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UX/UI and product design for apps, dashboards and digital products.

Senior UX and UI for startups and product teams: audits, interface design, prototypes and design-system work, with the structure sorted before the surface.

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How UX/UI design works at Thing King

Plenty of products work but do not feel finished. Flows that took three screens too many, a dashboard nobody trusts, a sign-up that leaks users. A UX audit finds those problems and puts them in priority order, and a Design Day is usually enough to fix the first batch.

For larger work, The Big Thing is scoped properly and quoted in fixed phases: interface design for key flows, clickable prototypes for testing or investor demos, design systems and component libraries, and handover files your developers can build from. Two rounds of changes per phase, deposit to start, every phase quoted before it begins.

The approach is the same one that shapes every thing the studio makes: solve the structure first, make the system the path of least resistance, and give people an obvious next step. Then the interface almost designs itself.

Good for

Startups with a product that works but doesn’t feel finished
Teams that need a second pair of senior eyes
Founders prototyping before hiring a designer
Products that need a design system before the next build phase

What’s included

UX audit with prioritised findings
User flows and interface design for key screens
Clickable prototypes
Design systems, tokens and component libraries
Developer handover files and notes
Working inside your existing design system where you have one

Not included

Front-end or back-end development
User research recruitment and incentives
Embedded, full-time product design roles

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Packages for product things

Every one is fixed scope with a clear price. “From” means the scope genuinely varies; you get an exact quote first.

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Defined block of time

The Design Day

R5,000

A focused block of design time for a list of related jobs.

For: Existing clients or anyone with several related small jobs.

Included

6 hours of focused production
Scope agreed in writing beforehand
Delivered within the week

Turnaround: Scheduled within 2 weeks; delivered within 5 business days of the day
Changes: Included within the block

Not unlimited design; a defined block of time, used well.

Custom scope

The Big Thing

Custom quote

For things that don't fit a box.

For: Projects outside the productised offers.

How it works

Proper scoping
Fixed-phase quote
2 rounds of changes per phase

Turnaround: Per quote
Changes: 2 rounds per phase

Scoped properly and quoted in fixed phases.

Things we’ve made

Related product things

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Things people ask about UX/UI design

Straight answers. If yours isn’t here, ask the King.

How does UX/UI pricing work?

Audits and focused improvements usually fit a Design Day at R5,000: 6 hours of production against an agreed list. Anything larger is a Big Thing, scoped from your brief and quoted in fixed phases so you know the price before each phase starts.

Do you work with our developers?

Yes. We hand over organised design files, specs and notes your developers can build from, and we are available for questions during the build within the agreed scope. We design; your team builds.

Can you work in our existing design system?

Yes, and it is usually the right call. If you do not have one yet, building the tokens and core components can be the first phase of a Big Thing.

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Got a UX/UI thing in mind?

Tell us what it is and what it should do. You’ll hear back within 2 business days with a price and a plan.

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