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Design & Build MVP

From rough idea to an MVP your first users can actually try.

You bring the idea and the domain knowledge. We shape the product, design the core flows, and build the front end in React — so you validate with a real, working product instead of a deck and a promise.

Teams we’ve helped design and ship.

  • Brew
  • WeGuide
  • Hamlet
  • Windpass
  • Evolit

Solutions

What an early-stage product actually needs.

  1. 01

    One clear scope

    Turn a moving list of ideas and feature requests into a v1 scope your team, your investors, and your first users can all understand.

  2. 02

    Evidence before pixels

    We test assumptions against real users and real constraints first, so you never pay to polish the wrong screens.

  3. 03

    A foundation, not a throwaway

    MVP flows and UI patterns are built so v2 extends what exists instead of starting over.

  4. 04

    Shipped, not handed off

    Design and front-end build stay with the same people, so the product users touch matches what was designed.

What's included

Everything an MVP needs to go from idea to usable.

One engagement covers product thinking, UX, interface, and front-end build — so nothing gets lost between disciplines.

  • Product discovery

    We pin down the problem, the user, and the one workflow the MVP must nail — before any screens exist.

  • MVP scope definition

    Decide what ships in v1, what waits, and what “validated” actually means — so the build has a finish line.

  • User flows

    Journeys, decisions, states, and edge cases mapped out, so the product works beyond the happy path.

  • Product interface

    Clear, responsive screens for the dashboards, forms, and workflows your product runs on.

  • Design system

    A lean component set that keeps v1 consistent and gives v2 a head start.

  • Front-end build

    We implement the interface in React and Next.js — or hand your engineers a spec they don’t have to decode.

Why MonoGray

A senior partner from first decision to shipped interface.

Strategy, design, and code stay with the same people — so context never gets lost between disciplines.

  • Integrated, not outsourced

    Product thinking, UX, UI, and front-end live with one team. Nothing gets lost in a handoff, because there isn’t one.

  • You talk to the people doing the work

    No account managers, no juniors behind the curtain. The designer on your kickoff call is the one shipping your screens.

  • Opinionated about scope

    We’ll push back when a feature doesn’t earn its place in v1. An MVP that ships beats a roadmap that doesn’t.

  • Built to outlive the demo

    Flows and components designed so that when validation succeeds, you extend the product instead of rebuilding it.

  • Fluent in B2B SaaS and AI

    Dashboards, permissions, dense data, unpredictable AI output — we’ve designed for the messy parts of business software.

  • Craft that earns trust

    Early products get judged in seconds. Every screen should look and feel like a product worth paying for.

Tools & workflow

Your tools. No new process to learn.

We plug into Figma, Slack, Linear, and GitHub — so product decisions, design feedback, and code review happen where your team already works.

Product design

  • Figma
  • FigJam

Design engineering

  • React
  • Next.js
  • shadcn/ui
  • GitHub

Collaboration

  • Slack
  • Loom
  • Google Meet
  • Linear

AI workflow

  • Codex
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor

Pricing

Start where the product needs you most

Choose a focused engagement for a specific problem

Design Weekly

Review one critical product flow end to end, uncover the UX, UI and system issues behind it, and give your team a clear order of attack.

Start with an audit →

What you get

  • End-to-end review of one critical flow
  • UX, UI and interaction issues identified
  • Prioritized recommendations by impact
  • Annotated screens and concrete examples
  • Quick wins vs. deeper fixes separated
  • 60-minute walkthrough with your team

1 week · Fixed scope

$1,000

Partner

Recommended

Monthly Partner

Ongoing support attached directly to your roadmap. We work alongside your team from product decisions through shipped interfaces.

Book a fit call →

Included in

  • Ongoing product & UX design
  • Senior product thinking and problem framing
  • New flows, features and product improvements
  • Design system maintenance and expansion
  • Responsive states, edge cases and interactions
  • Front-end implementation support
  • Design QA before and after release
  • Weekly working sessions
  • Async collaboration with your team
  • Flexible priorities as the roadmap changes

Monthly · Ongoing

$4,000/mo

Not sure where to start?

Tell us what you're building, where the product feels stuck, and what your team needs.

Book a fit call →

Some problems don't fit neatly into an audit, sprint or monthly engagement.

  • Larger product redesigns
  • Design system projects
  • Design + front-end implementation
  • Custom scopes and timelines
Discuss a custom project →

Check out other works

Hamlet admin dashboard with upcoming bookings

Hamlet

SaaS • Coworking • B2B

What happens next

From first conversation to focused execution.

A straightforward path to understand the problem, shape the right engagement, and start with clear expectations.

  1. STEP 01

    Share your contextTell us about the idea, what you have so far — a deck, a spec, a prototype — and what you need to prove first.

    Book a Call
  2. STEP 02

    Have a focused callWe’ll discuss your product, priorities, constraints, timeline, and whether MonoGray is the right fit.

  3. STEP 03

    Shape the engagementWe’ll recommend the right service and define the scope, working rhythm, deliverables, and investment.

  4. STEP 04

    Align and kick offOnce the plan is clear, we prepare the workspace, confirm responsibilities, and set the first priorities.

  5. STEP 05

    Work in visible cyclesYou’ll see work in progress, review decisions regularly, and always know what is being worked on next.

    • Priorities are agreed
    • Work stays visible
    • Feedback shapes the next cycle

FAQs

Let's get the next version ready to build.

Tell us what you're building, where the product feels stuck, and what your team needs.

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