Curotec designers work inside the same product teams as our engineers. Design tokens map to the component library. Figma components match what gets built in React or Vue. Accessibility is verified before handoff, not discovered during QA. When design and development share the same team, the gap between what was designed and what ships closes before it becomes a problem.
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When good design doesn't survive the handoff
Most design problems aren’t design problems. They’re handoff problems. A Figma file with no design tokens, no component specifications, and no accessibility annotations hands developers a puzzle instead of a blueprint. The result is a product that looked right in review and ships wrong. Curotec designs inside the same organizations that build the product, so the gap between what was designed and what gets built closes before it opens.
Our capabilities include:
- User research and behavioral analysis
- Rapid prototyping and design validation
- Design system architecture and governance
- WCAG 2.2 accessibility compliance
- Information architecture and navigation design
- AI-assisted design for faster iteration and layout generation
Who we support
Curotec works with product teams, marketing organizations, and engineering leaders who need design that connects directly to the product being built, not just a deliverable that looks good in a presentation.
Product Teams Without a Design System
Your designers and developers work from different references and every new feature requires relitigating basic UI decisions. Components aren't consistent, spacing isn't documented, and onboarding a new designer takes weeks. You need a design system with tokens, components, and documentation your whole team works from.
Firms Rebuilding a Poor User Experience
Your product works but users struggle with navigation, churn at key moments, and support tickets reveal usability problems that should have been caught in design. You need a UX audit, research-backed redesign, and a handoff process that doesn't repeat the same mistakes.
Engineering Teams Needing Design Support
Your engineering team is building faster than your design capacity allows. Features ship without proper UX review, accessibility gets skipped, and the product accumulates visual debt alongside technical debt. You need embedded design capacity that works at your team's pace.
Ways to engage
We offer a wide range of engagement models to meet our clients’ needs. From hourly consultation to fully managed solutions, our engagement models are designed to be flexible and customizable.
Staff Augmentation
Get access to on-demand product and engineering team talent that gives your company the flexibility to scale up and down as business needs ebb and flow.
Retainer Services
Retainers are perfect for companies that have a fully built product in maintenance mode. We'll give you peace of mind by keeping your software running, secure, and up to date.
Project Engagement
Project-based contracts that can range from small-scale audit and strategy sessions to more intricate replatforming or build from scratch initiatives.
We'll spec out a custom engagement model for you
Invested in creating success and defining new standards
At Curotec, it is more than just the solutions we build. We value relationships between our people and our clients — that partnership is why CEOs, CTOs, and CMOs turn to Curotec.
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Why choose Curotec for UI/UX design?
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Extraordinary people, exceptional outcomes
Our outstanding team represents our greatest asset. With business acumen, we translate objectives into solutions. Intellectual agility drives efficient software development problem-solving. Superior communication ensures seamless teamwork integration.
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Deep technical expertise
We don’t claim to be experts in every framework and language. Instead, we focus on the tech ecosystems in which we excel, selecting engagements that align with our competencies for optimal results. Moreover, we offer pre-developed components and scaffolding to save you time and money.
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Balancing innovation with practicality
We stay ahead of industry trends and innovations, avoiding the hype of every new technology fad. Focusing on innovations with real commercial potential, we guide you through the ever-changing tech landscape, helping you embrace proven technologies and cutting-edge advancements.
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Flexibility in our approach
We offer a range of flexible working arrangements to meet your specific needs. Whether you prefer our end-to-end project delivery, embedding our experts within your teams, or consulting and retainer options, we have a solution designed to suit you.
What we deliver across the design process
Design Tokens and Theming
Define color, typography, and spacing as named tokens so design decisions propagate consistently across every component and theme variant.
Figma Component Architecture
Organize a Figma library with component variants and auto-layout so designers iterate faster and developers have a precise build spec.
Usability Research and Testing
Run usability sessions to find where users struggle or abandon tasks so friction points get fixed before they reach production.
Interaction and Motion Design
Build micro-interactions and transitions that communicate system status and guide user attention without adding cognitive load.
Agentic and Conversational UX
Map interfaces for AI features and agentic workflows so the UI communicates what the system is doing, deciding, and why.
Conversion Rate Optimization
Audit onboarding flows and conversion paths to identify friction points, redesign the highest-impact moments, and measure improvement.
Tools and technologies we use to design and deliver
Design and Prototyping
Our designers work in Figma from early wireframes through high-fidelity prototypes with interactive components ready for developer handoff.
- Figma – Primary design tool for wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, interactive prototypes, and component libraries with real-time collaboration
- FigJam – Figma’s whiteboarding tool for user journey mapping, site architecture workshops, and cross-functional design sprints
- Principle – Motion prototyping tool for designing and previewing complex animations and transitions before they reach the development handoff
- Framer – Interactive prototyping and no-code publishing platform for high-fidelity prototypes that behave like real products in the browser
- Lottie – Animation format for shipping lightweight JSON-based animations from After Effects into web and mobile products without performance overhead
- Spline – 3D design tool for creating interactive spatial UI elements and product visualizations that run directly in the browser
Design Systems and Tokens
Curotec structures design systems with token architecture so decisions translate directly into the component library developers build from.
- Design Tokens – Named values for color, typography, spacing, and elevation that propagate across components, themes, and platforms from a single source
- Style Dictionary – Amazon’s token transformation tool that converts design token definitions into platform-specific outputs for web, iOS, and Android
- Storybook – Component development environment for building, cataloging, and testing UI components in isolation before integration into the application
- Tailwind CSS – Utility-first CSS framework used alongside design tokens to bridge the gap between Figma spacing and typography decisions and production code
- Zeroheight – Design system reference platform that connects Figma components to living guidelines your design and engineering teams share
- Supernova – Design system management platform for syncing Figma tokens and components to code repositories with automated spec generation
User Research and Testing
Our researchers run moderated and unmoderated studies to surface usability problems and behavioral patterns before they reach production.
- Maze – Unmoderated usability testing platform for running prototype tests, first-click studies, and surveys with real users at scale
- UserTesting – Moderated and unmoderated research platform for capturing video sessions of real users completing tasks on your product or prototype
- Hotjar – Heatmap and session recording tool for analyzing where users click, scroll, and drop off on live web and mobile interfaces
- Optimal Workshop – Information architecture research suite for card sorting, tree testing, and navigation validation before committing to a site structure
- Dovetail – Research repository for tagging, synthesizing, and sharing qualitative insights from user interviews and usability sessions with your whole team
- FullStory – Digital experience analytics platform for identifying rage clicks, dead ends, and session anomalies in your live product
Accessibility and Compliance
We validate WCAG 2.2 compliance for contrast, keyboard navigation, and screen reader behavior before designs reach development.
- Axe DevTools – Automated accessibility scanner integrated into the design and development workflow to catch violations before staging
- Figma A11y Annotation Kit – Annotation library for documenting focus order, ARIA labels, and semantic roles directly in Figma handoff files
- Contrast – Color contrast checking tool for verifying WCAG 2.2 AA and AAA compliance on text, icons, and interactive components in Figma
- NVDA and VoiceOver – Screen readers used for manual accessibility testing on Windows and macOS to verify keyboard navigation and announced content
- WAVE – Web accessibility evaluation tool for identifying structural and semantic errors on live pages and prototypes
- Stark – Figma plugin for checking color contrast, simulating color blindness, and generating accessibility annotations within the design workflow
AI-Assisted Design
Our designers use AI to generate layout variations and accelerate iteration so time goes toward decisions rather than repetitive execution.
- Figma AI – Built-in AI features for generating layouts, rewriting copy, applying auto-layout, and creating first-draft components from text prompts
- Galileo AI – AI design tool that generates high-fidelity UI screens from text descriptions as a starting point for iteration in Figma
- Uizard – AI-powered wireframing tool that converts hand-drawn sketches and screenshots into editable digital wireframes
- Midjourney – AI image generation used for mood boarding, visual direction exploration, and generating custom illustration assets during concepting
- V0 by Vercel – AI component generation tool that produces React and Tailwind code from design prompts for rapid frontend prototyping
- Cursor – AI coding assistant used by design engineers to bridge the gap between Figma designs and production-ready component code
Handoff and Collaboration
Curotec delivers handoffs with documented tokens, annotated components, and developer notes so design survives the build.
- Figma Dev Mode – Developer-facing Figma view with CSS values, spacing measurements, and asset exports so engineers build from precise specifications
- Zeplin – Design handoff platform for teams not yet on Figma Dev Mode, providing style guides, component specs, and version history
- Notion – Documentation platform for design briefs, research findings, component guidelines, and design system governance across distributed teams
- Linear – Issue tracking used to manage design QA tasks, accessibility fixes, and design debt alongside engineering sprint work
- Loom – Async video tool for walking developers through design decisions, interaction nuances, and animation intent without synchronous meetings
- GitHub – Version control integration for design engineers committing Tailwind or React component code alongside Figma updates in the same workflow
FAQs about our UI/UX design services
Do you work with our existing design system?
Yes. We audit what exists, identify gaps in token structure, component coverage, and documentation, then extend or rebuild based on what’s there. Starting from scratch only makes sense when the existing system creates more problems than it solves.
How do you handle the design to dev handoff?
Every handoff includes annotated Figma files with tokens, component specs, and accessibility annotations. We use Figma Dev Mode so developers have measurements and CSS values without asking. Design QA is part of every build.
Can you design for both web and mobile?
Yes. We design responsive web interfaces and native mobile screens in the same system so components, tokens, and patterns stay consistent across platforms without duplicating work.
How do you approach accessibility in design?
WCAG 2.2 AA compliance is built into the design process from the first component. Contrast ratios, focus states, keyboard navigation, and screen reader annotations are in the Figma file before any code gets written.
Do you conduct user research before designing?
When the project scope includes it, yes. We run usability sessions, card sorts, and behavioral analysis before making navigation or layout decisions. For redesigns especially, skipping research is how you rebuild the same problems with better visuals.
How do your designers work with our team?
We embed in your product workflow, attend sprint ceremonies, and work directly with your engineers throughout the build. Design decisions get made with the people implementing them in the room, not handed over at the end.
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