provide a platform on which people can design a website or e-commerce store of their own.
For what projects/services did your company hire Bachoo Design Studio?
Our current UX/UI and web design were out of touch with what our platform had grown to be. The feedback we received pointed toward mismatches in everything from our logo to the graphics on our corporate website.
What were your goals for this project?
We wanted a design and look and feel that appealed mostly to developers and agencies, but also inspire dtrust in end-users visiting our site. The logo had to communicate our passion for creation.
How did you select this vendor?
My team reached out to several agencies and freelancers to hear their thoughts and ideas about a rebrand and redesign. From our first email contact, Bachoo demonstrated a high level of professionalism. Ultimately, we felt they understood our vision and DNA best.
Describe the project in detail.
Initially, Bachoo proposed a large number of new logos, ranging from sketches to more complete drawings. We iterated those designs and discussed the pros/cons of their meanings with our designers. After we arrived at a logo we felt signaled everything we wanted, they designed our entire web experience. They solicited our input throughout the process, but we had little corrective feedback to give. Their work captured everything we hoped to express.
What was the team composition?
We worked with an account manager who was engaged and competent. They connected us with both project managers and designers.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
Customers, colleagues, and investors complimented us on our new design days after it launched. Lead-generation has picked up significantly since the launch, though other factors have contributed to this as well.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
They’re highly effective and communicate clearly and efficiently. We enjoyed their process immensely and saw almost daily progress.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
Their level of friendliness and professionalism was outstanding. They managed to produce great results and enjoy their work.
Are there any areas for improvement?
No, not that I saw. They couldn’t have performed better than they did.
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Multiple Design Projects for Financial Data Company
“When clients visit our site, they’re impressed.”
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
We’re a data project team. We launch open data projects for the Ministry of Finance in Ukraine, while another project launched by our team was for an NGO. We also have our own magazine that provides information on open data and its risks. I’m the CFO, and I also handle analytics.
What challenge were you trying to address with Bachoo?
The basic challenge was starting the government projects as it involved a lot of bureaucracy. It was a challenge to find teams for each element.
We searched for different contractors for design, the IT parts, and other branches of the project. We found Bachoo for the design elements.
What was the scope of their involvement?
They provided designs for the open budget and government spending projects, our online magazine, and another web portal. It’s a total of four portals for different projects. They didn’t work on mobile app designs, but the web portals are mobile responsive.
The portals deal with budget public-funds transparency. The spending and open budget portals correlate with each other and are owned by the same ministry.
What is the team composition?
I was responsible for the communication with them for all our projects. They have around 20 people on their team.
How did you come to work with Bachoo?
Two of our projects went through a procurement process, using a procurement portal. We analyzed several proposals, looking at implementation time, pricing, and portfolios. Bachoo fared much better than the other companies.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent $50,000–$100,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We launched the first project with them in July 2015, while the most recent was finished in March 2018. We plan to start a new one in 2019.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Almost everyone we’ve talked to who has visited our portals has told us that they’re quite good, with user-friendly interfaces and designs.
The design for the magazine is modern and interesting-looking. When clients visit our site, they’re impressed.
How did Bachoo perform from a project management standpoint?
Working with them is very easy. We’ve had a very good experience, and all our projects were finished on time, with our questions addressed and requests completed.
For the first project, they helped us create a mobile-responsive version, with UX. We had our own concept, and they made some propositions that changed our vision. In the end, it came out much better than we expected.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Their creativity and their sense of responsibility are very impressive. They do everything on time, and whenever we made a request to shift the schedule—to deliver some parts 1–2 weeks early—they were flexible and brought results as required.
Are there any areas they could improve?
There’s nothing in particular that they need to improve. We’ve worked with three different design managers across our projects with them and everything was quite good with all of them. We had no problems or misunderstandings at any time.
Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?
Look through their portfolio and see whether you like the work. You can be sure that the same quality will be delivered for your own projects.
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Web Design for Blockchain Marketing Agency
"They never made me feel like one of many clients."
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the COO of and a partner of a marketing agency working with crypto projects. We do marketing and growth hacking for different companies in the crypto space.
What challenge were you trying to address with Bachoo?
We needed to stand out, and we decided that we couldn’t just have a list of services. We needed a business card that people would remember.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Bachoo handled both development and design, the latter of which was quite complex and motion-oriented. It would’ve been quite hard to showcase it without the development. My partners were skeptical of the original design, but I have a background in the industry and I understood that it would come alive with motion.
We could see some of the technologies they were using as demos, and they came up with ideas. Technically, we couldn’t do the design without the development in this case; we had to approach the two as a combined step. The site was based on WordPress. The technologies used on the design side included Sketch, an editor, and InVision for prototyping. Bachoo built and integrated a 3D component into the website, which interacts with the gyroscope on a mobile.
What is the team composition?
We worked with an art director, a designer, two developers (one frontend and one backend), and a project or account manager, who handled all the communication.
How did you come to work with Bachoo?
I’d worked in design myself and I knew some people and companies in the area. I heard a lot of good things about Bachoo’s art director, and I talked to them. We decided to go with them based on the quality of their past work.
How much have you invested with them?
$25,000–$50,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We began working with Bachoo in December 2017, and the engagement concluded in July 2018.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We’ve been nominated for “Mobile Site of the Year” on Awwwards.com. Bachoo did well with the desktop version, but they overdid themselves with the mobile one. We previously had a much simpler site, and although we haven’t had too many more leads since then, it’s allowed us to raise our image in a way. It looks much more expensive, and we get asked about what we do more frequently. We didn’t see any large traffic spikes after launching the site, but it’s removed all questions about our pricing model and everything else. We’ve been asked by partners about our designer.
How did Bachoo perform from a project management standpoint?
I liked their constant responsiveness. They never made me feel like one of many clients, but also, they didn’t have the type of rigidity that the corporate agencies I’d worked with in the past had. We went through multiple iterations of everything, we told them what we didn’t like, and, at some point, they basically scrapped everything and restarted from scratch. I was surprised that they didn’t just try to sell us what they’d already done, but went for a new option, to actually accomplish something.
There were only three people responding from our side, and we were all on the same calls. Plus, we didn’t have too many calls, only three per week, when we first started. In the end, they handled the full deployment to our server.
What did you find most impressive about them?
I appreciated their patience and their attention to detail. I was speaking the same language as Bachoo’s team while working with them. I didn’t need to explain why small details mattered to me. They were fine with just fixing stuff and coming up with something themselves.
Are there any areas they could improve?
They could be much better at planning and risk management in general. I’ve given them some advice on this. They still feel like artists, in a way, and doing business is not about art, but about getting the client through a very rigid process. This is something they could still work on – making their process stricter.
Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?
Clients with a product should hammer down the details of their business process with Bachoo.
Bachoo Design Studio has delivered quality work, and the client plans to launch the new brand soon. Creative, proactive, and responsive, the Bachoo Design Studio team can be characterized as a reliable partner. They’ve delivered everything on time and respond to comments quickly.