Question #260

Can buildings explain how they use energy?

Commercial work

Work with Quinn Labs

Bring us a difficult business problem.

We'll investigate it, prototype the smallest useful answer and test whether it deserves to become something bigger.

Three ways to engage

01

Problem Discovery

For a business that knows something is inefficient but doesn't yet know what to build.

Often the honest answer is: don't build software yet. We'll say so.

What you get

  • Observation of the current process
  • Problem definition
  • Opportunity map
  • Recommendation on whether anything should be built at all

02

Rapid Prototype

For a business that wants to make an idea tangible quickly.

Something you can put in front of real people, not a slide deck.

What you get

  • Focused product concept
  • Working mobile or web prototype
  • Demonstration using realistic workflows
  • Testing and next-step specification

03

Real-World Pilot

For organisations ready to test a prototype with genuine users, vehicles, products or operational data.

Measured against numbers we agree before it starts.

What you get

  • Defined experiment
  • Working pilot
  • Evidence against agreed success measures
  • Recommendation to build, revise, license or stop

What we can actually do

Product and service design

Web and mobile applications

Decision tools

Operational workflow design

Data and system concepts

Physical-product concepts

Field research and testing

Rapid prototyping

How it starts

01

You describe the problem

One paragraph is enough. No brief required.

02

A 45-minute conversation

No charge, no deck sent afterwards.

03

A short written proposal

Scope, output and cost on one page.

04

We start small

The smallest useful piece of work that proves something.

We're a laboratory, not an agency. We take on a small number of problems at a time.

We don't sell transformation programmes, retainers or ongoing 'digital partnerships'.

If it isn't a fit, we'll say so — and usually say who is.

What is happening in your business that should work better?