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We're chatty people, it's nice to break up the day with a natter about something new. If you'd like to pop in and see us we're down by the sea in Brighton, England.

Telephone: +44 (0) 1273 777 102

General enquiries: [email protected]

New business enquiries: [email protected]

Long Story Short Design Ltd
11 Jew Street
Brighton BN1 1UT

We’re spoilt. These days if an app’s userinterface is anything other than exemplary, it’s binned in the first five mins. After all, who has the time?

As we delve deeper into dependence on tech, quality UI design is all the more critical. Touch screens have allowed the way we interact with mobile software to become as flexible as the software itself, only amplifying the value of quality user interface design. We’re so used to carefully honed & tested mobile apps developed by huge user experience teams on huge budgets, anything new is held to an increasingly high standard.

Therein lies the challenge; it takes careful work to create a user experience design that makes the grade. Mapping out the user journey, creating the UI, allowing for cross platform quirks & traditions, all wrapped up in a user experience that ‘feels’ the way it should, it’s a quest of sorts. We’d love to chat about new UI / UX design projects, but don’t let us go on too long about it, sometimes we won’t shut up.

One Step Closer App Design Wireframes

Related Projects

One Step Closer App Design Group Mobiles

One Step Closer

A new app concept & a bold new business approach, One Step Closer To works in partnership with some of the biggest brands in the country to help turn consumer purchasing into aid for charitable & sustainable projects worldwide. We created a full brand identity designed to exist in both static & animated forms, applied across digital products & as an emblem to be easily added as a mark of membership to existing products. Full user journey, interface & experience design with a complete app concept developed from the ground up.
Kitchen interior with coffee cup, blueberries, yoghurt and the matchbox voice command

Matchbox Mobile

Matchbox mobile are clever people. They make complex, brilliant things. They’re also nice guys, with a desire to share the vast wealth of knowledge they have amassed over the years as leaders in their field. To put that into action we created a site to act as an information resource, for the team to share their wisdom with the wider world. The Matchbox site is a magazine, heavily focussed on articles & the tech wizards behind them. We use colour coded categories & uber tagging for super-easy locating of relevant content, with progress bars & distraction free reading to make absorbing all this content a delight. They also make stuff too, so we’ve got services & timelines & case studies & the like. It’s cool biz.

What is UX / UI Design?

UX and UI designs are different from your average Joe web designs. UX design is all about the user experience; how people actually interact with the app and the journeys they take from action to action. UI design is the look and the layout of that – the visual facilitator of the journey, if you like. UI design brings the experience to life, gives it some soul.  This bit is really important actually.  We don’t just want breadcrumbs.  We want hot cross buns, Kalamata olive bread and chocolate eclairs. If you know what I mean.
This differs from standard “web design” because it focuses on goals, as well as looking pretty. UX/UI designers create an experience which enables all users to meet their goals easily. Ultimately, this is what success is, and this is what will keep customers returning for more. Everyone finds goal accomplishment sexy. Honest.
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We gave Long Story Short some really challenging work. Despite extremely tight deadlines the team did a tremendous job, feedback was unanimously positive. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend.
eBay
We have worked with Long Story Short on many projects to support our key communication channels. We have had amazing support and understanding from them in all manner of ways and we look forward to continuing to work with them on projects in the future.
Cristiano Ronaldo Fragrances
We ask a lot of these guys & are continually throwing new stuff at them – the fact that they just do the work quickly with no fuss is a massive help.
M&C Saatchi
Long Story Short helped us create an innovative site that elegantly reflects the full scope of our gallery & our artists, providing a user experience that’s both beautiful & rich in content. Their energy, enthusiasm, attention to detail & efficiency have made them a pleasure to work with.
Victoria Miro
We’ve worked with the team at Long Story Short for years now. They always deliver just what we need on budget & on time. They’re always great to work with - we’ve stuck with them for a reason.
Howdens
Long Story Short are quite simply the most fantastic, creative & downright handsome agency out there. Their sheer magnetism & natural talent highlight the human capacity for true excellence.
Long Story Short
Long Story Short’s design & recommendations were key in delivering a site that has received excellent feedback from our customers. We found the team very flexible to work with & would high recommend them.
N-Pro
These guys are responsible for all of our branding and website design and they're just awesome. If you are looking for something a bit special from your design team then look no further, plus they are just nice guys to work with.
Unique Build
A friendly and dynamic design agency, big ideas which they can deliver.
Alter & Company
These guys are awesome! They re-branded our production company and then built a kickass website. We love them and you will too.
The Village
We’ve been working with Long Story Short for a few years now, and trust them implicitly with all of our web and design needs. They are by far and away the best agency we’ve ever worked with, and we’ve worked with several in our time!
Morgan Berkeley
This agency rocks! Highly creative design solutions and a great energy. I couldn't have wished for a better team on my side. Highly recommended!
PLASA
They build gorgeous websites with intuitive management systems, making it easy to update your new site once it's launched. From a design perspective, they look absolutely gorgeous too.
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Long Story Short Design

Our Story

We're an award-winning digital design & branding agency based in Brighton, England. Founded in 2009 we've worked with businesses large & small across the board on branding, websites, apps & design. We believe in crafting visual ideas to say as much about a brand in as short a way as possible, to communicate a lot with a little, to say more with less... long story short.

[email protected]

+44 (0) 1273 777 102