Fixed cost, variable workload
Unlimited requests per month
A salary is owed whether there's 2 days of work or 20. Here you send as much as you like for one flat monthly fee.
AN ALTERNATIVE TO HIRINGUnlimited design.
Unlimited design.
Without the hire.
Senior product design on a flat monthly subscription. A dedicated designer for your product, without the salary, the recruitment risk or the long-term commitment. Cancel anytime and own everything we build.
Pause or cancel anytime • 100% IP ownership from day one
One queue. Always moving.
No meetings, no hiring, no overhead. Just senior product design delivered on a timeline that matches the real complexity of the work.
Subscribe
Pick a plan and add as many requests as you like to your dedicated queue. One flat monthly fee, no scope creep, no surprise invoices.
Request
Add as many design tasks as you need to your dedicated queue. We tackle them one at a time, async, with clear delivery expectations.
Receive
Get polished, production-ready design files delivered async. Review, request revisions, and move straight to build, with 100% of the IP owned by you from day one.
Async delivery, always on
Companies we’ve supported
The employee problem, solved
Hiring a designer is a bet, a fixed monthly cost, a recruitment process, and a long, awkward exit if it doesn't work out. Here's what you get instead.
Founding rate, limited time
Choose your track
One flat monthly rate based on how many requests move at once, not per task, not per hour.
One senior designer. Not a rotating team.
designforward is run by Richard Marseglia, a senior product designer with over 20 years’ experience turning complex, legacy-heavy operations into usable software. You’re not getting a junior generalist or a rotating team, you’re getting that experience on tap.
Trusted by product leaders
Senior design support that shows up in the work, and in the way teams ship.
Common questions
What is designforward?
designforward is a UK product design subscription run by Richard Marseglia, a senior product designer with over 20 years' experience. You add requests to a queue and get back production-ready design files, with no long-term contract and full IP ownership.
What does designforward design?
Anything a senior UX or product designer would normally do: UX flows, UI, prototypes, design systems and user research. You add requests to your queue and we work through them one at a time.
Who is designforward for?
Any product team, of any size. Whether you have no designer yet or an in-house team that needs extra capacity, you add requests to a queue and get production-ready design files back.
How long does a request take?
It depends on the complexity of the work. As a rough guide, UX flows, UI screens and low-fidelity prototypes take 3-5 days. High-fidelity or AI-assisted prototypes and smaller research pieces take 1-4 weeks. Greenfield design systems and in-depth research take 1-3 months. Larger pieces are broken into stages so work keeps landing along the way.
How much does it cost?
One flat monthly rate, based on how many requests move at once, not per task and not per hour. Single Track is £3,000 a month for one request in progress at a time. Double Track is £5,500 a month for two requests moving in parallel. Sprint / Project is a custom quote for a scoped, fixed-length engagement.
Can you work with our existing design system?
Yes. We can pick up and extend what you already have, or build one from scratch. A greenfield system takes longer than adopting an existing one.
Do you do user research?
Yes. Research is part of the service, and how long it takes depends on the effort involved, from a quick round of interviews to a deeper study.
What kind of prototypes do you build?
Low-fidelity, high-fidelity, or AI-assisted rapid prototypes, depending on what you need to test or show.
Who owns the work?
You do. Every design, file, licence, trademark and copyright is yours from day one.
How do I get started?
Book a 30-minute call. If it's a fit, work starts the day you subscribe, with no recruitment, no onboarding runway and no long-term contract.
Ready to skip the hiring headache?
Pause or cancel anytime • 100% IP ownership from day one