The Minimal Studio

Design & engineering for sophisticated products

Taking ownership of complexity since 2017

Featured clients:

  • Lenovo
  • Medallia
  • National Bank of Ukraine
Nominated for UX Awards 2026

Manifesto

We work with products where logic is complex.
Where decisions compound.
Where mistakes are expensive.

We work where structure carries consequences
— where clarity is earned, not assumed.

Complexity is not a problem to hide.
It is to be owned and shaped.

We make sophisticated systems simple
by mastering complexity.

Core expertises

  • Product & UX design for complex systems

    Digital products where structure, logic, and UX decisions compound over time.

  • Enterprise-grade products

    Large-scale systems with constraints, compliance, and long-term responsibility.

  • AI-powered & algorithmic products

    UX for systems driven by models, automation, and probabilistic outcomes.

  • Data-heavy products & dashboards

    Interfaces built around large datasets, analytics, and operational decision-making.

  • Legacy products & system redesign

    Modernizing existing products with deep legacy, fragmented logic, and design debt.

  • Products with shared data and responsibility

    Multi-role systems with complex user flows and shared responsibility.

Our Approach

  • Ownership beyond delivery

    When we create something, we take responsibility for how it is implemented, used, and evolved. We don’t step away from consequences. We take ownership.

  • Common sense as a baseline

    We question assumptions, standards, and habits instead of blindly following them. We prioritize what actually matters over what is common or fashionable.

  • Rational use of resources

    We adapt processes to the product, the team, and the constraints. Time, attention, and budget are resources — and we treat them deliberately.

  • Partnership over ego

    Clients are experts in their domain. We are experts in ours. We don’t compete for intellectual dominance — and we don’t work with people who do.

Featured case studies

Backengine
Nominated for UX Awards 2026

Backengine

  • Web app
  • Product design
  • Front end
  • Startup
LogiPlan

LogiPlan

  • Startup
  • SaaS
  • Product design
  • Web app
  • iOS application
Sense360

Sense360

  • Fortune500
  • SaaS
  • Startup
  • Product design
  • Product development
  • Web app
National Bank of Ukraine

National Bank of Ukraine

  • Government
  • Banking
  • E-commerce
  • Web development

We believe complexity can be carried without breaking.

Minimal works with products where logic is complex. Where decisions compound. Where mistakes are expensive.

We work where structure carries consequences. Where clarity is earned, not assumed. Where simplicity is the result of sophistication.

Complexity is not a problem to hide. It is to be owned and shaped.

We partner with founders and companies who operate at depth. Who understand trade-offs. Who value thinking before output. Who know that simplicity is rare, difficult, and expensive.

If your product can tolerate ambiguity — we are not for you. If your system can survive shallow decisions — we are not for you.

We exist to make sophisticated systems simple. Not by removing complexity, but by mastering it.