Home Space
Designing Systems for How Teams Actually Work
Project info
Deliverables
Web Development, UX/UI, Product Design, Product Development, Strategy, Design Sprint
Category
Architecture
Results
The work delivered a professional, scalable website, a custom internal system aligned with real workflows, and unified how the company operates and presents itself.
Timeline
41 weeks
The Overview
Home Space is a growing organization operating at the intersection of architecture, development, luxury cabinetry and bathrooms and project coordination. As the company scaled, their internal tools and external presence began to lag behind the complexity of how their teams actually worked.
They needed more than a website.
They needed structure.
Métisse was brought in to lead product strategy, run a design sprint, and design and develop both the public-facing website and a custom internal project management tool. Branding was developed in parallel by Six Cinquième, with whom we collaborated closely to ensure alignment across product, interface, and system behavior.
The process
The Challenge
Home Space was managing increasingly complex projects with tools that were not built for their workflows. Information lived across emails, documents, and disconnected platforms. Internally, teams lacked a single source of truth. Externally, the website did not clearly communicate the scope or sophistication of the work.
The challenge was twofold:
Clarify how the business actually operates
Translate that clarity into both a digital presence and an internal system
This required stepping back before designing anything.
Strategy and Discovery
We began with a design sprint to map the organization’s workflows, decision points, and pain areas. The goal was not to design interfaces prematurely, but to understand how work moved through the company.
Through workshops and stakeholder interviews, we identified:
Where projects stalled
How information was duplicated
Which decisions required visibility
What teams needed to see at a glance
What could be automated versus what needed human judgment
This strategic foundation informed both the website and the internal tool.
Solution
Website
The website was designed and developed to clearly articulate Home Space’s scope, credibility, and approach. Working in collaboration with Six Cinquième, we ensured the UX and structure reinforced the brand narrative while remaining practical and accessible.
The site became a clear entry point for partners, clients, and collaborators, aligned with how the company actually operates.
Project Management Tool
In parallel, we designed and developed a custom project management platform tailored to Home Space’s internal workflows.
The tool focused on:
Project visibility across teams
Clear ownership and accountability
Centralized documentation
Reduced reliance on email and fragmented tools
Interfaces designed around real usage, not generic templates
UX decisions prioritized clarity, speed, and ease of adoption. The goal was not to introduce another layer of software, but to remove friction from daily operations.
Outcome
Home Space gained:
A website that accurately represents their scale and professionalism
A custom internal system aligned with their real workflows
Improved internal clarity and coordination
A foundation that can evolve as the organization grows
Most importantly, both the external and internal systems now reflect the same underlying logic. How the company presents itself and how it works are no longer disconnected.
Why This Project Matters to Métisse
This project reinforced a core belief of ours.
Good design starts with understanding systems, not screens.
By leading strategy first and designing second, we were able to create tools that support how people actually work, rather than forcing teams to adapt to software that was never designed for them.
Home Space is a strong example of how strategy, UX, and development can work together to create clarity inside and out.
