On-demand UX/UI design, user research and product strategy. All in one monthly subscription
Helping Runna improve the usability of their run training experience
Helping Avion convert product managers to story-mapping
Helping Uncouth design a personalised skincare consultation for Gen Z
Helping Made With Intent imagine a new platform for personalisation analytics
Helping Hunch design a white-label fantasy football platform for clubs and players
Helping FlowGuys launch a webflow development subscription agency
Helping Cogs re-imagine an app for personalised neurodivergent self-care
Helping Thomas Pink launch an e-commerce platform for a new era of menswear
Helping Epicurate test a concept for booking and managing luxury getaways
As a young startup with diverse creative needs, Telescope ticked all the boxes for us in getting us ready to go to market. The flexibility & quality of work stands out as a great offering.
Co-founder, Movement
Chris was honestly fantastic to work with - I couldn’t recommend Telescope enough. Amazing attention to detail and skills across a broad range of areas from web design, to app design and more.
Co-founder, Runna
We chose Telescope because they continuously demonstrated the skills that we value highly - proactive and honest communication, open collaboration and deep expertise in their field.
Founder, Ontopop
8 principles to innovate and disrupt with design:
Business over craft
Partnership over projects
Taste over skill
Flexible over linear
Prioritisation over perfection
Extremes over iterations
Broad over narrow
Open over closed
5 key priorities to drive impact with design:
Design to build awareness
Design to get customers
Design to deliver value
Design to keep customers
Design to create advocates
A flexible process based on 5 different creative actions:
Collaborate
Create
Curate
Critique
Collect
Hey. I’m Chris, and I’ve helped over 50 startups grow with strategic, growth-focused design.
I’m an ex-design lead with 15 years experience — having led design teams at big brands and startups alike.
I’ve built a community of over 12.000 designers and founders through the Telescope newsletter.
I’m solely focused on the next generation of founders — and helping them make a difference in the world through design.
I know that world-class design is so much more than just pixel-perfect execution. It's about strategic design that delivers exactly what you need, at the exact right time.
CHRIS ASHBY
TELESCOPE FOUNDER
STARTUP DESIGNER
Asynchronous design to support your early-stage growth.
Unlimited design requests
Monthly strategy call
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All-guns-blazing design execution, strategy and user research to power you from idea to scale.
Unlimited design requests
Unlimited user research
Unlimited design strategy
Unlimited strategy calls
2+ updates per week
Cancel or pause any time