Product design studio — independent

We design the products you'll obsess over.

An independent product design studio for ambitious AI companies, SaaS platforms and the startups rewriting their categories. Rebellious & professional.

01AI PRODUCTSinterface · workflow · product.md
02SAAS PLATFORMS0→100 · scale · ux.md
03DESIGN SYSTEMStokens · components · design-system.md

We learn your product, users and the market until we understand it like a co-founder would. No briefs taken at face value.

product.md business goals · users · product strategy · feature hierarchy
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Featured Work

Work with
a pulse.

A few projects we're proud of. Products we've helped shape from early concepts to production-ready systems — combining strategy, UX, design systems and implementation thinking.

Reffle dashboard
01 / Featured

reffle

Reffle is a competition platform used by businesses running prize competitions and giveaways. The goal was to create a scalable platform that could support both new operators launching their first competition business and established brands managing thousands of customers.

Sector
SaaS Product
Year
2026
Role
Product · UX strategy · UI · System
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02 / Featured

esg bay

Making ESG reporting easy for all companies. ESG Bay makes sustainability reporting easy. Our self-assessment platform enables your company to measure its ESG impacts, produce clear, easy to read assessments and share them instantly, engaging with your customers, communities, stakeholders, suppliers and wider public. Making a conscious step towards sustainability has never been easier.

Sector
SaaS Product
Year
2025
Role
Product · UX strategy · UI · System
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ESG Bay platform
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Services

What we do.

End-to-end product design — from first principles to a shipped, scalable system. No fluff, no agency overhead.

Design Process

A method,
not a mood board.

About EasternSugar

Small team.
Big swing.

EasternSugar is an independent product design studio. We work with a small number of ambitious teams at a time — AI companies, SaaS platforms and startups who'd rather be remembered than safe.

No account managers, no decks about decks. Just senior designers, a strong point of view, and the discipline to ship. Premium when it counts, irreverent when it helps.

BasedAround the world
ModelIndependent · Senior-only
FocusAI · SaaS · Systems
Availability2 slots · Q3
Levente Sellei, CEO of EasternSugar
Levente Sellei | CEO Build things people remember.
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worth obsessing over

Tell us about your product and where you want to take it. We reply within two business days — and we'll be honest about whether we're the right fit.

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