Portal · Studio · Deliverables
The operating layer of a design studio.
I'm a designer who builds. These three tools run a partner engagement end to end: the portal partners sign into, the studio I run the work from, and the deliverables in between. A quick tour.
urquhart.design/e/pye
Three tools
One operating layer.
- 01PortalWhere partners sign in to follow the work, comment, and approve.
- 02StudioWhere I plan and run the engagement: scope, milestones, proposals, billing.
- 03DeliverablesThe artefacts that travel: prototypes, docs, wireframes.
01·The plan
It starts with a plan.
Every engagement begins as a plan the partner and I both see. Everything downstream hangs off it.
- Scope the work into clear, named pieces.
- Group them into the milestones I ship against.
- Send it out as a proposal the partner accepts.
- Track what's done and what's owed on a billing dashboard.
Pye · Phases & scope
PYE-001DiscoveryDone
- PYE-001-AStakeholder interviews
- PYE-001-BHeuristic audit
- PYE-001-CInformation architecture
PYE-002Design systemIn progress
- PYE-002-AToken primitives
- PYE-002-BForm primitives
- PYE-002-CTrade screens
02·Deliverables
Everything shipped, in one place.
Everything I ship lands in one place, each as its own page.
- Open it, forward it, or print it. Never a buried link.
- Sorted by kind, showing where each one stands.
Pye · Deliverables
5 of 12- html_pageBrand auditApproved2026-02-14
- prototype_embedTrade flow · v2Shipped2026-03-02
- galleryPye Widget · marketing setShipped2026-03-19
- external_linkValidator dashboard previewDraft2026-04-08
- html_pagePhase 2 · launch readoutDraft2026-05-22
03·Comments
Feedback where the work is.
Feedback sits on the work itself. They comment, I reply, in one place.
- Nothing scattered across email and Slack.
- It surfaces in the timeline, so nothing gets lost.
Deliverable · Comments
3 messages- Hugo · PyePartner2 days ago
The phase-2 surface reads cleanly. One nit: the heuristics column on the bug-blitz is heavy for a first-time reviewer.
- Dan · UrquhartStudio1 day ago
Good call. Moved it into a hover-revealed reference. Same column, less weight.
- Hugo · PyePartner9 hours ago
Shipped. Reviewing today.
04·Approvals
Approving, with a record.
Approving feels like signing, and behaves like it.
- What the partner saw is captured, not just the date.
- Once it's approved, it stays that way.
Deliverable · Approval
Phase 1 · Discovery
Three-week audit of the trading product. Signed by both sides; appended to engagement archive.
Approved2026-02-14 · 11:42 CET
Hugo Lippmannhugo@pye.fi
LockedTier evidencediscovery-readout.pdf · 184kb
05·Bug-blitz
Test software, fast.
A small app for testing software quickly. A few people run through it, and I turn what they find into a clean list of fixes.
- Each tester's run is captured as they go.
- I group what they find, so it's a list, not noise.
Bug-blitz · Cluster
3 reportersFlashing buttons on theme switch.
Heuristic · Visibility of system status
- Daniel U.Trade panel · theme toggleMedium
- Hugo L.Vaults · theme toggleMedium
- Ali M.Sidebar fade · theme toggleLow
EditTriageDismiss
Send to Linear06·Artefacts
Four kinds of artefact.
Most of what I hand over is one of these four. Keeping to a few kinds means everything reads the same way, engagement to engagement.
External · linked surface
app.pye.fi/stakingreact
React prototypes
Working sites and software, built fast in React. An idea gets tried, not described.
Figma · prototype
frame · 1440figma
Figma prototypes
Clickable flows, embedded at the right size and kept to the partner.
Brand audit · Pye
html
Strategy docs & decks
Strategy and narrative written as web pages. Read in the browser, forwarded, printed.
Wireframe · live copy
Sell your future rewardslive-copy
Live copy editor
A copy editor over the wireframe, for writing and aligning words together in a session.
Closeout
Three tools. One way of working.
The portal is where partners sign in. The studio is where I run the work. The deliverables are what travels between us.
Portal · Deliverables
- html_pageBrand auditApproved
- prototype_embedTrade flow v2Shipped
- galleryWidget assetsShipped
- external_linkDashboardDraft
Studio · Phases
- PYE-001DoneDiscovery
- PYE-002ActiveDesign system
- PYE-003PlannedTrade screens
Marketing · 2026-05-27
Testing the draft tool
LinkedIn
Vote3 · 1 · 1
URQ-PD-01 · v0.42026-05-30Designed and built by Dan Urquhart in Berlin