Only the 1%
One design and engineering team. We ship products for founders, and build portfolios for applicants.
Portfolio Academy
6 yrs
Portfolio mentoring
6,000+
Projects delivered
600+
Offers from top schools
98.6%
Positive reviews
Product Studio
$100M+
Business impact
400M+
Users on products we've shaped
14 days
AI MVP to launch
20+
Digital products shipped
RCA
UCL
Columbia
UPenn
Cornell
MIT
CMU
PoliMi
TU Delft
PolyU
Parsons
Aalto
UAL
UCLA
RMIT
LCF[01] Selected work
Two practices,one standard
Products we designed, built and shipped ourselves — alongside portfolio projects our students made with their mentors
[02] Why one team
The people who ship products teach portfolios. The people who teach portfolios ship products. Same eye, two deliverables: a product that goes live, and a portfolio that gets remembered.
[03] People
Silicon Valley, Milan, Oslo,Glasgow, Berkeley
Core members trained at Politecnico di Milano, RCA, AHO Oslo, Glasgow and UC Berkeley — with big-tech product experience and the ability to ship independently. Dots mark which practice each person leads in
Joey
Portfolio mentoring / AI product / Digital media
MSc Product Design, Politecnico di Milano · Founder200+ students worldwide · 10+ countries · 40+ top offers
Xiaosong
Systems strategy / Illustration / 3D
MDes, Oslo School of Architecture and DesignTop of class · Normann Copenhagen
Jackie
Interaction / HCI / Industrial / Service
PhD HCI, Glasgow · MDes, RMITStudents to MIT · CMU · RCA · PoliMi
Cheng Yue
3D / Motion / Graphic / Identity
Menswear, Istituto Marangoni · RCAPOP MART · LVMH · Uniqlo · CROCS
Jason
Architecture / Landscape / Urban
MArch, UC BerkeleyStudents to Columbia · UPenn · Cornell · UCL
[04] The studio
A few streets from the Bund, making things you can hold
668 East Beijing Road, HuangpuShanghai, China
In-house prototyping: 3D modelling, 3D printing, wearables and interactive installations. Visits by appointment.
[05] Contact
Not sure which side you need? Tell us what you're making — we'll route it