Five ropes in a tangle, one for each step of how we work. Pull a rope clear of the others and its step shows: Frame, Shape, Design, Build, Ship & run.

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Rope Lab · Mind The Gap Studio

Pull each rope clear of the knot.

  1. 01 1–2 weeks

    Frame

    Interviews, workflow analysis, constraints, success metrics. We learn how the work actually happens before we touch it.

  2. 02 2–4 weeks

    Shape

    Product definition, information architecture, key flows, MVP scope, a prototype in users’ hands, and a decision on which platforms the product lives on, and in what order.

  3. 03

    Design

    Interface, interaction and a design system (tokens, components, documentation), validated with users as it forms, and built to hold across every platform in scope.

  4. 04

    Build

    Spec-driven engineering. Every feature starts as a written specification and implementation plan; code is reviewed against it and verified before it merges. Privacy engineering throughout.

  5. 05

    Ship & run

    Launch, monitoring, measurement, iteration. Stay on as a product partnership, or hand over cleanly with documentation.

The lab draws with WebGPU. This browser has none, or it is switched off, so there is no rope to show.

Settings
Quality
Settings
Rope
Rope
8
4
1
30
2.2
0.55
Ends
3.5
0.2
0.8
0.8
5
Colour
Colour
Colours
Colour theme
When clear
Material
Material
0.35
0.5
0.5
0.2
Light
Light
1.6
-82
44
0.3
0.6
1.5
0.28
14
1.1
Movement
Movement
0.04
0.75
0.24
1.4
0.85
1.1
2.5
0.5
8
Knot
Knot
Start (applies on Tangle again)
1.8
0.65
9
787
Camera and floor
Camera and floor
2.1
30
32
0.56
0.6
0.55
0.15
0.85
View
View
8
Advanced
Advanced
16
0.7
1.25

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