Ambian — Design Studio

We design and ship 0-to-1 products.

A design studio founded by Dawn and Zee. Strategy, product design, and prototyping for teams building what doesn’t exist yet.

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About

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Founded by Dawn and Zee, Ambian is a small studio built on human-centric design and an innovative spirit. We partner with founders and product leaders to turn early ideas into shipped products.

Portrait of Dawn

Dawn

Co-founder, Design

Two decades shaping product experiences across enterprise, retail, and consumer health. Leads strategy, research, and the visual system at Ambian.

Portrait of Zee

Zee

Co-founder, Design

Builds 0-to-1 products at the intersection of AI, fintech, and consumer. Leads interaction design and prototyping at Ambian.

What we do

Strategy, design, and practice.

01

Strategy

  • Business Assessment
  • Stakeholder Workshops
  • Systems Thinking
  • Customer Insights
  • Design Thinking Strategy
  • Innovation Strategy
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Product Strategy
  • Service Design
02

Design

  • Product Visioning
  • User Research & Testing
  • Web Design
  • Product Design
  • AR / VR Design
  • Prototyping
  • UX Audits
  • Interaction Design
  • Data Visualization
  • Service Design
03

Practices Training

  • Design Thinking Framework
  • Best Practices
  • Coaching
  • Stakeholder Workshops
How we work

We think in systems, not deliverables.

01

Zoom out

Every project starts with the bigger picture — the business arc, the user journey across years, the system the product lives inside. We design the whole, then the parts.

02

Design the system

We treat each screen as one expression of a longer-lived structure: the data model, the brand, the team’s capacity to evolve it. Not a one-off shipment.

03

Ship the right slice

We sequence work to a real business timeline — what proves the idea this quarter, what compounds next year. The first ship is the start, not the end.

Selected Work

Recent work.

  1. Data Governance AI Tool — Cocomply
    01 / 07 Cocomply · 2024

    Data Governance AI Tool

    An AI-powered data governance and compliance tool designed to streamline enterprise data management and automate certification processes.

    • AI
    • Enterprise
  2. AI Workflow Design — Confidential
    02 / 07 Confidential · 2025

    AI Workflow Design

    Embedded AI workflow design for a technical org — 60% efficiency gain through context architecture, SOP modularization, and a single source of truth for AI context.

    • Service Design
    • AI
  3. Cannabis Retail Platform — MJ Freeway
    03 / 07 MJ Freeway · 2024

    Cannabis Retail Platform

    A cannabis-focused iOS POS app, seamlessly integrating with MJ Freeway’s compliance ecosystem, enhancing workflow for cannabis retailers.

    • iOS
    • Retail
  4. VR Hazard Geospatial Simulation — Confidential
    04 / 07 Confidential · 2024

    VR Hazard Geospatial Simulation

    A dynamic virtual reality simulation that seamlessly integrates real estate data with hazard and disaster scenarios.

    • VR
    • Geospatial
  5. Crypto Aggregation — Confidential
    05 / 07 Confidential · 2023

    Crypto Aggregation

    Manage holdings, track portfolios, and make informed decisions with real-time data.

    • Fintech
    • Web
  6. Walmart Retail Pharmacy — Walmart
    06 / 07 Walmart · 2023

    Walmart Retail Pharmacy

    A patient-centric retail pharmacy environment for the future, enriched by IoT, point-of-sale, and efficient fulfillment systems.

    • Service Design
    • Retail
  7. Health Tech Maternal Wellbeing — Confidential
    07 / 07 Confidential · 2023

    Health Tech Maternal Wellbeing

    A wellbeing platform for women, fostering mutual support to enhance maternal health.

    • Health
    • Mobile

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