Density Labs / Practices / Product Design

Product Design that ships.

Embedded designers and design teams for product companies that need to ship, not just explore. A decade of UX/UI work, including the engagement that produced Ooma's mobile app, Clutch rated 5.0.

When teams call us

Four recurring patterns.

We don't take every design engagement. These are the situations where embedded product design delivers compounding value.

01

The roadmap is faster than the design team

The product team is shipping. Engineering has bandwidth. Design is the bottleneck. You need senior designers who can integrate with your existing process, not run a discovery sprint.

02

UX is uneven across the product

Different parts of the product feel like they were built by different teams. There's no design system. You need someone to audit, build the foundations, and bring consistency without rebuilding everything from scratch.

03

You're maturing as a product organization

You've outgrown the designer-as-decorator phase but haven't yet built the structures that let design contribute strategically. We help operationalize design as a function, not a service.

04

Your design tools shifted underneath you

Figma replaced Sketch. AI tools changed wireframing. Token systems became the norm. The team's velocity dropped because the foundations need rework. We do the unglamorous foundations work.

What we do

Embedded design teams. Real product work.

No discovery decks. No "design thinking" workshops. Designers who pair with your engineers and ship features.

Embedded Designer
A senior designer joins your team for a sustained engagement. Same Slack, same Jira, same standups. Pairs with engineers, ships features, contributes to roadmap discussions.
From $7,500/mo
Design Squad
A team lead plus 2 to 3 designers, structured around your roadmap. Senior holds quality and strategy; squad members move fast across concept, prototype, and delivery work.
From $24K/mo
UX Audit & Roadmap
A 3-week engagement to audit your product, identify the highest leverage UX issues, and produce a prioritized roadmap your team can execute. Standalone or as preamble to embedded work.
$12,500
Design System Build
For teams that need foundational tokens, components, and documentation. We build it inside your existing repo, with your engineers, so it's owned by your team when we leave.
Project-based
Proof

A 4 year embedded design engagement.

"The team consists of three junior designers and a team lead, all of whom are valuable contributors to the projects they work on but also overall team initiatives and culture."
Kevin Dyck · Manager, Product & UX Design · Ooma
5.0
Clutch rating
4 yrs
Engagement length
2-5
Designers embedded
Ongoing
Status today
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Go deeper

Two resources for design-mature teams.

PROCESS

How we run a UX engagement.

Our six phase process for embedded design work. Discovery, foundations, delivery, system build, handoff. Written for engineering leaders evaluating partners.

Read the process →
DIAGNOSTIC

The UX Maturity Model.

A 5-stage framework for evaluating where your design organization sits and what to invest in next. Used in our discovery calls. Free to apply yourself.

See the framework →

Want to talk about a specific design problem?

Book a 30 minute call. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help, and what to look for if we're not the right fit.

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