Your team in strategic
design thinking

We are an insight-driven, strategic design consultancy that works fast and lean to deliver innovative ideas all while staying on budget.

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We are the combination of two agencies Yarn Group and Design Filter, that have been both running independently for 15 years.

With the average experience of our team members rounding up to 16 years, you can trust you are in safe hands.

We have delivered user-first systems, strategy and interface across Enterprise, Start Ups, Saas and Gov for some of the worlds best thinking organisations inc Vodafone, Hyundai,  CBRE, Sony Music, Australia Post and more.

Whether its a design flow to test new functionality for a virtual online garage, or a way to track parcel delivery that hasnt been thought of, we know how to plan, design and test, to give you the confidence on whether a design will be successful or not, and how it might help your business.

But equally we love helping ambitious startups roar forward with confidence, helping them sharpen go-to-market strategy, understand mvps backlogs and tighen the key value propositions that users want to hear.

We have helped 100’s of product owners, marketing managers, c-suite’s and founders get the best solution to market across a wide range of business cases. Always up for a new challenge, reach out to discuss how I can help you. We certainly don't bite!

Meet your Design Sprint team

Some say they are ninjas ready to serve. Others utter inferances of folk-lore they heard about their greatness. To us they are simply James, Budge and A-Aron.

James Dutallis

Design Manager
James is our fearless brilliant leader, and brings excellence in strategic management, strategy, content planning and website & experience design.

James Harvey

Strategy + Product Design Lead
With payments, billing and product design & strategy experience for Telstra, Origin, and Zepto, know you are in safe hands.

Aaron Smith

UX + UI Design Lead
Aaron is a master across both product and UX, with ability to provide rapid prototypes or deep IA analysis.

Drop us a message to see how we can help.

We work with you to understand costs, and work to optimise a delivery plan to suit your budget & timeline (big or small).  
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Trusted by Australia's leading organisations.

Based in Sydney

We're close by, meaning we can come in and work face to face if that is your style. We serve clients from the Gold Coast to Melbourne.

Pricing to suit budget / program

Pricing doesnt need to be complex. Tell us your budget and we provide fixed fee itemised quotes to match, or work hourly to get the job done. Cancel at anytime.

No project too small (or large)

Start today. We have the ability to scale up our team of lead strategic designers at a heart beat.