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Anthracite — the highest quality coal

Anthracite studio — the same thing, but about design

 

Creating digital products with design thinking

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Hello,
this is Anthracite Studio!
Originally from the Ukrainian Donbas, we successfully create digital products based on design thinking.

Our team consists of talented and experienced designers, developers and user experience specialists who are ready to take on any project and turn it into a successful product. We know how important it is to understand the needs of users and create products that solve their problems.

Selected projects

Purra Swiss

branding

graphic design

SMM

web design

package design

We brought to live Purra Swiss candles: premium Gifts Inspired by Prominent Swiss Locations that were created to become that very conduit of emotions, which you can bring back from trip

[read case study]

[01]

2023

Switzerland

Foob

UX/UI

graphic design

research

web design

Our scope was to conduct the research to identify customer segments, their pain points and barriers to start engage with product. Based on the results redesign the platform with development of new UX/UI for sign up and payment form. All of that with updated branding.

[read case study]

[02]

2024

The Netherlands & US

[03]

Dnipro University of Technology

logo design

branding

Branding project for University. We collaborated closely with managers to make sure the branding would fit in digital and in real life

[coming soon]

Dnipro University of Technology

2024

Ukraine

CRYPTO VPN

UX/UI

branding

In a nutshell, we successfully launched a VPN app tailored for small teams and startups within a tight two-month timeframe. However, this journey was not without its share of challenges due to the limited time available and our desire to make decisions based on research.

[read case study]

[04]

2023

Ukraine

Irina Mitaenko

web design

webflow

Our studio designed a portfolio website for Irina Mitaenko, a German artist. We recognized the connection between science and art in her works and career as a whole, so we incorporated a demonstration of double-slit experiment into our design.

[visit website]

[05]

2024

Germany

Place for your project

Ready to start on your project next day

UX/UI

web design

branding

graphic design

SMM

package design

Purra Swiss

branding

graphic design

SMM

package design

We brought to live Purra Swiss candles: premium Gifts Inspired by Prominent Swiss Locations that were created to become that very conduit of emotions, which you can bring back from trip

[read case study]

[01]

2023

Switzerland

Foob

UX/UI

graphic design

research

web design

Our scope was to conduct the research to identify customer segments, their pain points and barriers to start engage with product. Based on the results redesign the platform with development of new UX/UI for sign up and payment form. All of that with updated branding.

[read case study]

[02]

2023

The Netherlands & US

[03]

Dnipro University of Technology

logo design

branding

Branding project for University. We collaborated closely with managers to make sure the branding would fit in digital and in real life

[coming soon]

Dnipro University of Technology

2023

Ukraine

CRYPTO VPN

UX/UI

branding

In a nutshell, we successfully launched a VPN app tailored for small teams and startups within a tight two-month timeframe. However, this journey was not without its share of challenges due to the limited time available and our desire to make decisions based on research.

[read case study]

[04]

2023

Ukraine

Irina mITAENKO

web design

webflow

Our studio designed a portfolio website for Irina Mitaenko, a German artist. We recognized the connection between science and art in her works and career as a whole, so we incorporated a demonstration of double-slit experiment into our design.

[visit website]

[05]

2024

Germany

Place for your project

We are ready to start the next day you contact us

UX/UI

web design

branding

graphic design

SMM

package design

We can do

Interface

We will design a service, mobile app, online store or website based on Data Driven Design approach or our expertise if data is not yet available.

[01]

UI Design

CX, UX & Interaction Design

Design system

IOS/Android/ Cross Platform

Research

We'll conduct UX research, analyze the market, create CJMs, test hypotheses, offer recommendations, and implement solutions. We're fluent in English, Ukrainian, or Russian and can communicate using the latest frameworks.

[02]

CJM

JTBD

CustDev

UX audit

Branding

We create the look of the brand and provide guidelines and recommendations to ensure consistency in all directions.

[03]

Visual Identity

Brand Guidelines

Logotypes

Printed products

Merch

Web design

Developing visual concepts without resorting to the use of boring, stock images. Only original illustrations, models and animations.

[04]

UI Design

CX, UX & Interaction Design

Design system

IOS/Android/ Cross Platform

Visual concept

We create the look of the brand and provide guidelines and recommendations to ensure consistency in all directions.

[05]

Motion design

3D

Illustrations

Design support

We'll set up analytics, define your sales funnel, and identify problem areas with solutions from a design perspective.

[06]

SMM creatives

google analytics

sales funnel

Design support and outstuffing

We will provide the best designers for your internal projects. High performance and cheaper than in-house teams.

[07]

Art director

Middle designers

Lead designers

Work Stages

[ 01 ]

Technical Data Gathering

If there's no detailed project description, it's not a problem. We'll arrange a meeting, ask questions, and write it ourselves

[ 02 ]

Research

We delve deeply into the task and the business. At the end of this stage, we confirm insights with you, ensuring the relevance of the data we've found

[ 03 ]

Approach

We quickly gather references and make mood boards to ensure we're on the same page. This approach avoids unnecessary budgeting and time expenditure for concept search

[ 04 ]

Benchmarking

We conduct a market analysis, which provides insights for style, features and functions of an other products to suggest what would be the best for your product

[ 05 ]

Detailed CJM

We break down the customer journey into individual steps to identify problems and insights at each stage

[ 06 ]

Prototyping

We create user flows based on benchmarking and CJM to confirm user paths without spending time on drawing screens with visuals

[ 07 ]

Visual Concept

We create UI from the scratch or adapt it to project guides. We can also handle branding, identity craft, marketing support and social media creatives development

[ 08 ]

Design Development

Based on the existing design system or our  guidelines

get started

From MVP to MLP

[ 01 ]

Testing the Design Concept

Refining the product with new insights to make MLP from MVP to make the product even better

[ 02 ]

Design Support

We'll create creatives, manage social media, or roll out the new features. If we collaborate for longer we work with selected metrics to improve product trough the design

[ 03 ]

Design Review

We quickly gather references and mood boards to ensure we're on the same wavelength. We show early on the styles and images we want to use. This approach avoids unnecessary budget and time expenditure in searching for a concept

Awwwards

Awwwards x3

SOTD & Honorable Mentions

CSSDA

CSSDA x4

WOTD & UI, UX, Innovation

W3

w3 Award x2

Gold Award Winners

Be

Behance x4

Interaction

CSS Winner

CSS Winner x1

SOTD

Awards &
Recognition

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It's me, Alex

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