UX & UI DESIGN FOR SAAS DEVELOPMENT

10 years of design experience as part of your team.

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We design intuitive, trustworthy, and beautiful SaaS solutions for smart brands from all over the world.

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We have over 10 years of experience

We worked with both Fortune500 brands & small, agile startups.

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We did over 50 projects for various industries

Including Banking & Fintech, Accounting, Telecom, Medical, Government & more.

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Our work has won various awards

Our work was rewarded multiple times and shown in expositions around the world.

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Transparent, sprint- or project-based work.

We estimate each project or 2-week sprint for you with all deliverables outlined.

We brought value to over 50 digital projects in the last 10 years. Take a look at some of our work.

2024

Vlaams Mensenrechteninstituut
Website, registration- and case follow-up system

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2024

Anchr Software
Adaptive Case Management web application

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2016

Nokia
Nokia Learn - Native app for immersive VR-, AR- and traditional learning

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2016

Nokia
Nokia Learning Space VR - Educational Virtual Reality experience

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Here's the spread of our core skills.

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Are these challenges familiar?

Poor Onboarding

Many SaaS apps struggle with clear and efficient onboarding, leading to high drop-off rates.

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Overly Complex

SaaS products can be overwhelming, but users expect simple, intuitive interactions.

Lack of Trust

Building trust in digital-only products is tough when there are functional and design inconsistencies. Users expect top-notch interfaces, security, and privacy.

Lack of Personalization

Users expect tailored experiences for their niche, but many products offer generic, one-size-fits-all designs.

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Struggling Product, Struggling Business

How well your product performs often goes hand in hand with how well your business does. The challenges are pretty common:

  • Low activation & adoption

  • Low retention

  • High churn

Now, don't do what other companies do.

Scratching the Surface

These problems, being so common, call for bold and effective solutions. The solutions listed here, however, only scratch the surface of the deep underlying problems.

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Increase the marketing & sales budget

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Launch new features

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Hire more people

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Retarget customers

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Let us help you by designing products that market themselves to make your job that much easier.

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Design Your Best Product

Before pouring your budget into marketing, team composition, and sales, you should build a solid foundation with an outstanding product experience. That's what we do.

✔︎ Boost perceived value

✔︎ Revamp the User Experience

✔︎ Research to inform product design

✔︎ Foster our clients' UX maturity

✔︎ Validate ideas before going all in

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We're thankful for working with amazing customers.

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“We urgently needed to redesign our application due to user complaints about its non-intuitive workflow. Collaborating with Idea 8 revealed their skill, dedication, and meticulous attention to detail. This thoroughness improved the user experience and contributed to innovative solutions for AR and VR projects.”

Erik Kluijtmans
Productowner R&D, Nokia

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“By backing up their important decisions with customer insights, Idea 8 consistently achieved excellent results. They were fully committed and quickly assimilated into the KBC Design Language. ”

Nelleke Van de Velde
Business Development Manager, KBC

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“Creative, engaging, and analytical. Thoughtful and experienced leaders in UX design, Research, and Innovation. Idea 8 is a high-performing team, with high customer focus and delivery of business objectives.”

Vikenti Kumanikin
Associate Director Technology, Wolters kluwer

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“The team's work on our new cloud platform, Adsolut.com, was exceptional. Idea 8 was able to turn our vision into a reality that exceeded our expectations. Their attention to detail and dedication to creating a seamless user experience has greatly improved our customer satisfaction.”

Bart Elen
Product Owner Cloud Software Management, Wolters Kluwer

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Get effective SaaS product designs in 3 steps.

Schedule a Free Consultation

Do you have any exciting projects that you need help with? Let’s talk about how you can achieve your goals.

Launch the Product That Matters

We will work diligently to polish your digital product and hand it over for development. Launch it in the way that best suits your needs.

Creating a Roadmap & Designing Your Solution

Together, we can design a digital product that meets both your audience's and your business's needs.

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Trust our Design Process, we've done this many times.

Phase 1

UX Audit
Full review of your product, your business, and user goals.

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Phase 2

Research
Deep dive into your niche, target users, and competitors.

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Phase 3

UX Strategy
Use data to drive the strategy for your product.

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Phase 4

UX Conception
Design concepts to turn your product vision into life.

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Phase 5

Visual and UI Design
Develop scalable and consistent design interfaces.

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Phase 6

QA & Analysis
Measure results, learn, and improve after product launch.

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We love digital experiences.

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Idea 8 was founded by Sjoerd Faesen, a specialist digital product designer and entrepreneur with over 8 years of experience in user experience.

He has a deep passion for enabling users and businesses to become a better version of themselves through empathy, human-centered design, and continuous improvement.

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Let us help you create a SaaS application that sells itself.

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