Orbis Meridian is an independent UK business building thoughtful products across learning, games, useful software and sport.
The work is varied, but the approach is consistent: start with a real reason for a product to exist, build it carefully, be clear about what it does, and avoid treating your time or attention as something to exploit.
Featured from Orbis Applications
Turn separate recordings into one finished piece.
Bring in voice notes, trim unwanted beginnings and endings, arrange them in order and save one finished audio file — with projects and folders to keep everything easy to find.
Private testing
Not publicly available on the App Store. For iPhone and iPad.
Orbis Meridian divisions
Orbis Meridian works across four areas. Each has a different purpose, but they share the same approach: build carefully, communicate honestly and avoid monetisation choices that make the product worse to use.
Orbis & Ink creates research-led learning experiences designed to make knowledge engaging, beautiful and memorable across physical and digital formats.
Explore Orbis & InkOrbis Games Labs builds high-quality games that put gameplay first, with fair monetisation and a deliberately restrained approach to advertising.
Explore Orbis Games LabsOrbis Applications builds focused software that solves real problems clearly, respects privacy and earns its place on your device.
Current public work: AudioFolio
Explore Orbis ApplicationsOrbis Football creates well-researched digital experiences that help supporters explore the stories, records and history behind the sports they care about.
Explore Orbis FootballOur approach
A product should first be worth someone’s time. Revenue matters, but it should not become the design brief.
Paid upgrades, purchases or advertising should be understandable and proportionate rather than built around frustration.
We avoid unnecessary interruptions, manipulative urgency and engagement mechanics that exist mainly to keep people clicking.
When a product deals with learning, history, evidence or factual claims, research and source quality form part of the product itself.
More from Orbis is in development. We will share new products when they are ready to be shown.
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