Ameliate Studio offers a variety of design services, from early user- and market research, to concept development and implementation, to product evaluations.
We know there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to every challenge, which is why we are experts in user-centered design and design thinking.
This gives us a framework to take a creative approach, and explore diverse possibilities, while creating an elegant and delightful solution tailored to you, and your user’s specific requirements.
Our main expertise:
Interaction & Service Design
User Experience Design
(AI) Emotion Recognition
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Interaction & Service Design
Our core offering at Ameliate Studio is our interaction and service design. We know that good design starts with the user and that’s why our design process is built around the best practices of user-centered design.
We have worked on a variety of projects, from website redesigns to designing new brands, to creating interactive artworks and psychotherapy tools, the one constant is our design process which revolves around requirements and user needs. This allows us to dream up creative solutions, while also delivering products that genuinely address needs.
While every project is unique, we generally follow this four stage model:
Discovery
In the first phase we figure out where you are, where you want to get, what exists and how to get there. This can take many forms, but is always directed to creating a clear design challenge, based on requirements and research.
UX Research; Requirements; Business Analysis; User Profile; User Flows
Invention
Based on the parameters we discovered, it’s time to get creative and divergent. We explore different directions, alternatives, and find the most appropriate solution.
Brainstorming; Co-Creation; Design Space; Scenarios; Storyboards
Design
It’s time to bring the concept to life. We iteratively create and develop the solution until it meets all the requirements, and maybe even passes some initial tests.
Task Flows; Visual Design; Wireframes; Rapid prototyping
Evaluation
Once the project is complete, we give can provide additional user testing and support. We are ready to continuously test and develop as your needs and users evolve.
User testing; Quality Assurance; Tech support
Interested? Get in touch and let’s start a conversation!
UX Research
Our UX research offerings come in several pre-made sets, customizable sets, or entirely custom. Pick what you need, or explain what you need, and we’ll handle the rest! We offer study design, participant recruitment, user testing, emotion recognition tracking, quantitative and qualitative analytics, and design proposals.
Study Design
What type of a study would fit best to your goals? Card-sort, interview, survey, think aloud, evaluative methods, or perhaps a combination of several? We’ll help you decide.
Participant Recruitment
Finding the right people to test your software is difficult and time consuming. We’re experienced in sampling and studying participants the right way.
User Testing
If you already have a participant sample and just need us to conduct the testing.
Emotion Recognition
We’re pretty proud of this one – we use a machine learning algorithm that detects emotions from the participant’s face when they’re using your application. The recognised emotions can then be used as a basis for future design decisions.
Quantitative and Qualitative Analytics
For interviews and think aloud sessions, we conduct thematic analyses and emotion capture techniques to give you the important insights. For surveys and numerical data, we conduct descriptive statistics and further statistical testing if feasible.
Design Proposal
We offer an evidence-based proposal for your new and improved design, applying HCI principles from the Instrumental Interaction Model and Dilemma-Based Design.
We have an idea of what works so we have some predesigned packages, but ultimately it’s about finding what works for your business.
Basic
Study Design, User Testing and Analytics
up to 10 participants
Premium
Study Design, Participant Recruitment, User Testing, AI Emotion Tracking, Analytics and Design Proposal
up to 20 participants
Custom
Have a product? A new customer segment?
Get in touch to see how UX research can support your products.
Emotion Recognition Tracking – A.I. Powered
We offer a service to analyse video recordings for emotional expressions via AI and machine learning. We then annotate and crunch the data into actionable statistics, and deliver you a report. This service can be used to better automatically detect, and test users’ emotional reactions to marketing messages and products. The result is more accurate, AI-powered analytics that can be used for better customer acquisition and user experience, leading to more profits.
For product research, we can also combine this tracking with a Dilemma-Based Design proposal based on the emotion capture from the video feeds. The Dilemma-Based Design concept taps into the user’s internal dilemmas and provides an integrated solution for it. The resulting design drives user retention through a human-centred approach.
The emotions we track: Calmness, Anger, Happiness, Surprise, Disgust, Fear, and Sadness.
We offer this as a stand alone service, or it can be combined with our research services to include study design and recruitment into the project.
Tier 1
- Annotation of video files (up to 5 videos/participants)
- Emotion analysis (3 Emotion Comparisons)
- Descriptive statistics
- Report
Tier 2
- Annotation of video files (up to 12 videos/participants)
- Emotion analysis (6 Emotion Comparisons)
- Descriptive statistics
- Report
Tier 3
- User/Customer recruitment and recording
- Annotation of video files (up to 30 videos/participants)
- Emotion analysis (9 Emotion Comparisons)
- Descriptive statistics
- Report
- Dilemma-based design proposal
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Several team members specialised in Virtual and Augmented Reality during Masters studies at the Université Paris-Saclay – the hotspot for European XR research. This gives us knowledge of the latest, cutting edge research on virtual and mixed reality technology. Our work in VR and AR includes a collaborative VR Smart City planner, an experimental AR body-part shopping experience, and an EMDR therapy design for VR – not to mention secret projects we’re currently working on!
A Rich Palette of Interactions
We combine our expertise in user-centered design and mixed reality to create rich, meaningful experiences in virtual realities. We have experience developing for a wide variety of platforms, from traditional headsets like the Oculus or Vive, to augmented reality on Hololenses, to solutions optimized for mobile phones – We fearlessly tackle whatever platform our project require. Our skills in creating good design for mixed reality experiences transcend brands or manufacturers. Let us know what your preferred platform is and we’ll handle the rest!
The following are some of the main components you can expect from a V/AR project or collaboration, though of course every project introduces some new elements as well:
- Locomotion / Teleportation
- Grabbing / Throwing Interactions
- Snapping Object Interactions
- Moving Interactables
- Multiplayer
- UI Elements
- Audio
- Online Support
- … and others on request
AR Graphic Ads
- A static or animated AR model appearing on a surface
- Great for eye-catching brand or product visibility
AR/VR Prototype
- A prototype for your game, app, or online store
- Has basic functionality, interactions, and graphics
- Can be expanded to a full app
AR/VR Application
- A market-ready app
- Full functionality, interactions, and graphics
- Publishing assistance provided on request