Design Research
As a Service
We help marketing and design teams quickly gather context: design cases on a specific topic, relevant references and examples, and current trends.
The result is a ready-to-use report in presentation format, with insights and arguments you can immediately share with colleagues and management.
Discuss your project
To launch a project and make it strong, you first need to collect context: explore competitors, find relevant references, and track emerging trends. This process takes time and energy — teams often spend weeks searching for examples, preparing decks, and shaping arguments. The preparation drags on, and projects lose momentum.
At Partdirector Studio, we developed Design Spotlight — a library of fresh cases from hundreds of design studios worldwide, updated daily with new projects.
With it, we create a selection tailored to your request, add competitive analysis and concise insights. The result is not just a collection of images, but a ready-made argument package — delivered in PDF + Figma format, ready to present to your team or leadership.
Quick Scan — €800
⏱ Timeline: 2 days
You get:
- A selection of relevant references
- A concise insight summary with key takeaways
- A presentation in PDF + Figma, ready to share with your team and management
Perfect for quick decisions, testing ideas, and internal meetings
Full Report — €1,800
⏱ Timeline: 4 days
You get:
- A structured overview of the competitive landscape
- A curated set of key references with commentary
- A strategic framework: how to apply insights to your project
- A complete presentation (PDF + Figma)
Perfect for budget approval, product redesign preparation, and justifying a marketing campaign
- Experience both on the client side and the agency side, across projects of different budgets and scales
- A deep understanding of what marketing and design teams need to convince decision-makers
- Our own tool, Design Spotlight, collects new projects from leading studios every day
- A growing database of 15,000+ cases from 350 studios worldwide
- Reports delivered in 2–4 days, immediately presentation-ready