10+
Years designing and building software for businesses that outgrew their tools.
Brown Button · Design studio
We design brands, screens people love, and products that last.
Brand, UX/UI and product design, by a team that also builds what it designs.
Design that makes a business easy to recognise, and products easy to use, from the first sketch to the last screen.
Projects shipped, from one-screen tools to full platforms.
25+
Businesses we've built for all around the world, across trading, manufacturing, clinics, education and more.
100%
Your code, your data, your own server. If you stop working with us, it keeps running.
“Brown Button automated our entire business. Everything now runs from one system, so I can focus on getting new clients while operations run on their own.”
Sajeesh Kesavan, Director, Link Healthcare
Brand, screens and systems.
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Brand identity
A clear mark, colour and type that work together, from a business card to an app icon.
- Logo and mark
- Colour and typography
- Brand guidelines
- Signage, print and social
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UX/UI design
We map the steps people take, then design every screen so the next action is obvious.
- User research
- User flows
- Web and mobile UI
- Clickable prototypes
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Product design
From first idea to MVP: we shape what to build, test it with real people and hand developers a clear plan.
- Product discovery
- MVP design
- Usability testing
- Developer handover
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Design systems
Components, tokens and rules, so your product stays consistent as it grows and new screens come together faster.
- Component libraries
- Design tokens
- Documentation
- Accessibility checks
Designed to be used, every day.
- Keeladi Museum App Artefacts from the Keeladi excavation, scanned in 3D and placed in the palm of your hand. Launched by the Chief Minister, with 10,000+ downloads and a 4.9 rating on Google Play.
- Link Healthcare Shift planning for healthcare staff is a puzzle full of rules. This system solves it every week: 2,000+ hours of shifts planned automatically, and staff check their week on their phone.
- Rieker Signs Watches roadway video, recognises each traffic sign it passes and logs it with its location. Built on YOLOv8 and Google Cloud.
- Pleat Book a saree pre-pleat from your phone and have it back at your door. It runs on its own: orders go to the nearest of 40+ pleaters, with Porter riders booked automatically. 8,000+ users and 1,900+ orders so far.
Brands we've shaped.
- PleatBrand identity for a saree pre-pleating service
- InvictaLogo and brand identity for a learning app
- LivyanaBrand identity for a healthcare peer support community
- TuriyatreeBrand identity for a product engineering company
- Link HealthcareBrand identity for a home care and healthcare staffing business
- Ionic SquareBrand identity for a software company
- KenarcBrand identity for a premium real estate developer
- HR MindsBrand identity for an HR services company
- 107 Cup StoriesBrand identity for a café
- BrewtopiaBrand identity for a café
Why Brown Button for design.
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Design and build, one team.
Our designers sit with our engineers, so what we design is what gets built, with nothing lost in handover.
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We design our own products too.
We designed and built Pleat, our own product, so we know what it takes to make something people come back to.
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Work people use every day.
Our design is in daily use, from a state museum app to systems staff rely on every week.
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Files and brand you own.
Organised design files, components and guidelines, yours to keep and build on with any team.
Design files · Components · Guidelines
Questions about working with us on design.
No jargon, no hard sell. If your question isn't here, ask us directly.
Ask a questionQ01What does brand design include?
A logo and mark, a colour palette, typography and simple guidelines, so everything you make looks like it comes from the same business. We agree the exact deliverables before we start.
Q02What's the difference between UX and UI?
UX is how something works: the steps, the flow and how easy it is to get things done. UI is how it looks: layout, colour, type and the details on each screen. We design both together.
Q03Can you design for an app someone else is building?
Yes. We hand over organised design files and a component library your developers can build from, and we can answer their questions along the way.
Q04Do you also build what you design?
Yes. Design and engineering sit in the same team, so we can take a design all the way to a working website or app. The design files are yours either way.
Q05How long does a design project take?
It depends on the scope. We agree the timeline in writing before we start.
Let's design yours.
Tell us what you're working on. In a free 30-minute call we'll suggest a clear first step.
Start a projectTell us what you're designing.
Share a little about your brand, product or idea. We'll come back within one working day with a clear, honest next step.