Design Brewery

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the former Head Of Product of O4S

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

It helps manufacturing brands incentivise their retailers and other influencers and build loyalty by providing digital solutions. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Design Brewery to accomplish?

• Create a mobile application to connect the brands and retailers

SOLUTION

How did you find Design Brewery?

Referral

Why did you select Design Brewery over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Design Brewery were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Scope: Create a rewards application from scratch for the manufacturing brands to help connect with their retailers and influencers and incentivise them for buying their produtcs
Deliverables: 

1. Discovery of the needs and finalising the exact features to be built
2. User research of the said demographics and identifying user personas 
3. Fully functional UI ready for hand off to the engineers 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

1. Agreement on the different personas of users for whom the application was built
2. Delivering the UI in the committed time frame
3. Handing over the designs to engineers

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

1. Yes they delivered on time
2. They also accommodated specific change requests within the time limit 
3. Since it was built from scratch, they also did a great job in the discovery phase which helped lay the foundation for the app, keeping the scope for future additions

What was your primary form of communication with Design Brewery?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

1. Their commitment to delivering within timelines was impressive.
2. The research and the effort put in to understanding the problem

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

1. The research phase and the wireframing phase went well, but UI required a lot of iterations, although it did turn out great at the end

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the head of product and marketing at an insurance company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenges were you trying to address with Design Brewery?

We hired Design Brewery to help us with our website’s revamp project. Our main challenge was creating a UI/UX design for our site.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Design Brewery helped us with a complete redesign of our site, including UI/UX design. Initially, they asked us for references of sites we liked to get a clearer understanding of what we were looking for. However, there were no similar sites, at least in Asia.

Hence, we provided Design Brewery with a mock-up of what we wanted to achieve based on our ideas and our previous website, and they came up with a mood board and designed the wireframes. As for the technology stack, they used Figma for the UI/UX designs.

What was the team composition?

We worked with 4–5 teammates from Design Brewery, including a design lead, 2–3 designers, and a project manager.

How did you come to work with Design Brewery?

Someone from their design team contacted us on LinkedIn and shared their profile. I saw that they had done some interesting work, including similar projects for organizations similar to ours. Therefore, I got in touch with Design Brewery’s CEO and talked about our challenges and requirements.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in February 2023, and the entire project lasted around five weeks.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Design Brewery understood our product and needs very well. They understood our business so well that they even provided us with suggestions we hadn’t thought of.

How did Design Brewery perform from a project management standpoint?

Design Brewery’s project management was on point. They never missed a deadline, and they actually delivered ahead of schedule most of the time. We mostly communicated via Zoom and email, and we also shared files.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The team that Design Brewery managed to assemble was great. Everyone I interacted with from their team was a star, which made them stand out from their competitors. Working with them was a pleasure, and I had a great experience. I handle a lot of service providers daily, and Design Brewery definitely stood out during our collaboration.

On top of that, the way that Design Brewery took and incorporated feedback was very important, and the way they explained things to us was great. Their feedback, responsiveness, and understanding of our goals made me feel like I wasn’t working with a third-party company.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can’t think of anything Design Brewery could improve on.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

You will get the best results if you communicate well with their team.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder of KRISIN

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Provides customised, tech enabled, handholding services for adoption of best habits and practices at scale, by employees, teams and organisations; in any area of org effectiveness.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Design Brewery to accomplish?

• Design an app that is highly learner centric
• Design the backend functions to be highly subject matter expert centric
• Design the app to be modular, drag and drop

SOLUTION

How did you find Design Brewery?

Referral

Why did you select Design Brewery over others?

Referred to me

What was the size of Design Brewery’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

UX UI for 4 key users Learner Learning Experience Designer Client Stakeholder System Admin

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Timely completion
• Screens
• User Journey Flow

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

The project management was a challenge at first. But they responded quickly to feedback and put things in place to ensure progress. The delivery took couple of months longer due to various reasons. They were always highly responsive to our needs. Their designer took great pains to ensure our needs are met, that they produce a high quality output. I will say they approached it with a relationship driven mindset.

What was your primary form of communication with Design Brewery?

Virtual Meeting

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

Balancing client relationship and commercial

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

Better project management. Better understanding of the work that has already gone into the area of scope so they don't reinvent the wheel and hence run into timely completion issues.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a general manager at Oriental Power Cables Ltd. A company that manufactures cables and construction materials. We recently created two new business divisions: Orilite manufactures building materials, and Hèrmosa Design Studio manufactures high-end luxury furniture.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Design Brewery?

We needed to redesign our company’s website since it was outdated.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Design Brewery has designed a new e-commerce website called Furnmill, where we take customer orders. They’ve also redesigned our old website, which we’ll launch soon. 

Design Brewery has simplified our site so any user can understand what we discuss. Design Brewery has used Figma for the design work.

What is the team composition?

We’ve worked with seven team members from Design Brewery, including the owner, content writers, graphic designers, and the sales coordinator.

How did you come to work with Design Brewery?

Design Brewery approached us and showed us their work. After reviewing their portfolio, we decided to go with them.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent around $3,500 with Design Brewery.

What is the status of the engagement?

We began working with Design Brewery in September 2022, and our partnership is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

I’m satisfied with Design Brewery’s work. They’ve designed beautiful and professional websites that our clients can navigate with so much ease. Design Brewery has met our expectations.

How did Design Brewery perform from a project management standpoint?

Design Brewery is quick with meeting deadlines, and their communication is quick and efficient. They’re responsive, and we communicate through Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, and email.

Design Brewery has also documented all the project’s processes for easy reference in the future. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

I’m most impressed with Design Brewery’s owner getting involved in every discussion and meeting of our project. She was resourceful and always gave us expert advice since we’re not experts in web design.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can’t think of anything for Design Brewery to improve — I have no complaints about their work. 

Any advice for potential customers?

I recommend checking Design Brewery’s portfolio and judging them by their previous work.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder and CEO of Jajal Medical. We’re a medical device company that converts CT scans into 3D models. Whenever there’s a serious condition, this is one of the key components of our complex surgeries and understanding anatomies.

First, the surgeons upload the CT scan. Based on that, we create a 3D model of the patient’s anatomy and provide this open visualization to the surgeon, the patient, and everyone who is part of the healthcare ecosystem.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Design Brewery?

We needed someone to create a very simple yet powerful interface that communicated exactly what we do. This platform was something that didn’t exist, but there was a global need for it. We needed it to support very smooth transitions and wanted to build it using My Segmenter.

The platform had to work for surgeons, patients, and 3D printing partners. It had to have a very appealing look as well as an interface that people liked.

We had a high-level concept of what we needed. Even though we had an in-house web development team, we needed help to build the entire UI/UX platform for this.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Design Brewery went through an iterative process to really understand our different customers, what we do, and our problems. They made sure that our branding, colors, and our presentation were accurate and perfect.

The final output is a functional dummy website. It’s a completely cloud-based platform where our development team is able to implement using the UI that Design Brewery has done. It’s a collaborative effort between Design Brewery and our in-house team.

Design Brewery made a suggestion that we should have everything, including the pricing, on our main page. Since what we do is confusing, we don’t want users to have to scroll around to find all the information.

On the main page, we created an animation that clearly explains our services. Users can immediately drag and drop their files and get started. They also suggested that we use Three.js as our backend engine for the visualization side.

What is the team composition?

I’ve worked with the founder and CEO, a senior UI/UX lead, and another UI/UX person.

How did you come to work with Design Brewery?

I had seen some of Design Brewery’s work in my previous organization, and I was very impressed with it. When I started my company, I never thought I’d be able to afford them. However, I reached out to them, and they were really flexible. They wanted to work with me and said we’d figure out the money aspect.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested around $2,000–$3,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in August 2019, and the main project lasted until April 2020. Our partnership is ongoing because there’s always work with changes and updates.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We consider Design Brewery a great partner when it comes to UI/UX development — their work is phenomenal.

After we launched our platform, we got orders from customers asking us to develop their UI/UX. People say it’s an amazing experience. It is exactly what we wanted, and we’re very happy about our relationship with them.

How did Design Brewery perform from a project management standpoint?

Design Brewery is right on time. Sometimes, we’re slow on our side because we have to collect data from customers or surgeons. However, as soon as we confirm the data, they start working.

We use Figma to communicate, which has made the process faster. It makes it easy for all of us to communicate and share information. They send us a message whenever they update something.

What did you find most impressive about them?

I admire the simplicity in Design Brewery’s designs. It takes a lot of time and energy to put something in a way that customers really want, However, They understand very well the need for very clean and impactful tools.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There’s nothing that I’d have them improve.

Any advice for potential customers?

Define the scope clearly, and they’ll stay on top of it once they’re on board.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the AVP Account Management of (a/an) Advertising & marketing

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We're the premier integrated advertising agency within Publicis Groupe, connecting media, creative, data, and technology to deliver modern marketing.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Design Brewery to accomplish?

• Building / Enhancing User Experience For Digital Platforms
• Digital Platform User Journeys Wireframing & Designing

SOLUTION

How did you find Design Brewery?

Referral

Why did you select Design Brewery over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing first our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

What was the size of Design Brewery’s team?

6-10 Employees

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

Design Brewery has been a partner in many accomplishments. Mostly we have been associated regarding multiple digital platforms across various categories, right from UX to Website Designing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• On Time Delivery
• Inclusive Feedback Implementation

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

Design Brewery has been delivering quality work within very stringent timelines. The team has been extremely supportive and flexible to accommodate everything required to meet the timelines.

What was your primary form of communication with Design Brewery?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email
• Messaging App

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

• Flexibility
• Commitments
• Knowledge at a Reasonable Pricing

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

All Good

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the VP of Crestech Software

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Quality Assurance of Enterprise Software.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Design Brewery to accomplish?

• Brand Guideline
• Website Creation

SOLUTION

How did you find Design Brewery?

Online Search

Why did you select Design Brewery over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing first our budget

What was the size of Design Brewery’s team?

6-10 Employees

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

• Defining the Brand Guideline.
• Redesigning the corporate website.
• Managing the social media channel.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Design guideline as per our culture
• Website having the desired information availability

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

Their project management was fine. They did delivery almost on time. They were pretty flexible in terms on accommodating feedbacks and requests. Overall quality of work was great.

What was your primary form of communication with Design Brewery?

Virtual Meeting

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

I'm impressed with the quality of their deliverables.

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

Nothing as such. However, if they add more aligned services to their portfolio, it will be good to have.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am founder of SmartOwn, a managed marketplace of rental products.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Design Brewery?

Our website and App.

SOLUTION

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

We looked at 3 proposals from different vendor and selected DB.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

Designing Website and APP

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

5 including founder

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Excellent!! Design Brewery provides what they promise. We've observed an increase of 176% increase in our sales within a few days after working with them... The team was clear with their goals and provided top digital services. Their knowledge and professionalism is just outstanding!

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Good

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

Creativity

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

Timeliness