EightShapes is a user experience design firm founded by Nathan Curtis and Dan Brown based in Washington, DC. Our process incorporates planning, research, information architecture, interaction design, user testing, and the finest documentation in the industry to create solutions that balance customer needs with business objectives.

EightShapes is well known for cutting edge design documentation including flows, wireframes, and specifications, and can help organizations establish their own documentation systems and more through custom training & workshops.

EightShapes believes:

• Design methods should produce artifacts that are meaningful and actionable, and reliable project execution directly corresponds to the effectiveness of these artifacts
• Design methods must include users in the design process
• Design methods need constant evaluation to address the expanding capabilities of technology and the complexity of content