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UX/UI Design Services

UX/UI design services are the design of how a digital product works and looks: user research, information architecture, interaction flows (UX) and the visual interface, components and design system (UI).

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Last reviewed July 20, 2026 by Dmytro Nasyrov, Founder and CTO. Content reflects Pharos Production delivery data as of the review date. Editorial policy.
Dmytro Nasyrov - Founder and CTO of Pharos Production

Reviewed by Dmytro Nasyrov

Founder and CTO

23+ years in custom software development. Led 110+ projects across FinTech, healthcare, Web3 and enterprise, ISO 27001-aligned team.

What is UX/UI design?

UX/UI design is the design of how a digital product works and looks. UX (user experience) is the research, information architecture and flows that make a product useful and easy to use. UI (user interface) is the visual layer: layout, typography, components, motion and interaction states. At Pharos Production we deliver UX/UI design as design plus build, so the same team that designs your web or mobile app also ships it in code, with no handoff gap between Figma and production.
What we do not do
  • One-off marketing landing pages (use a designer plus Webflow or Framer)
  • Logo or brand identity in isolation (use a branding studio)
  • Pixel polish on a product whose core problem is not yet validated (do discovery first)
  • Design-only handoffs where no team will build the result the way it was drawn

UX/UI design at Pharos at a glance

  • Model: Design plus build: UI/UX designers work in the same team as front-end and mobile engineers
  • Platforms: Web applications, mobile apps for iOS and Android and cross-platform products
  • Tooling: Figma for design and prototyping; code component libraries (React, Storybook) as the shared source of truth
  • Design system: Reusable components and design tokens kept in sync with the front-end code
  • Accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA designed and built in: contrast, focus order, keyboard and screen-reader support
  • Deliverables: Research findings, flows, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, a design system and the implemented front-end

Design-only agency vs design plus build: which should you buy?

Factor Design-only agency (Figma handoff) Pharos design plus build
Handoff Figma files handed to a separate dev team Same team designs and implements
Fidelity in production Drift between design and shipped UI Pixel-accurate, design system enforced in code
Engineering constraints Often ignored until build Designed in from the start (performance, API, platform)
Accessibility Frequently a later audit WCAG 2.2 AA designed and built in
When to buy You have a strong in-house engineering team You want design and a shipped product from one team

How we run a UX/UI design engagement

Pharos Verified Delivery applied to design: every screen ties to a validated flow, a real component in the design system and the engineering constraints it ships under. Designs are tested with users before build and implemented by the same team that drew them.

Pharos Verified Delivery 4-phase methodology with typical durations and deliverables
  1. Phase 01 / 04

    Paid Discovery

    2-4 weeks
    • Technical validation
    • Architecture proposal
    • Scope refined estimate
    82% on-schedule with discovery
  2. Phase 02 / 04

    Iterative Build

    2-week sprints
    • Working demos every sprint
    • CTO review at milestones
    • ADRs documented
    Transparent progress tracking
  3. Phase 03 / 04

    Production Readiness

    • Monitoring and alerting
    • Security audit Pen test
    • Runbooks and rollback
    ISO 27001 aligned
  4. Phase 04 / 04

    Support

    Ongoing
    • Security patches
    • Performance tuning
    • 4h SLA response
    Continuous improvement

Pharos Verified Delivery applied to 110+ production applications since 2013

When UX/UI design is a waste of money

If the core problem is not validated, polishing the interface is premature. We tell clients to skip a design engagement when:

Projects we decline
  • The product has no users yet and no validated problem (do discovery and user interviews first)
  • You need a single marketing page, not a product (use a designer plus a no-code tool)
  • The real blocker is engineering or data, not the interface
  • There is no team or budget to build whatever is designed
What we actually recommend first

Before a full UX/UI engagement, run a short usability review of the current product or a few user interviews. If the data shows the problem is comprehension and flow rather than visuals, fix the structure first. A beautiful UI on a broken flow is a polished product nobody can use.

UX/UI design outlook 2026-2027

Three shifts are reshaping product design.

  • Teams increasingly buy a component library and tokens rather than one-off screens, because the system is what keeps a product consistent and fast to extend as it grows.

  • WCAG 2.2 AA is becoming a procurement and legal baseline rather than a nice-to-have, so contrast, focus and screen-reader support are designed in from the first screen.

  • The handoff between a design agency and a separate dev shop is the main source of drift and rework. Buyers favour teams that design and build together so the shipped product matches the design.

Design discipline
Every screen traces to a validated user flow and a real component in the design system, and ships implemented in front-end code by the same team. No design-only deliverable leaves without an owner and a build path. Last reviewed: July 2026. Editorial policy.

Published record

Published Pharos research

Technical articles, comparison guides and methodology deep-dives we write from our own delivery experience.

Platforms we work with

Trusted by Coinbase, Consensys, Core Scientific, MicroStrategy, Gate.io and 10+ more Web3 and enterprise platforms

16+ partners

Our 16 technology partners include:

  • Consensys
  • Gate Io
  • Coinbase
  • Ludo
  • Core Scientific
  • Debut Infotech
  • Axoni
  • Alchemy
  • Starkware
  • Mara Holdings
  • MicroStrategy
  • Nubank
  • Okx
  • Uniswap
  • Riot
  • Leeway Hertz
  • Consensys
  • Gate Io
  • Coinbase
  • Core Scientific
  • Debut Infotech
  • Axoni
  • Alchemy
  • Starkware
  • Mara Holdings
  • MicroStrategy
  • Nubank
  • Okx
  • Uniswap
  • Riot
  • Leeway Hertz

About the founder and CTO

Dmytro Nasyrov

Dmytro Nasyrov

Founder and CTO Pharos Production

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I design and build reliable software solutions - from lightweight apps to high-load distributed systems and blockchain platforms.

PhD in Artificial Intelligence, MSc in Computer Science (with honors), MSc in Electronics & Precision Mechanics.

  • 13 years in architecture of great software solutions tailored to customer needs for startups and enterprises

  • 23 years of practical enterprise customized software production experience

  • Lecturer at the National Kyiv Polytechnic University

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Artificial Intelligence

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, completed with excellence

  • Master's degree in Electronics and precision mechanics engineering

Choose your cooperation model

Pharos Production works in three engagement models, from a focused PoC to a production MVP to a full enterprise platform, with typical budgets from $10,000 to $400,000+ depending on scope and complexity.

PoC
Proof of concept

Focused validation of your riskiest technical assumption with a working spike and a clear build-or-pivot recommendation.

$8,500 - $26,000
Popular choice
MVP
MVP build

Production-ready first version with core flows, real backend and the integrations to onboard first paying users.

$45,000 - $130,000
Enterprise
Enterprise platform

Full-scale build with architecture, DevOps, QA, security and long-term evolution.

$150,000 - $400,000+

Prices vary based on project scope, complexity, timeline and requirements. Hourly rates range from $35 to $75 depending on role and seniority. Contact us for a personalized estimate.

Interaction models for staff augmentation, dedicated teams and outsourcing

Request staff augmentation

Need extra hands on your software project? Our developers can jump in at any stage - from architecture to auditing - and integrate seamlessly with your team to fill any technical gaps.

Popular choice

Hire dedicated experts

Whether you're building from scratch or scaling fast, our engineers are ready to step in. You stay in control, and we handle the code.

Outsource your project

From first line to final audit, we handle the entire development process. We will deliver secure, production-ready software, while you can focus on your business.

187+ technologies

Technologies, tools and frameworks we use

Our engineers work with 187+ technologies across blockchain, backend, frontend, mobile and DevOps - chosen for production reliability and performance.

Our engineers work with 187+ technologies across 10 categories: Frameworks, AI, Blockchains, DevOps, Clouds, Databases, Brokers, Tests, Programming, UI/UX.

  • Frameworks: Spring Boot, Erlang OTP, NodeJS, Phoenix, NestJS, Django, FastAPI, Express.js, React, Next.JS, Svelte, Angular, Vue.js, Remix, Astro, Nuxt.js, iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native, Capacitors, Ionic, Swift, Kotlin, Java, Dart
  • AI: OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Meta Llama, Mistral AI, Cohere, Ollama, xAI Grok, LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Hugging Face, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, LlamaIndex, Keras, XGBoost, LightGBM, OpenCV, spaCy, ONNX Runtime, Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Chroma, pgvector, Milvus, FAISS, MLflow, Weights & Biases, DVC, Kubeflow, AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, Google Vertex AI, NVIDIA Triton, Airflow, Ray Serve, vLLM, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude MCP, Semantic Kernel, Haystack
  • Blockchains: Ethereum, TON, Corda, Tron, Hedera, Stellar, Consensys GoQuorum, Solana, Arbitrum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), Sei, Celo, Hyperledger, MultiversX, IOTA, Polkadot, Aptos, Neo, Flow, Algorand, Avalanche, EOS, Optimism, Polygon, Cosmos, Sui, Tezos, Ontology, Fantom, NEAR Protocol, VeChain, Base, IPFS, Amazon Managed Blockchain, Amazon QLDB, IBM Blockchain, Oracle Blockchain
  • DevOps: Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Ansible, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Pulumi, Datadog, New Relic, Vault
  • Clouds: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud, Cloudflare, Vercel, DigitalOcean
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL MariaDB, Redis, Cassandra, Neo4J, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Solr, Ignite, ClickHouse, TimescaleDB, DynamoDB, Supabase, CockroachDB, ScyllaDB
  • Brokers: Kafka, RabbitMQ, Flink, Apache Pulsar, Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, NATS
  • Tests: Postman, Appium, Cucumber, Selenium, JMeter, Cypress
  • Programming: Solidity, FunC, Rust, GoLang, Elixir, Erlang, C++, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Scala, Python, C#, .NET, PHP, Ruby, Dart, SQL
  • UI/UX: Figma, Zeplin, InVision, Sketch, Miro, Marvel, Balsamiq, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, After Effects, Corel Draw

Frameworks

Backend Frameworks 8

Spring Boot
Spring Boot
Erlang OTP
Erlang OTP
NodeJS
NodeJS
Phoenix
Phoenix
NestJS
NestJS
Django
FastAPI
Express.js

Front End Frameworks 8

React
React
Next.JS
Next.JS
Svelte
Svelte
Angular
Angular
Vue.js
Remix
Astro
Nuxt.js

Mobile Apps Frameworks 10

iOS
iOS
Android
Android
Flutter
Flutter
React Native
React Native
Capacitors
Capacitors
Ionic
Ionic
Swift
Swift
Kotlin
Kotlin
Java
Java
Dart
Trusted & Recognized

Partnerships and awards

Recognized on Clutch, GoodFirms and The Manifest for software engineering excellence

  • Partner1
  • Partner2
  • Partner3
  • Partner4
  • Partner5
65+ industry awards

An approach to the development cycle

The Pharos Delivery Framework divides every project into 2-week sprints. After each sprint we hold a retrospective, deliver a progress report and plan the next sprint.

  1. Team Assembly

    Our company starts and assembles an entire project specialists with the perfect blend of skills and experience to start the work.

  2. MVP

    We'll design, build and launch your MVP, ensuring it meets the core requirements of your software solution.

  3. Production

    We'll create a complete software solution that is custom-made to meet your exact specifications.

  4. Ongoing

    Continuous Support

    Our company will be right there with you, keeping your software solution running smoothly, fixing issues and rolling out updates.

Design engineering insights

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UX/UI design glossary 8

UX design
User experience design: the research, information architecture and interaction flows that make a product useful, usable and easy to navigate.
UI design
User interface design: the visual layer of a product, including layout, typography, color, components, motion and interaction states.
Design system
A reusable library of UI components, design tokens, patterns and documentation that keeps a product visually and behaviorally consistent and speeds up design and development.
Wireframe
A low-fidelity layout that defines structure, content hierarchy and flow before visual design, used to validate a screen cheaply.
Prototype
A clickable, interactive model of a product used to test flows and usability with real users before engineering begins.
Information architecture
The structure and organization of a product's content and navigation so users can find what they need and understand where they are.
Design tokens
Named values for color, spacing, typography and other design decisions, shared between design tools and code so the interface stays consistent.
WCAG 2.2 AA
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines level commonly targeted for compliance, covering contrast, keyboard access, focus and screen-reader support.

Frequently asked questions about UX/UI Design Services

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    UX/UI design services cover UX research and discovery, information architecture, user flows and wireframes, high-fidelity UI design, design systems, prototyping and usability testing. At Pharos Production we also implement the design in front-end and mobile code, so UX/UI design and engineering ship together rather than as a handoff.

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    UX/UI design cost depends on scope and the number of flows and screens. A focused UX audit of an existing product is the typical entry point, a full product design engagement runs higher and ongoing design-system work is usually a retainer. We provide a fixed-price scope before any work begins, and design paired with build often costs less overall than a separate design agency plus a separate dev shop.

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    UX design is how a product works: research, information architecture and flows that make it useful and easy to use. UI design is how it looks and responds: the visual interface, components, typography and interaction states. Both are needed, and Pharos delivers them together, anchored by a design system.

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    Yes. We design web applications, mobile apps for iOS and Android and cross-platform products.

    Because our designers work alongside front-end and mobile engineers, the design respects platform conventions, performance budgets and the underlying API rather than ignoring them.

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    We do both, and the design plus build model is our differentiator. The same team that designs your product implements it in React, Next.js, React Native or Flutter, pixel-accurate and accessible.

    There is no lossy handoff between a design agency and a separate development team.

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    Yes. We build reusable component libraries, design tokens and documentation, and keep them in sync with the front-end code. A design system keeps the interface consistent as the product grows and speeds up every later screen and feature.

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    We design in Figma and validate with clickable prototypes and usability testing. Design systems are implemented as code component libraries (for example React with Storybook), so the design source of truth and the shipped product stay aligned.

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    Yes. We design to WCAG 2.2 AA: color contrast, focus order, keyboard navigation and screen-reader support are part of the design and the build, not a later audit. Accessible products are easier to use for everyone and reduce legal and compliance risk.

The Pharos takeaway on UX/UI design

UX and UI are two jobs, and a product needs both, tied together by a design system. The Pharos approach validates flows before pixels, designs accessibility in and has the same team build the result, so design value survives contact with production.

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Our offices

Headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada. Engineering office in Kyiv, Ukraine.

We also work with clients through dedicated local teams in Las Vegas, New York and San Francisco.

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