Top Design Research & Discovery Studios

Primer Grey

Prime Studio is a product and brand design agency based in NYC that delivers creative solutions for lasting consumer ...

Prime Studio is a product and brand design agency based in NYC that delivers creative solutions for lasting consumer impressions. They specialize in comprehensive product design services and brand identity development, focusing on creating memorable experiences that connect brands with their target audiences through strategic design thinking.

Pixels and Sense

Pixels and Sense is a specialized product design agency focused exclusively on fintech, banking, wealth management, a...

Pixels and Sense is a specialized product design agency focused exclusively on fintech, banking, wealth management, and crypto products. With 15+ years of experience serving 70+ financial companies, they provide end-to-end design services including user onboarding optimization, conversion improvement, and compliance-focused UX design for trading platforms, neobanks, investment apps, and financial infrastructure tools.

TheDesignThinkers is a design-focused consultancy that applies design thinking methodology to solve complex business challenges. Based in Redfern, New South Wales, the agency specializes in human-centered design approaches, creative problem-solving frameworks, and innovation consulting to help organizations develop user-centric products and services.

DDW is a product development and innovation consultancy that partners with brands to design and develop physical products. Based in Sausalito, California, the agency specializes in strategic product development, industrial design, and bringing consumer products from concept through manufacturing.

MATOM.AI specializes in computer vision, artificial intelligence, and robotics solutions for mission-critical systems. The agency provides end-to-end development services from proof of concept and rapid prototyping to minimum viable products, focusing on 3D/2D computer vision, AI implementation, and robotic automation for industrial environments.

Design Prosody is a physical product design and branding firm that specializes in helping growth-stage cooking product entrepreneurs and sustainability-focused startups. They provide comprehensive services including strategic innovation, tangible product design, branding, design innovation, manufacturing management, and product launch support for premium hard goods.

PropertyHeads

Properly Studio is a design agency specializing in brands, products, and websites for emerging technology sectors.

Properly Studio is a design agency specializing in brands, products, and websites for emerging technology sectors. They focus on Web3, DeFi, AI, and Fintech clients, serving everything from early-stage startups to established protocols managing billions in total value locked (TVL).

Scenic West

Scenic West is a product strategy and UX/UI design agency specializing in B2B SaaS and FinTech solutions.

Scenic West is a product strategy and UX/UI design agency specializing in B2B SaaS and FinTech solutions. They offer expert Product Strategy, UX/UI Design, and User Research services, leveraging AI to create user-centered product experiences that scale for growing companies.

Backbone

The Backbone is a branding and product design studio that co-creates impactful brands through comprehensive brand.

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The Backbone is a branding and product design studio that co-creates impactful brands through comprehensive brand identity development, strategic brand messaging, and engaging brand touchpoints. They specialize in translating business goals into tangible brand values that create emotional connections with audiences, working across food & beverage, health & wellness, startups, social enterprises, and education sectors.

Daylight is a human-centered UX and product design agency that helps organizations discover, create, and launch human-inspired products and services. They specialize in UX design, brand strategy, and digital product development across multiple markets including social impact, energy, and fintech sectors.

Pink Frog Interactive, founded in 2005, helps you improve your customers’ experience across your organization. We take complex products, services and systems and make them intuitive and easy to navigate. We focus on improving the quality of experience and human interaction with web applications, product interfaces, services, touchpoints and interactions. We follow a human-centered design process and uses principles and techniques derived from cognitive science, psychology, and anthropology to design and test services, product interfaces and interactions in order to make them useful, usable and desirable. At each touchpoint in your customer journey, we help improve the brand, consistency and experience. Some of our services include strategy, road map planning, user experience (UX), user interface (UI), design research, marketing, information architecture (IA), social media marketing, visual design, branding, style guides, print design, trade show design, and web.

Twisthink

Twisthink is a connected product development agency specializing in IoT devices, firmware development, cloud platform...

Twisthink is a connected product development agency specializing in IoT devices, firmware development, cloud platforms, and AI integration. With 25+ years of experience, they partner with companies to accelerate the design and development of connected products through custom electronics, embedded applications, cloud architecture, mobile & web applications, and strategic product design.

Ruca

Ruca is a design cooperative based in New York that specializes in product development and marketing solutions.

Ruca is a design cooperative based in New York that specializes in product development and marketing solutions. They focus on building products, establishing brand identities, and scaling businesses through collaborative design and strategic partnerships.

Siberia

Siberia is a digital innovation studio specializing in product design and engineering services.

Siberia is a digital innovation studio specializing in product design and engineering services. They operate as both a Labs division for R&D consulting, research, prototyping, and validation for Fortune 100 companies, and a Studio division offering full-stack product development from roadmaps to UI design and code deployment.

Fleye

Fleye is a global technology consultancy that creates custom digital products through their comprehensive service off...

Fleye is a global technology consultancy that creates custom digital products through their comprehensive service offerings. They specialize in product design and discovery, software development using modern technologies, and provide managed development teams for client projects.

Enliven

Enliven is a software development company based in Rajkot, India that provides end-to-end technology solutions.

Enliven is a software development company based in Rajkot, India that provides end-to-end technology solutions including custom software development, electronics design and embedded systems engineering, and product design and innovation services from concept to market-ready prototypes.

Dodo Design is a research-driven design consultancy based in Africa that combines human-centered design with strategic thinking to help businesses discover market needs and develop valuable solutions. They specialize in user research, strategy development, and design for sectors including fintech, healthtech, e-commerce, and edtech, with a focus on digital inclusion and impact measurement across West African markets.