Sometimes, the problem isn’t that the product doesn’t work it’s that it doesn’t feel right to use.

I was recently brought in to redesign an internal communication tool for an organization. The team had already vibecoded the initial interface, but as a chat product, it didn’t quite capture the natural, human feel that makes conversations easy and enjoyable.

The brief was also clear: don’t make it another Slack or Discord.

So instead of forcing familiar patterns onto the product, I reworked the interface around a more approachable conversation experience refining the layout, hierarchy, navigation, messaging patterns, and visual language to give the product its own identity while keeping communication effortless.

Here’s the final approved version for the interface , How is it looking?

Super clean work!

A private school website concept, built around one problem: parents comparing schools need real answers fast, not a brochure.

→ Problem: graduation rate, acceptance rate, and test scores were stuck in a downloadable PDF instead of the homepage → Solution: pulled those numbers onto the page, gave admissions its own named section

The mound Studio team worked this one. Have an education project? Let's talk — mound.studio