skillfora is an AI-skills intelligence platform we branded, designed and built for its Founder, Joris de Haas.
The design engineering studio for AI-era founders
Our little studio combines senior design craft, software engineering, and agentic workflows to ship quality products and sites in weeks, not months.
Enchant have worked with us for three years to continuously optimise their marketing site for conversions.
Synthesis Partners have collaborated with us for two years to explore creative experiences for their web presence.
We helped Fluent identify where their AI reporting product had friction and provided a full redesign.
You’ll work directly with Michael, an experienced Design Engineer.
I started Lightning UX a few years ago to help early-stage startups and founders access professional design engineering, at an affordable rate compared to hiring full-time.
We’ve helped 29 brands since then, working across product design and marketing sites.
Since the beginning of 2026, AI has allowed us to expand our capabilities to build the products we’ve designed. We can own the experience end-to-end at a level which wasn’t possible before.
Everything you’ll need to launch and grow
Branding
Logos, type, colour and the rules that hold them together, so your company looks like itself everywhere.
Web Design
Marketing sites that explain what you do clearly and give the right people a reason to get in touch.
Web Dev
Fast, accessible sites built in code or Webflow, and easy for your team to keep updating after launch.
Product Design
Flows and interfaces for web and mobile apps, prototyped early so you can test ideas before building them.
Fullstack Dev
Production-ready apps from database to interface, built by the people who designed them.
Prototype Evo
Built a prototype in Figma Make or Lovable but can’t get it live? We take it the last mile to production.
The studio that ambitious founders trust
Michael listens properly, then challenges you. Give him a problem with little direction and he’ll come back with a prototype to iterate on. Fast, honest, design-led in everything he does, and someone I could rely on from the first call to launch.
