Bring your product vision to life

Turn your tech demo into a distinctive, high-quality, user-centred experience

Already chosen by the leaders

UNDERSTANDING STARTUPS

UNDERSTANDING STARTUPS

UNDERSTANDING STARTUPS

Rapid development get features out the door — but without experience design direction, products can become fragmented and hard to use and scale

Static screens designed in Figma can't accurately represent realistic features of a real product or service. Use-cases are missed and solutions are missinterpreted.

WHY ME?

WHY ME?

WHY ME?

25 years experience working with startups and large tech companies on brand, strategy, UX, UI, interaction design, motion design, AI coding with technical fluency.

We create interactive experiences and prototype them realistically that act
as a functional bridge between
concept and code.

Founding designer partner

I work exclusively with technology startups, bringing a whole range of tools and expertise to fill your design needs

Founder Training

I train startup founders in a variety of design skills, helping them level up their design expertise

Everything I do is driven by outcomes

De-risk product decisions early

Test product-market fit faster

Prevent rework and costly bugs

Deliver vision prototypes to raise VC capital

Shorten the QA cycle

Uncover UX issues earlier

HOW WE WORK

HOW WE WORK

HOW WE WORK

I've refined a design pipeline
especially for startups

I've refined a design pipeline especially for startups

Design pipeline

We have a lean system using off the shelf tools to make sure we feel part of your team

Real-time collaboration

We value and insist on close collaboration using a dedicated Slack channel to collaborate and share updates regularly.

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Production ready

We deliver a range of product-ready assets to help reduce dev delivery cycles

Showreel

Showreel

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Here's a sneek peak of previous some project work

Here's a sneek peak of previous some project work

"ProtoPilot brings a wealth of experience and raises the bar in terms of hand-on design leadership and skills"

Andy Brockie-Dunlop

Director of User Experience - Channel 4

"Darren is the #1 ProtoPie guru out there, he consistently provides us at ProtoPie with thorough feedback, as only true subject matter experts can"

Tony Kim,

CEO, ProtoPie

"Darren's superb ability to build prototypes at rapid speed allowed us to expand the scope of user testing and discover new insights"

Chris Luchowiec

Senior Designer, Leica Camera AG

Ready to add a design expert to your startup journey?

Use the calendar below to schedule a call if you would like to discuss your startup. I give free design advice, no commitment