Product design collective
    Close crop of a tabby cat watching from inside a cardboard box

    Design
    that eats

    Rigorous 0-1 app design, UX/UI, derisking, branding and humanization for products that win in their space

    Product design & strategy for the attention economy

    Get in touch If we can't do it we won't take it. If we can, we'll
    make it win.

    Launching is easy,
    attention is hard.

    We make products that instantly connect and memetically grow

    The products that win now are the ones people actually love to use. That is product design. When something works, people stay, and they tell someone.

    AI will help you ship something that looks and works like a thousand others. We help you ship the one people remember....i.e. the one that survives and grows.

    4,520
    Apps launched monthly
    25%
    Abandoned after one use
    4%
    Still opened by day 30

    Memeador is a collective of  seasoned product people who know what works and have already made things people remember, love and use daily. We can get your project there too. 

    Product design
    UX/UI/Visual Design
    Branding & Identity
    Web Design
    0-1 App Design
    AI-first Design
    Product Strategy
    User Research
    Agentic Systems

    Apps by number of active users

    The 4% are the ones people love. Design-led companies grew revenue 32% faster over five years. McKinsey.

    A few recent projects

    Product design, app development and strategy for our clients and the greater good. 

    The founding team

    We have over 45 years of combined experience in startups, enterprise, consumer  and creative work.

    Ellen Drewes

    Ellen Drewes

    Founder & Design Director

    20 years of experience in product design and leadership. Ex-Amplitude, Quantcast & Prosper; roots in  early-stage startups, branding and complex enterprise products.

    Christina Mason

    Christina Mason

    Creative Director

    15 years in content writing, strategy and brand direction for Walmart, Restoration Hardware, Overstock and more. Fluent in influence, expert in impact. 

    Andrés Saavedra

    Andrés Saavedra

    Senior Product Designer

    Product designer and strategist with over a decade in branding, communication design, and motion graphics for CNN, LinkedIn, Robinhood and Bank of America.

    IN OUR PAST CAREERS, WE'VE SHIPPED FOR:

    We've won:

    ADDY
    The American Advertising Awards

    Plus a private network of senior creatives we match from.

    Weighted toward brand and content. Introduced by name when the work calls for them, never subcontracted out from under you.

    How to work with us

    Schedule a call to figure out the best fit

    Download a report or a kit

    Page, funnel and product audits; playbooks; design kits; prompt kits; AI skills; Templates; agents; From free to $39

    Free-$39

    Buy a deliverable

    Personas, app design & development, logo, design system, website, wireframes, usability testing and more

    From $2.5k

    Buy time

    Subscriptions, fractional designers, design sprints, strategy workshops, temp designers, muse sessions.

    From $150

    Some specialties

    Journey Map to Backlog

    FROM $9K

    We map what your users are actually trying to do and then keep going until the map becomes work your team can start on Monday.

    The AI Design Machine

    From $5k

    We optimize your design and AI system, processes, and stack for ultimate alignment & speed from idea to shipped.

    The Informed App Audit

    From $2.8k

    A senior practitioner evaluates your entire product flow from search to use for usability, emotional impact and more.

    We ship what people love.

    "They found the problems nobody else saw — and fixed them before we launched."

    +2.4× conversion

    Discovery partner · 2026

    "The audit read like it was written by someone who'd run our business for a decade."

    36 issues found

    Discovery partner · 2026
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