Shaping
From a paragraph to a plan
Discovery that ends with a drawn system: the model, the flows, the language. Founders leave the first week able to explain their product in one sentence.
- Strategy
- Pitch Deck
- Naming
Independent digital product studio
Ideas, forged
end to end.
Strategy, design, brand and engineering under one roof, and one pair of hands. From the first sketch to the product in your customers' hands.
Meet with me about your project
Working directly with Timothy Nice
Most products lose their edge in the handoffs, as strategy passes to design, design to build, and build to launch. Foundry 6 removes the handoffs. One person who has done all four holds the whole idea in their head, so what ships is what you meant.
That means fewer meetings, faster decisions, and craft that survives contact with production, because the person designing it is the person building it.
What Foundry 6 does
Foundry 6 Studio works as a product design agency and a digital design studio in one: strategy, UX and interaction design, brand identity, and the production build, all held by the same pair of hands. Startups, founders and small teams hire me to take an idea from concept to a launched product.
- 01
Product strategy
Sharpening a rough idea into a shape worth building, from scope and sequence to the one thing it has to get right.
Read the guide - 02
UX & interaction design
Flows, states, and the small moments of feedback that make software feel like it was made by someone who cares.
Read the guide - 03
Brand & visual identity
Marks, type, color and voice built to hold up on a phone screen, a pitch deck, and a storefront.
Read the guide - 04
Prototyping
Real, clickable, testable artifacts in days, so decisions get made against something you can hold.
Read the guide - 05
AI-assisted engineering
Modern tooling used with judgment, not as a shortcut. Speed where it helps, hand-work where it counts.
Read the guide - 06
Production-ready builds
Shipped products with real data, real auth, and the polish still intact on launch day.
Read the guide
Every one of the six above has a guide behind it. The full guides library also covers SaaS product design, design systems, typography, mobile and building with AI.
Selected capability
Three parts of the same craft.
DESIGNING
Complex products, made clear.
From the first interaction to the deepest workflow, every screen has a reason to exist. I turn complicated systems into products that feel obvious, cohesive, and distinctly yours.
- PRODUCT DESIGN
- UX & UI
- DESIGN SYSTEMS
Building
Shipped, not simulated
Production front ends, real data, real accounts, real launches, built with AI-assisted tooling and finished by hand where it shows.
- Engineering
- Prototypes
- Launch
Selected work
Proof you can click on.
Two things shaped, designed, and built here. The full portfolio adds more products, open-source tools, and a live record of the daily work.
Featured project
Nice Brothers
A writing site I designed and built with my brother: essays on design, code, AI and the messy mix of building and living. Brand, design system, front end, and the publishing flow behind it, all from this studio.
Featured product
Studi03D
A quieter workspace for turning flat icons and line art into layered isometric SVG stacks. Product thinking, interface design, and the working studio itself, shipped as a real tool with transparent exports.
The approach
Idea → design → build → launch, without a relay race.
Idea
A week of hard questions. We name the customer, the wedge, and what has to be true for this to work.
Design
Identity and interface designed together, in flow, in prototype, never as static slides handed to someone else.
Build
Production code as the design settles. Real data early, so the product is tested against reality, not a mockup.
Launch
Ship, watch, sharpen. The first version goes out with its details intact and a plan for the next one.
Who you'll actually work with
Timothy Nice
I'm a designer, builder and early AI adopter with a habit of making complex systems feel simple and human. My career started in video games at LucasArts, working on Star Wars titles, and today I serve as VP of Product Design at LightRiver.
Foundry 6 is where I take that experience directly to founders and small teams. No account managers, no handoffs, no junior work slipped in behind the pitch. You work with me, and I build the thing.
Outside of work my world is family, faith and fun: time with my wife and kids, coaching youth sports, and playing hockey whenever the ice is free.
- Started in
- Games at LucasArts
- Day role
- VP of Product Design
- Works with
- Founders & small teams
The invitation
Tell me about the thing you want to exist.
Send a few sentences and we'll set up a call. If Foundry 6 isn't the right fit, I'll say so and point you somewhere better.