Deliver Exceptional Products & Experiences

Deliver faster and more accurately with our specialised teams and tailored methodologies to enhance your market insights and accelerate product innovation. We partner with you to close capability gaps and transform challenges into strategic advantages, ensuring you stay ahead in rapidly evolving markets.

  • A customer is seen using the kiosk in the Oxford St store in London
  • An image showing a laptop, on the screen is a car insurance quote. There is a cat curled up next to the laptop
  • Picture of workshops cards deck being hold by a designer at the Design Studio Glue office.

Many organisations are challenged with staying aligned to rapidly changing market demands and customer expectations. Capability and expertise gaps, and a lack of time are usually the culprits. As your strategic partners, we provide expert teams and industry-proven methodologies needed to transform these challenges into opportunities for growth and innovation.

Our capabilities support and enhance your ability to uncover deep customer insights and deliver brilliant products and experiences

Market, customer, and user research and insights

Our market, customer, and user research employs both generative and evaluative methodologies to drive product and experience evolution. By integrating quantitative and qualitative analyses in thorough research studies, we provide deep insights into customer needs and market dynamics, equipping your team to lead in competitive markets and make informed, timely decisions.

  • Market segmentation
  • Customer/User Profiles
  • Journeys Maps
  • Competitor analysis
  • Proposition Validation
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  • Validated with 4,499 travellers
  • 7 critical categories for improvement
  • Delivered over 3 sprints
  • Validated with 4,499 travellers
  • 7 critical categories for improvement
  • Delivered over 3 sprints
  • Validated with 4,499 travellers
  • 7 critical categories for improvement
  • Delivered over 3 sprints
  • Validated with 4,499 travellers
  • 7 critical categories for improvement
  • Delivered over 3 sprints
Customer journey map for Wapp showing how travellers think about and buy travel insurance

Wapp

Validating a new travel insurance proposition

  • Growing worldwide market share by 27.3%
  • Achieving user growth of 1.1m in 6-months
  • 37 critical UX recommendations identified
  • Growing worldwide market share by 27.3%
  • Achieving user growth of 1.1m in 6-months
  • 37 critical UX recommendations identified
  • Growing worldwide market share by 27.3%
  • Achieving user growth of 1.1m in 6-months
  • 37 critical UX recommendations identified
  • Growing worldwide market share by 27.3%
  • Achieving user growth of 1.1m in 6-months
  • 37 critical UX recommendations identified
Customer journey map created by interviewing Viator app users

Viator

Research and validation for a leading travel app

Exceptional experiences and brilliant products and services

Our approach employs outcome-driven innovation and design thinking to deliver exceptional products and services that promote adoption, growth, and retention. By integrating customer insights and market data with collaborative workshops and rapid delivery frameworks, we create offerings that exceed expectations and set industry standards.

  • Discovery workshops
  • Service blueprints and journey mapping
  • Ideation and solution design
  • Prototyping and validation
  • Design systems
Visualisation of the Viator Search and filter screens designed by Glue for the Multi site experiments work
  • Increased conversion rates by 1.62%
  • Achieved a 215% in-store adoption uplift
  • Delivered in 2 sprints
  • Increased conversion rates by 1.62%
  • Achieved a 215% in-store adoption uplift
  • Delivered in 2 sprints
  • Increased conversion rates by 1.62%
  • Achieved a 215% in-store adoption uplift
  • Delivered in 2 sprints
  • Increased conversion rates by 1.62%
  • Achieved a 215% in-store adoption uplift
  • Delivered in 2 sprints
The monthly plan types screen design for Three's digital ticketing system

Three

Selling more phone tariffs through digital

  • 4% channel revenue share for 9 consecutive months
  • YoY growth performance
  • 36% LFL, 37% LFL and 30% LFL growth
  • 4% channel revenue share for 9 consecutive months
  • YoY growth performance
  • 36% LFL, 37% LFL and 30% LFL growth
  • 4% channel revenue share for 9 consecutive months
  • YoY growth performance
  • 36% LFL, 37% LFL and 30% LFL growth
  • 4% channel revenue share for 9 consecutive months
  • YoY growth performance
  • 36% LFL, 37% LFL and 30% LFL growth
Wolseley UK customer using the desktop website

Wolseley UK

Progressive thinking for a digital future

UX Audits, Performance Optimisation and Experiments

Experimentation enables performance optimisation, enhances user experiences, and allows for testing alternative solutions to drive business metrics in a controlled manner positively. Our capabilities harness data-driven insights to uncover further opportunities, facilitating continuous improvement, driving user satisfaction, and ultimately boosting business outcomes.

  • UX audits
  • Accessibility audits
  • Experimentation design
  • A/B and multivariate tests
  • Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO)
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  • 41 experiment candidates identified
  • 128 events IDs created for tracking
  • Delivered in 2-weeks
  • 41 experiment candidates identified
  • 128 events IDs created for tracking
  • Delivered in 2-weeks
  • 41 experiment candidates identified
  • 128 events IDs created for tracking
  • Delivered in 2-weeks
  • 41 experiment candidates identified
  • 128 events IDs created for tracking
  • Delivered in 2-weeks
Collection of experience review presentation boards

Blinds2Go

Experiment backlog identification

  • MoM conversion rate of 6.9%
  • LFL quarterly revenue of £265K
  • MoM conversion rate of 6.9%
  • LFL quarterly revenue of £265K
  • MoM conversion rate of 6.9%
  • LFL quarterly revenue of £265K
  • MoM conversion rate of 6.9%
  • LFL quarterly revenue of £265K
We see a customer using the customer desktop website

Hafele UK

Profitability through continual optimisation

By partnering with us, you gain access to a suite of services that not only fill crucial gaps in your operations but also empower your teams to deliver industry-leading products and services. Our approach guarantees measurable improvements in efficiency, market responsiveness, and customer satisfaction.

Flexible engagement models
to drive success and growth

1. Project-based solution

Our project-based solutions are ideal for initiatives requiring specialised attention and expertise outside your current bandwidth. We tackle fixed-scope projects with precision, applying our comprehensive knowledge to swiftly and efficiently deliver exceptional customer experiences and product design outcomes.

This model is perfect for organisations needing targeted, effective interventions without long-term commitments.

Picture of the Head of Glue Design Dave collaborating with the Designer Leigh on a Product sprint for a client around a display in Glue office

2. Embedded expertise

When continuous innovation and ongoing support are crucial, embedding a dedicated team within your organisation can be transformative. Our experts integrate seamlessly into your operations, aligning with your strategic goals to consistently drive progress and results.

This long-term partnership approach ensures that our expertise in customer experience and product design becomes a core part of your team’s capabilities.

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Contact us today to learn how we can help you achieve operational excellence and prepare for future challenges.

Our capabilities are trusted
by many leading organisations

  • 15-days turnaround
  • 29 screens designed
  • Validated 2 prototypes with 12 participants
  • 15-days turnaround
  • 29 screens designed
  • Validated 2 prototypes with 12 participants
  • 15-days turnaround
  • 29 screens designed
  • Validated 2 prototypes with 12 participants
  • 15-days turnaround
  • 29 screens designed
  • Validated 2 prototypes with 12 participants
An image of two hands holding a mobile phone which shows the screen where you input your delivery address

Missguided

App checkout design and validation at speed

  • +£1.03m in monthly lend
  • +102% in lead acquisition QoQ
  • ROI of ~+10.6% per £1K
  • +£1.03m in monthly lend
  • +102% in lead acquisition QoQ
  • ROI of ~+10.6% per £1K
  • +£1.03m in monthly lend
  • +102% in lead acquisition QoQ
  • ROI of ~+10.6% per £1K
  • +£1.03m in monthly lend
  • +102% in lead acquisition QoQ
  • ROI of ~+10.6% per £1K

BNP Paribas

Marketing, UX and customer experience optimisation

  • 2.3% in-store conversion rate increase
  • 31 screens designed and delivered
  • Delivered in 2 sprints
  • 2.3% in-store conversion rate increase
  • 31 screens designed and delivered
  • Delivered in 2 sprints
  • 2.3% in-store conversion rate increase
  • 31 screens designed and delivered
  • Delivered in 2 sprints
  • 2.3% in-store conversion rate increase
  • 31 screens designed and delivered
  • Delivered in 2 sprints
The Uniqlo kiosk is in situ within the Oxford St store in London

Uniqlo

Making kiosks the go-to tool for shoppers

  • 2.5 year relationship
  • 3 core journeys
  • 1000+ participants & customers contributing to testing
  • 2.5 year relationship
  • 3 core journeys
  • 1000+ participants & customers contributing to testing
  • 2.5 year relationship
  • 3 core journeys
  • 1000+ participants & customers contributing to testing
  • 2.5 year relationship
  • 3 core journeys
  • 1000+ participants & customers contributing to testing
An image of two hands holding a phone in front of the desk. The phone shows the homepage of the Hastings direct app.
An image of two hands holding a phone in front of the desk. The phone shows the homepage of the Hastings direct app.

Hastings Direct

Digital transformation for the UK’s biggest digital insurer

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