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Forster Design

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Available nowBooking from June 2026

Defined outcomes.
Fixed prices, no scope creep.

Sprints, retainers and workshops with the price and the deliverable agreed before we start. Four tiers — from accessible entry points for movements and founders, to embedded partnerships for funded teams.

25+
Years shipping
60+
Projects delivered
11
Enterprise clients

Tier 01

Sprints

Fixed scope, fixed price. Short, defined engagements with clear deliverables. No hourly billing, no scope creep — the price and the deliverable are agreed before we start.

  1. £1,500

    fixed

    2 days

    Brand Sprint

    Two days of focused work. Walk away with a strategic foundation.

    Deliverables
    Brand positioning statement, visual direction (moodboard + type/colour system), one-page brand strategy, 30-minute debrief.
    For
    Early-stage founders, purpose-driven projects, creative professionals building a personal brand.
  2. £2,500

    fixed

    3 days

    Product Sprint

    Three days. Take a messy idea and turn it into a buildable plan.

    Deliverables
    User flow mapping, wireframes for core screens (up to 8), technical recommendation (stack, build approach), prioritised feature list with MVP scope defined.
    For
    Founders pre-build, small teams who need design engineering direction before they start coding.
  3. £3,500

    fixed

    5 days

    Launch Sprint

    Five days. Everything you need to go live with something real.

    Deliverables
    Designed and built landing page (Vercel), copy direction, analytics setup, one round of revisions.
    For
    Anyone launching a product, service, community or campaign who needs it to look and work like it was built by someone who has shipped for 25 years.
  4. £1,000

    fixed

    2 days

    Movement Sprint

    Two days. Specifically for political campaigns, community organisations, NGOs and grassroots movements.

    Deliverables
    Digital strategy audit (what is working, what is broken, what to do next), one key asset (landing page, campaign page or coordination tool prototype), 30-minute debrief.
    For
    Local campaigns, community organisations, grassroots movements, mutual aid groups and NGOs. Deliberately underpriced because these are the people who need design engineering and cannot access it.

Tier 02

Retainers

Ongoing design engineering. Monthly relationships for teams that need a senior design engineer on call without hiring one full-time.

  1. £1,200

    / month

    8 hrs / month

    Compass

    Strategic guidance and light execution.

    Deliverables
    Weekly async (Loom or voice note), design/code reviews, architectural guidance, up to one small build task per month (component, page, fix). Priority response within 24 hours on working days.
    For
    Early-stage startups and solo founders with a dev team who need senior design direction.
  2. £2,500

    / month

    20 hrs / month

    Launchpad

    Real embedded work — design, build, ship.

    Deliverables
    Everything in Compass, plus hands-on design and development work, weekly 30-minute sync call, feature design and implementation, ongoing iteration on live products.
    For
    Growing teams in build phase who need a design engineer actually shipping alongside their team.
  3. £5,000

    / month

    40 hrs / month

    Embedded

    Full partnership. Effectively a fractional Head of Design Engineering.

    Deliverables
    Everything in Launchpad, plus strategic product direction, team mentoring, stakeholder communication, architecture decisions, full ownership of design-engineering quality.
    For
    Funded startups, scale-ups or organisations going through a build or transformation.

Tier 03

Workshops & facilitation

Standalone sessions for teams and communities. Based on the design-thinking and facilitation methodology behind HowMightWe and CogX.

  1. £750

    fixed

    Half day · 3 hrs

    Challenge Workshop

    Facilitated session using the "How Might We" methodology.

    Deliverables
    Problem framing, archetype mapping (who is in the room and what they bring), structured ideation, prioritisation, action plan. Works for 6–20 participants.
    For
    Teams stuck on a strategic question, communities trying to coordinate around a shared challenge, organisations at a decision point.
  2. £500

    fixed

    90 minutes

    AI Readiness Session

    Honest assessment of where AI fits in your work — and where it does not.

    Deliverables
    Audit current workflows, identify high-value AI integration points, demo practical tools, create a 30-day action plan. No hype, no doom — the honest middle.
    For
    Creative teams, small businesses, professional-services firms who know they should be "using AI" but do not know where to start.
  3. £400

    fixed

    90 minutes

    Team Archetype Session

    Map your team using the Leader / Creator / Maker / Guide framework.

    Deliverables
    Individual archetype assessment, team composition analysis, gap identification, collaboration design. Practical output: who should be working together on what, and why.
    For
    Any team that wants to understand its dynamics better.

Tier 04

Purpose-driven / Pro bono

Not everything needs a price tag. Reserved time each month for the relationships and projects that matter beyond the invoice.

  1. Free

    30 minutes

    Open Office Hours

    A 30-minute conversation about what you are building. One session per person.

    Deliverables
    No pitch required — just a conversation. Bookable directly. The goal is to be useful, not to sell.
    For
    Anyone. Founders, students, community organisers, fellow designers and engineers.
  2. Free

    One per quarter

    Pro bono sprint

    One pro bono sprint per quarter for a project doing genuinely important work that cannot pay.

    Deliverables
    Selected by application. Same scope and quality as a paid sprint.
    For
    Community and movement projects whose work matters and whose budget does not stretch.

Common questions

Before you ask

The questions that usually come up before we start. If yours is not here, the closing form is the place.

Not sure which fits?

Tell me what you’re building. I’ll point you at the right tier — or tell you when none of them is the right shape.