LUXD Studio · for organisations with complex products and services

Complex systems, designed so someone can own them.

William brings ten years of product design from before LUXD, mostly enterprise and B2B SaaS in regulated, data-heavy environments. LUXD Studio puts that to work for organisations with complex offers and audiences.

What LUXD Studio does

For organisations with complex products. Scoped in writing within two working days.

Product

Enterprise product design

Interfaces, flows and design systems for software with many users, roles and rules, specified and handed over so the people who inherit the work can keep it running.

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Contracting

Design contracting

William joins your product team as a contract designer, working inside your process and your tools for an agreed period.

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Strategy

Design strategy

For the decisions that come before the screens: what to fix first, where the product is unclear, and how design work should be organised.

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Studio work

Each case: the client’s scale, the problem, what was delivered and what the client said. The large figures describe the client, from the client’s own published numbers.

LUXD Studio · Etiquette and leadership training

The British School of Excellence

The opening frame: the headline “A school’s website was getting in the way of selling courses.” above the live British School of Excellence home page.

The film could not play here. Everything it shows is written on the case page.

The client’s scale

5,000+
Learners
60+
Countries reached
13+
Years operating

Figures published by the school. They describe its scale, not outcomes attributed to LUXD.

Client context
Etiquette and leadership training
The problem
The admin kept freezing, phones showed only part of the course list, and eleven finished course pages were not on sale.
Scope
Lead engineer and workflow architect23 August to 11 September 2026

What the client received

  • Navigation rebuilt and verified on desktop and mobile, 37 items
  • Eleven finished course pages published and back in the sales window
  • The redirect loop on the legal page disabled and kept on file, not deleted
  • Seven homepage buttons repointed to real course pages, every original address recorded first

“He took on a complicated and poorly structured website, worked patiently through a significant number of technical and functional issues, and helped turn it into something that we can finally use, manage and develop with confidence.”

Leanne Miltun, Director of Business Development & International Relations, The British School of ExcellenceWritten testimonial, September 2026

LUXD Studio · Commercial field engineering

Three Card Solutions

The opening frame: the headline “A field crew that can drive for hours to reach a job.” above the live Three Card Solutions site, open at its Request a field survey section.

The film could not play here. Everything it shows is written on the case page.

The client’s scale

500+
Installs completed
99%
System uptime
24/7
On-call support

Figures published by Three Card Solutions on its own website. They describe the client’s business, not outcomes attributed to LUXD. Based in Easton, Pennsylvania, with four service lines: primary coverage across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and the wider Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, with nationwide work by arrangement.

Client context
Commercial field engineering · Easton, Pennsylvania
The problem
Job requests arrived in any shape, so the crew could not always tell what to bring, and a slightly wrong job order could sink a long drive to a site.
Scope
Brief, creative direction, site structure, enquiry form, logo, design review, build and launchSeptember to October 2026 · 2 weeks

What the client received

  • A four-step field-survey form built around what the crew needs before it travels: the service, the number of sites, indoor, outdoor or vehicle work, the timeline, who supplies the hardware and the first site’s address or ZIP code
  • Each form request opens in the visitor’s own email in the same structure, with room to attach site photos or drawings before sending
  • An interactive prototype in two days and the finished site in two weeks, delivered remotely
  • The logo redrawn so it holds at small sizes

The work in numbers

2 weeks
Overall, brief to finished site
2 days
To an interactive prototype
100%
Domain and message continuity

“I know he spent hours fine-tuning all the details, redrew our logo and handled our domain migration without any email interruption.”

Tre, Owner, Three Card SolutionsFrom a 0:45 voice review

All workLUXD Local client sites

William’s experience before founding LUXD

10 years. 6 sectors.One designer you work with directly.

Product design through employment and consultancy, for 21 companies with complex products. This is William’s own track record, not LUXD client work.

  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Vodafone
  • IBM
  • EY
  • Barclaycard
  • Sky
  • Ford
  • RBS
  • Faculty
  • Adaptavist
  • GfK
  • RBS International
  • PTC
  • Thames Water
  • Diageo
  • npower
  • The Weather Company
  • Radix
  • Discovery Channel
  • Ordnance Survey
  • Instabridge

21 organisations across 6 sectors. Hover, tap or focus a logo to see who it is.

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Companies William worked for through employment and consultancy before LUXD. They are not LUXD clients. Logos belong to their owners and are shown here in one colour, for reference.

How we work together

William Blake does the design and leads every Studio engagement, so the person you brief is the person doing the work.

01 · Contract

Inside your team

Senior product design for a fixed term, contracted through LUXD LTD. Suits programmes that need a lead designer now.

Pricing
Day rate on request
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02 · Retainer

A named day a week

The same senior designer on your product every week. Research, interface and system work, prioritised with you.

Pricing
Monthly, on request
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03 · Strategic sprint

A scoped outcome

Discovery, a prototype, or a design system with handoff. Written scope within two working days of the first call.

Pricing
Scoped per sprint
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Is this the right fit?

Usually a good fit

  • A specific product, flow or system, not a general redesign.
  • One person who can agree scope, and a team that will own the result.
  • Something real at stake: a launch, a migration, a regulatory date or a number to move.
  • Enough complexity that a template or a quick refresh will not do.

Probably not a fit

  • A visual refresh with no problem behind it.
  • Work that needs a large team on call. LUXD is one senior designer, so it suits focused scope.
  • A brief with no owner, where decisions stay open until the end.
  • A fixed-price website for a small business. That is LUXD Local.

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Questions people ask first

Who does the work?

William Blake, a Senior Product Designer with ten years in product design, mostly enterprise and B2B SaaS. Before founding LUXD he started at IBM, training Watson products and building conversational apps for npower and Sky.

Who does LUXD Studio work for?

Organisations with complex products and services. LUXD Studio’s clients are The British School of Excellence (etiquette and leadership training) and Three Card Solutions (commercial field engineering). William’s experience before LUXD, in FinTech, AI, automotive, telecoms and data-heavy internal tooling, is his own track record, not LUXD client work.

How does a project start?

A short call, then a written scope within two working days. Contract roles are billed through LUXD LTD.

Tell William what needs to be clearer.

Bring the brief, or start with a reading. A written scope follows within two working days.

Write a project brief

William replies within one working day. For a project, a written scope follows within two working days.

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