A Unicorn Invasion and a Four-week engagement with Post-Office CoWork
Design for every facet of your startup.
The team at Post-Office have launched their fair share of big projects over the years and are no strangers to process. With their roving pop-up coworking space concept, they wanted to build it as intelligently as possible. So, they did what they tell their own clients to do all the time: They called in the experts.
We started with an intense Unicorn Invasion process that delivered research, architecture, and rapid prototyping within the first week. Our solution delivered in unexpected ways—including a unique vibe meter for feeling out the atmosphere of a venue and a mobile-first booking platform that matched user needs.
With the initial scope complete—and many lessons learned—we entered the second phase of our project and spent the next couple weeks iterating on the original prototype with an eye toward creating a complete design solution that would work on a variety of devices and for an even wider variety of users.
The original scope focused on a handful of priority flows for mobile users and many of those priorities received additional development. The innovative vibe meter, for instance, went through several more rounds of design and technical validation. Additionally, many processes which had been designed for the mobile user underwent design for the tablet or desktop user. And, as with many other projects, the mobile-first process delivered on a simpler and more elegant desktop solution that we might've developed the other way around.
You think you’re working on an app prototype, but you’re working on so much more. We worked on every facet of our business … Logistics, Operations, Business model, and it all happened organically … I’ll never take on another piece of business without going through this process. We’re going into a whole new level of business with a level of confidence I’ve never had before.
– Co-Founder, Post-Office CoWork