Good UX design reduces support requests, increases conversion and creates software users recommend to others. Bad UX design leads to abandonment, frustrated users and expensive rework. Barquecon's design team works at the intersection of user needs and business goals — using research, structured frameworks and iterative testing to make design decisions that hold up in production.
Design Services
User Research & Discovery
User interviews, survey analysis, heuristic evaluations and competitive benchmarking to understand who your users are and what they actually need from your product.
Information Architecture
Organising your product's content and features into clear structures — navigation design, content hierarchy and user flows that make sense to new and returning users.
Wireframing
Low and mid-fidelity wireframes that define layout, functionality and behaviour before visual design begins — faster iteration at lower cost.
Visual UI Design
High-fidelity screen designs with consistent visual language — typography, colour, spacing, iconography and component libraries that translate directly to code.
Interactive Prototyping
Clickable Figma prototypes for stakeholder presentations, user testing sessions and developer handoff — simulating real product behaviour without writing code.
Design Systems
Reusable component libraries with documented usage guidelines — ensuring design consistency across your entire product as it grows and teams scale.
Our Design Process
Research & Define
Understanding users and business context before any design begins.
- Stakeholder interviews and goal alignment
- User research (interviews or analytics review)
- Competitor and heuristic analysis
- User personas and problem statement
Information Architecture
Structure and flows before visual design decisions are made.
- User journeys and task flows
- Navigation and content hierarchy design
- Low-fidelity wireframes for all screens
- Stakeholder wireframe review and sign-off
Visual Design & Prototype
Full fidelity UI design with interactive prototype for testing.
- Visual design language and style guide
- High-fidelity screens for all user flows
- Interactive Figma prototype
- Accessibility review (WCAG 2.1 AA)
Developer Handoff & Support
Design assets and specs ready for development, with QA support.
- Figma dev mode with spacing and token specs
- Asset export (SVG, PNG) and icon library
- Component documentation
- Design QA during development sprint reviews
Why Barquecon for Design?
Design and Engineering in One Team
Our designers sit alongside engineers — designs account for technical constraints from the start, resulting in faster implementation and fewer revision cycles.
User-Centred, Not Aesthetics-Centred
We measure design success by whether users accomplish their goals easily — not by whether it looks impressive in a portfolio. Research and testing inform every major decision.
Accessible by Default
WCAG 2.1 AA compliance is standard in our design process — colour contrast, keyboard navigation, screen reader labels and focus management are reviewed before handoff.
Scales With Your Product
Design systems we create are documented component libraries that grow alongside your product — not one-off files that become unusable as the product evolves.
Tools & What We Design For
- Web application interfaces
- Mobile apps (iOS & Android)
- SaaS dashboards and admin tools
- e-Commerce and marketplace UIs
- Brand identity and logo design
Ready to improve your product's design?
Whether you need a full UX redesign or a design system for your engineering team, we can help. Let's talk.
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