A client requests a website redesign, believing their paid ads are underperforming. They have inv...A client requests a website redesign, believing their paid ads are underperforming. They have inv...
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A client requests a website redesign, believing their paid ads are underperforming. They have invested heavily, attributing issues to branding or copy
However, analytics reveal the core problem. Their mobile site loads its initial section in six seconds. A 14MB uncompressed WordPress image creates a significant barrier in their conversion process
They do not require a new brand guide. They need to understand their site is hindering ad performance. While a redesign is requested, the true need is to stop financial waste and improve website functionality. My role is to identify the actual challenge, then create a solution. The solution often differs from the client's initial perception
You spend 6 figures on a brand tracking agency. They spend three months "running the wave." You get a 100-page slide deck that tells you what happened in Q2 while you’re already halfway through Q3.
That’s a post-mortem, not a strategy.
We built the identity and product framing for Timelaps to represent the opposite: continuous visibility.
Research-grade data from 4,000+ consumers, flowing in real-time. No "waves", no dusty decks, just an always on dashboard that shows you if your marketing is actually landing before the budget is gone.
If you’re still waiting 90 days to see if your brand is growing, you’re flying blind.
What should a platform for tokenized private equity look like?
Probably not like another traditional bank.
For ICME, the client wanted a visual direction that felt modern, disruptive, and native to a new kind of financial market.
The challenge was finding the balance: make the experience bold enough to feel different, while keeping a complex product understandable and credible.
I developed a digital-brutalist direction with retrofuturist touches - oversized typography, hard contrast, pixel textures, raw layouts, blue gradients, and controlled motion.
I worked with Arash Attar and the ICME team across the landing page and parts of the wider product interface. This video focuses specifically on the landing-page experience.
The goal was to:
— Explain tokenized private-company equity more clearly
— Create a memorable visual identity for the product
— Speak to both investors and founders
— Make financial technology feel ambitious rather than conventional
Would this visual direction make you want to explore the product - or should financial platforms feel more restrained?