We bring together
Thinkers. Leaders. Doers.
Creative firepower and rare capabilities.
High performance pros to elevate teams and organisations.
Maximise value by dealing direct
No agency mark-ups. No high overheads. Just fair, flat day rates that put expertise of this caliber in reach. Our members pool together to streamline our costs.
Selective, specialized expertise
Simplify the quest for top people and capabilities. Go directly to a network of handpicked domain experts. Benefit from the combined experience of our members.
Flexible, fast, and first-rate
Top teams and firms worldwide book our members to bring impact, flexibility, and rapid scalability often at short notice across short- and long-term engagements.
Our collective capabilities
Advanced Design
- UX, UI, HMI, VD for Specialized Auto, Aero, Marine
- Real-time 3D UE, Unity, Apps & Visualisation
- Advanced Rapid Prototyping and Concept Design
- Ergonomics, Form and Human-Factors Design
- Design Systems and Global Experience Language
Specialized Consulting
- Disruptive Strategy for Digital, Design & Innovation
- Customer Experience, Systems & Service Design
- Benchmarking: Competitor, Capabilities & CX
- Operating Model Advisory and Change
- Design & Technology Organisational Enablement
Technical
- Technology and Design Auditing and Assurance
- Qt, Kanzi, Altia, UE, Unity, HMI Technical Delivery
- Research, Discovery, Insight and Development
- Design Agility, Method & DesignOps Leadership
- Digital Portfolio and Connectivity (IoT) Strategy
Our members
John Bevan
BA PGDipM FCIM FRSA A.CSD MIET MBA MCIPR CSM CSPO
Design Director
John brings two decades partnering top tier brands to deliver award winning design and digital experiences and innovation.
John has directed design, strategy, and digital across auto, aerospace, marine, industrial sectors and specialized applications. Awards include Cannes Gold & Grand Prixs, HMI Europe, DXA, UX Awards, D&AD Black, Yellow and Graphite Pencils, A&CE & Webby Awards
Luiza Varella
BA
Specialized Design UX/UI
Luiza brings a distinctive approach combining a decade of experience in design as well as business and law. She takes a human-centred angle to design, exploring needs and desires through research and creating experiences centered on goals, emotions and behaviors.
Luiza has worked across LATAM, Denmark, Europe and KSA, and is an active member of the Copenhagen UX Community
Julia Chalfen
BA
Brand Consulting Director
Julia’s two decades’ strategic expertise span ad agencies, TV, entrepreneurship, Not-for-Profit and Client-side work.
Julia founded the strategy departments at the BBC, Interbrand Interactive and BHF Digital, where her team were awarded Digital Team of the Year.
Specialized brand experience includes for the BBC, Daewoo, Freeview, HP, Ladbrokes, P&G, Pfizer, National Lottery, Oxfam, Toshiba, UK Gov, UKTV
Laura Moreno
BA
Design Director
Laura is an accomplished Design Director, backed by 15 years of experience leading teams and complex projects. Her approach combines user-centric design principles and emerging technologies, always, with deep expertise in design systems, art direction, UX, brand design and design leadership.
Brands Laura has worked with include: Ericsson, Randstad, Nike, Giordano, IED, Dow. Awards include: IF and Red Dott Award
Stine Ramsing
BSc, MA
Lead Specialized Design
Stine brings five years of experience specialized in UX, CX, and Design Systems. With a technical and creative background in product, industrial design and interaction, Stine champions society-centered and system-led design approaches. Stine has worked across the Nordics and is an active member of the Sustainability UX network. Stine is focused on designing ethical and sustainable solutions.
Tom Hoffman
BA
Lead Specialised Design
Tom’s 20 years specializing in UX/UI and interaction design has seen him drive award-winning work for top firms including the British Heart Foundation, Capital One, Comic Relief, Deloitte, E&Y, Grundfos, M&C Saatchi, UK Government, M&S, Microsoft, Mondelez, Sky, Three, Unicef.
Tom works end-to-end across Product and Service Design, Research, Usability Accessibility and System design
Victoria Taing
BA, MA
Lead Specialized Design
Vic brings over a half decade of experience leading UI, Visual Design and UX for global technology brands including Thales, Globant, Dassault Systemes and Disney.
Vic holds a BA in Interaction Design and a MA in Interactivity UX and UI Design from Pôle Léonard de Vinci in Paris, including exchange programme in Global Media in Soongsil, Seoul, South Korea. Vic specializes in HMI, Visual Design, UX/UI, conceptualisation
Wilner Ciscal
BA, MA
Lead Specialized Technical
Wilner brings over 15 years experience in industrial engineering, informatics, systems development and directing specialized technical engineering and development for interfaces across HMI, Qt, Unreal, Kanzi, Linux, Unity, Android
Wilner has led technical design and development for Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Abarth, Fiat and others. He is also a published author on Engineering Process Management
Ines Martel
BSc, MSc
Specialized Design UX/CX
Ines brings qualifications in Applied Psychology to CX, UX and Service Design. Drawing on applied research methods including psycholinguistics, qualititive market insight, and behavioural studies, Ines specializes in user-centered UX.
Ines has worked across Spain and the UK and is a member of the British Psychological Society
Daniele Conte
BA, MA
Specialized Technical
Daniele brings almost a decade experience specializing in UI production for HMI including modelling, 3D, motion and UI development across Kanzi, Qt, C++, JavaScript and 3D engines.
Daniele has led Technical Artistry and UI Implementation for Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Abarth, Fiat across Kanzi, Qt, Unreal, Unity, Linux and Android
Wes Waller
BA
Specialized 3D/Motion
Wes is a 3D, Motion, CG artist with a proven track record across gaming, advertising and HMI industries. He sppecializes in producing high-quality 3D models, renders, animation and motion graphic utilising the latest techniques and workflows against just-in-time-delivery projects.
Wes brings over 8 years experience on brands including Mclaren, Triumph, Mitsubishi, Fantasy, Huawei and more
Iryna Balakirieva
BA
Specialized Design VD
Iryna brings nearly a decade of expertise specializing in Visual Design across brand, UI, haute couture, and mixed digital-physical mediums. She partners across a range of verticals: travel, fashion, retail, lifestyle, eCommerce and industry.
Iryna specializes in visual, thematic including for applications, web, HMI, and UI – working end-to-end through discovery, creative development, delivery and production
