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About

About

Portal is Chris Znerold’s brand and product design studio. We work directly with clients and alongside agency and in-house teams. We launch and reposition brands, and design and improve digital products.

Portal is Chris Znerold’s brand and product design studio.

We work directly with clients and alongside agency and in-house teams. We launch and reposition brands, and design and improve digital products.

Portal is Chris Znerold’s brand and product design studio. We work directly with clients and alongside agency and in-house teams. We launch and reposition brands, and design and improve digital products.

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Partners

What We Do

Brand Identity

Services

Brand Identity

Services

Product Design

Services

UX & Web Design

Services

Design Systems

What We Do

Product Design

What We Do

UX & Web Design

What We Do

Design Systems

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Bring one design challenge. We’ll show you how we’d solve it.

2 to 3 hours of our time, at no charge and with no obligation to continue.

  • Website auditOne key page or journey, with prioritized fixes.
  • Design-system auditA component set or workflow, with practical fixes.
  • Logo directionOne initial direction and the thinking behind it.
  • App redesignA concept for one flow or a couple of key screens.
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Next

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What we do

Brand Identity

We launch and reposition brands. The work starts with positioning, purpose and voice, then becomes a logo, type, color and the rules that hold them together.

Includes
Strategy and positioning, naming and voice, identity systems, packaging, retail, campaigns
Case studies
Writing
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What we do

Product Design

We design web and mobile products, from the first journey map to the screens engineers build. Prototypes reach real devices within days, and customers test them before anything is built.

Includes
Customer research, journey mapping, rapid prototyping, interface design, usability testing
Case studies
Writing
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What we do

UX & Web Design

We design and build websites and commerce experiences that load fast, read clearly and turn visits into conversations. One team handles structure, design and build, so nothing is lost between them.

Includes
UX strategy, content structure, art direction, web design and build, search, audits
Case studies
Writing
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What we do

Design Systems

We build design systems that designers and engineers both use: tokens, components and documentation shared between Figma and code. We also audit the system you already have.

Includes
Tokens, component libraries, documentation, Figma to code, governance, audits
Case studies
Writing
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