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UK Government Prototypes designed with the GDS Design System
Design Prototypes is a Prototype as a Service. A subscription model for individual contributors or fully fledged teams. Prototypes: Production-ready. Suitable for Government departments and local councils, rapid prototyping in a novel and different approach.
Philosophy: Simplicity, Novel Practices and High Performance
How we do it
What you get with
One of the novel approaches to designing GDS type prototypes currently on the market. Most comprehensive and easy to intergrate solution for your needs.
Novel Practices
Creating rapid prototypes, highly functional with minimal friction and research that deliver exceptional and lasting value.
Excellent Delivery Speed
Having a great and higly funtional prototype increases speed from idea to usability testing and minimal iteration to production
API integrations
Real data from real sources, our prototypes mimic the real app down to the API intergrations, only for security reasons would we use synthetic data.
Open to new ideas and contributions
Living a culture that is open to new ideas and contributions is integral to fostering innovation, collaboration, aiding a fast delivery.
Behind the scenes
Design Prototypes' Blueprint: Speed Meets Functionality!
Design on new foundations
Avoid the friction of neverending research and design, get a highly functional prototype in front of users in a fraction of the time.Built only for the GDS Front End
Benefiting from the performance and developer-friendly features of this accesible Front End library.
Styled using govuk CSS
Facilitating rapid design and consistent styling with this highly accessibility focused CSS framework.
Design lead, Data driven
Design first, research and user testing second. Get a highly functional prototype in front of users now.
Not just prototypes
But a new way of thinking about rapid prototyping. Based on your needs we can scale from a single designer to a full Alpha team.Scale fast, pause faster
Based on your needs we can scale from a single designer to a full Alpha team. Pause anytime no questions asked.
Multiple layout resources, no lock in
Your needs, we provide the resources to allow you to take the prototype and run with it, we find the right people.
Fully responsive service
Not the kind of 'responsive' you're thinking of. We are responsive to your needs, Start with a researcher add a designer, add a developer, add a full Alpha team.
Get from idea to usability testing in no time with our Subscription model.
Step 1: Engage
Deside the package that suits your specific needs. Join a brief kick off call, we set you up with a chat channel and a KanBan board, and we are off to the races!
Step 2: Add content
Pour your vision into it. Add logic, text, and all that dynamic breath of life into your digital service. Remember, we want you to have a good start and decrease the time to Private Beta.
Step 3: Test and Iterate
Get your prototype in front of users, get feedback, make changes, get it in front of users, get feedback, make changes, stop only when you are satisfied.
Ready!
Find out more content in our Blog
View all posts »The blog is used to display previous work done in several UK Government departments.
Disclosure
When one thing per page does not work, and progressive disclosure does not fit the context. A brief Design History.
Macro interactions
A series of different approaches to a single user problem. Iterations based on User Research. Achieving a 100% success task completion rate.
Postcode search
Improving the user experience for the majority of the users. Adding a postcode search that is returns AAA accessible results.
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Dive into the details. How the subscription model is truly a discuprive method that will increase your velocity and decrease your time to Private Beta.
Why Design Prototypes?
With years of combined experience, we have been there and done that. We have been in the trenches and we know what you need. We can be just a designer, we can be a researcher, we can be a developer, we can be a full Alpha team.
What do I need to start?
A clear enough Discovery document. We will help you with the rest. From policy intend to a "Start Now" button, we can take your service from Discovery to Private Beta in a fraction of the time.
How do we differ from traditional agencies?
Well, we simply cut of the middlemen, no Umbrella's no Agencies. Providing a 15% budget savings whilst we reduce the delivery time to a fraction of the GDS suggested scope for an Alpha.
What if you don't like the results?
This is a subscription service, we will continue to iterate until you are 100% satisfied. We will even help you with the GDS Service Standard Assessment.
Design +
Prototypes
With our direct approach, you can save your Project from failure.
Don't waste more time! :P