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Design and
Prototyping

Bring your ideas to life quickly with an interactive prototype for instant clarity and confidence

Build a blueprint for your digital project

You wouldn't build a house without signing off on the structure, features, design and cost. And when it comes to building IoT cloud software and applications, neither would we.

New Icon works with you to create a rapid design prototype. The result? A distinct visual and technical blueprint for your project, complete with an interactive, fully-functioning prototype.

It’s the fastest way to save time, reduce risk, and ensure every feature delivers real value.

Our approach combines UX design, user research and rapid prototyping to understand what people need from your product before development begins. By exploring user journeys, testing assumptions and turning ideas into something tangible, we can identify problems early and make better-informed design decisions.


Whether you're creating a new digital product, improving an existing application or exploring a completely new service, the aim is the same: to create digital experiences that work for the people using them and make commercial and technical sense for your organisation.

Rapid prototyping

Because we rapidly prototype your project, you quickly get a hands-on experience of your digital product - fast.

People carrying balloons
People carrying balloons
People carrying balloon

Designed for real people

Rapid prototyping

Without people, technology is irrelevant. Our UX design team work tirelessly to create products that stick in people's minds. Easy to use, beautiful to look at.

Because we rapidly prototype your project, you quickly get a hands-on experience of your digital product - fast.

Icon showing a pair of hands underneath a floating brain
Icon showing a pair of hands underneath a floating brain

Designed for real people

Without people, technology is irrelevant. Our UX design team work tirelessly to create products that stick in people's minds. Easy to use, beautiful to look at.

people at glass wall of post it notes
people at glass wall of post it notes
People at glass with post it notes

Create a clear vision

With our visual, usable prototypes, it's easy to get everyone on the same page and ready to move forward.

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Turn your ideas into reality

Workshops

Workshops

Transform your ideas into reality with our interactive workshops, a core part of New Icon's Design prototyping process.

Collaborate with us in a visual and dynamic environment, where we brainstorm, sketch, and innovate on the whiteboard. This creative journey leads to the design and development of your tailored prototype, turning concepts into tangible solutions – giving you clarity and confidence before any code is written.

Collaborate with us in a visual and dynamic environment, where we brainstorm, sketch, and innovate on the whiteboard. This creative journey leads to the design and development of your tailored prototype, turning concepts into tangible solutions – giving you clarity and confidence before any code is written.

Rapid progress & visual results

Prototypes

Prototypes

Experience the efficiency of digital engineering with our rapid prototyping approach. Get a hands-on feel for your software or web project early on, facilitating faster approvals and allowing us to perfect the design before coding begins. This streamlined process ensures a smoother development journey and a product that truly meets your needs.

Experience the efficiency of digital engineering with our rapid prototyping approach. Get a hands-on feel for your software or web project early on, facilitating faster approvals and allowing us to perfect the design before coding begins. This streamlined process ensures a smoother development journey and a product that truly meets your needs.

Hand holding mobile
Hand holding mobile
2 peopple drawing on whiteboard
2 people drawing on whiteboard

A people-centric design process

User Experience Design

User Experience Design

Good UX design makes complex products feel simple. We design around the needs, behaviours and goals of the people who will actually use your product, creating intuitive experiences that help them complete tasks with less friction.

Great UX design captures the attention, sticks in the memory, and compels users to take action. It results in products that are so intuitive that users don't give a second thought to the design. We create digital products that do all that, and more.

Beautiful visual design

User Interface Design

User Interface Design

Great UI design brings the user experience to life. We create clear, consistent interfaces that make information easy to understand, interactions intuitive and complex functionality easier to navigate.

Great UI design brings the user experience to life. We create clear, consistent interfaces that make information easy to understand, interactions intuitive and complex functionality easier to navigate.

2 people looking at screen

Our UX design and prototyping process

Every design project starts with understanding the problem, the people we're designing for and what the product needs to achieve. From there, we move quickly from ideas to something you can see, use and test.



Understand your users


We use workshops, stakeholder conversations, user research and UX research to understand your users, their goals and the challenges they face. This gives the design team a clearer picture of what needs to be solved before decisions are made about features or interfaces.


Explore and design


We map user journeys and explore different ways the product could work before developing the strongest ideas into UX and UI design concepts. Working collaboratively means we can gather feedback early and keep the design aligned with both user needs and your business objectives.


Build an interactive prototype


We turn the proposed experience into a high-fidelity, clickable prototype that demonstrates how the digital product will look and behave. This gives stakeholders something tangible to explore and creates a much clearer blueprint for development.



Test with users


Where appropriate, user testing and usability testing allow us to put the prototype in front of representative users before development begins. Seeing how people actually interact with a proposed experience can uncover usability issues, challenge assumptions and identify opportunities to improve the design.



Refine and prepare for development


We use feedback from stakeholders and users to refine the prototype and define what should be built. The result is a validated design direction that gives designers, developers and decision-makers a shared understanding of the product before significant development investment begins.

Design and Prototyping FAQs

Where do you

want to go next?

Whether your vision is to radically drive business growth efficiencies or innovation, our team can help you turn complexity into clarity.

Testimonials

  • Very happy with the end results and designs for the new features!

    New Icons redesigns brought the app layout up to date which was amazing to implement over the last year alongside integrating new products into the app. Meeting face-to-face meant that New Icon could properly understand the requirements and turn them into fully functional designs that added to the overall user experience. Very happy with the end results and designs for the new features."

    Yorick Knol

    DartCounter

  • Their attention to detail and ability to break down complex content into digestible, engaging visuals is exactly what we needed.

    Working with the Design team and the wider New Icon team has been a fantastic experience. Their attention to detail and ability to break down complex content into digestible, engaging visuals is exactly what we needed. Every edit exceeded expectations and truly reflected what we had envisioned for the final prototype. Highly recommend!"

    Martin Wood

    - Chance App

  • They took the time to understand our community and vision, and translated it into a prototype that felt real from day one.

    Working with New Icon was a genuinely collaborative experience. They took the time to understand our community and vision, and translated it into a prototype that felt real from day one. The process gave us clarity and confidence in what we’re building, and something tangible to share with investors.”

    Rachel Draper

    - Co-Founder - Stile Country

  • The project is well thought through, smartly taking into account every little request we had. Which is amazing, I love that!

    I've been using the prototype to pitch the idea with potential clients and the feedback has been really good so far."

    Digital Engineering

Reimagine your digital future today

Send us a message for more information about how we can help you and your business

Reimagine your digital future today

Send us a message for more information about how we can help you and your business

Reimagine your digital future today

Send us a message for more information about how we can help you and your business

Reimagine your digital future today

Send us a message for more information about how we can help you and your business

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© Newicon Ltd. Registered in England and Wales. Company No: 05904359 | VAT: GB 993768447.

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New Icon is a Linebreak company

© Newicon Ltd. Registered in England and Wales. Company No: 05904359 | VAT: GB 993768447.

Designed and built by New Icon in Bristol, a Linebreak company.

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New Icon is a Linebreak company

© Newicon Ltd. Registered in England and Wales. Company No: 05904359 | VAT: GB 993768447.

Designed and built by New Icon in Bristol, a Linebreak company.

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New Icon is a Linebreak company

© Newicon Ltd. Registered in England and Wales. Company No: 05904359 | VAT: GB 993768447.

Designed and built by New Icon in Bristol, a Linebreak company.