About
Seasoned design support that feels in-house. We’re a design studio for early stage ideas. We embed with your team to ship product, brand, and web work that holds up after launch.
Values
Research before you build
Design shapes the spec
Extra communication
Measured capacity
How we work
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Discovery
Research comes before design. We interview users, study competitors, and define success metrics before opening Figma.
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The POD
Each project runs on a pod: one lead designer setting direction, one production designer executing, specialists where needed.
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Visibility
Daily updates on Slack (non-negotiable) you always know what's coming next. We share work as we build each page.
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Collaboration
We work hand in hand with your engineers, marketers, PMs, and AI tools. We speak their language and build specific assets.
Team
Product designers, plus specialists in 3D, illustration, and motion. A mix of full-time designers and freelancers we've worked with for years, across North America.
Business impact
We work on cutting-edge design in B2B SaaS, AI, and enterprise software for Google, Apollo and 70+ others. For designers, that means meaningful work and a chance to shape what comes next.
$2.298B
Exited by our clients
24+ mo
Avg. tenure
30,000 hours
Designing for early stage ideas
Benoit, the founder of Pixel One, has spent most of his career designing for early stage ideas. 10,104 of those hours came through Toptal, working with world renowned Fortune 10 clients in a network that hires only the top 3% of designers (our standard of excellence).
Our experience translates into reliable delivery, which is why we’re a Framer Enterprise Partner. Clutch reviews come in at 4.9/5 across verified clients and Dribbble recognizes Pixel One as a top studio with Dribbble Select.
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