On-demand UX/UI design, user research and design strategy to drive impact and growth. 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
