GEMIS Studio is the product and interface design practice of GEM Information Systems. We diagnose what users actually do, redesign the screens that matter, and hand your developers something they can build — or build it ourselves, under the same roof.
Senior eyes on every screen. Designed and built under one roof.
South Africa
The design practice of GEM Information Systems.
Product, interface and web design for South African companies. Designed and built under one roof.
About
GEMIS Studio is the product and experience design practice of GEM Information Systems — we design the screen and build what we design.
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We never sell a stage. Developer handoff in the price. Thirty days of aftercare.
Support load rising. The team avoiding the internal system. A redesign that stalled after the Figma file. Underneath every one: nobody has mapped what actually happens.
Every engagement starts with a diagnosis and climbs only as far as you need. Prices published. Scope and price fixed in writing after the Teardown. Fee credited when you climb.
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01 — Diagnose5 days
Product Teardown
R6,500
A senior designer sits with your product for a week and comes back with what is actually wrong, ranked by impact — not a list of opinions.
TimelineFixed · 5 working days
EvidenceEvidence — WasteMart
CreditFee credited in full against any engagement booked within 60 days.
You get
0145-minute discovery session
02Ranked issue list with severity
03Five screens redesigned
0412-month product roadmap
Excl. VAT · developer handoff and 30 days aftercare includedBook a teardown→
02 — Refresh2 weeks
Interface Refresh Sprint
R18,000 – R25,000
The screens that matter most, redesigned to a developer-ready standard your team can build the following Monday.
TimelineFixed scope · 2 weeks
EvidenceEvidence — ManaGEM
CreditTeardown fee credited. Thirty days of aftercare included.
You get
01Up to 12 screens redesigned
02Component spec and tokens
03WCAG 2.2 AA contrast pass
04Developer handoff session
Excl. VAT · developer handoff and 30 days aftercare includedBook a teardown→
03 — Build6 – 8 weeks
Web Experience
R55,000 – R85,000
Design and WordPress build under one roof, so nothing is lost between the Figma file and the live site. Design-only handoff available.
TimelineDesign + build · 6–8 weeks
EvidenceEvidence — FINOS
CreditTeardown fee credited. Thirty days of aftercare included.
You get
01Content and structure map
02Full responsive design system
03WordPress build and CMS training
04Performance and SEO baseline
Excl. VAT · developer handoff and 30 days aftercare includedBook a teardown→
04 — EmbedOngoing
Embedded Designer
R20,000 – R35,000/month
A senior product designer inside your team, in 20, 40 or 60-hour bands. Continuity and standards without the R600k hire.
TimelinePer month · 3-month minimum
EvidenceEvidence — RentFlow
CreditThree-month minimum. Scale the band up or down monthly.
You get
0120 / 40 / 60 hour bands
02Weekly planning with your PM
03Design system ownership
04Direct line to our developers
Excl. VAT · developer handoff and 30 days aftercare includedBook a teardown→
✦ Developer handoff · WCAG 2.2 AA · 30 days aftercare — in every price.
All prices excl. VAT
Alternatives
Honest comparison, including doing nothing.
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A freelancer hands you a Figma file. We hand your developer a specified, buildable system — or build it ourselves.
Doing nothing costs the most and shows up last — in support load, churn and a team that quietly avoids the system. A Teardown tells you exactly what, in five days.
Most studios hand over a file and leave. We sit inside a systems company, so what we design has to survive engineering, procurement and the first month of real users.
01One roof
Designed and built under one roof
Our developers sit two desks away. What we draw, they ship — so nothing dies in handoff.
02Published
Published prices. Fixed after the Teardown.
Every service has a published price and a defined output. The Teardown fixes your scope and price in writing before any build begins.
03Senior
Senior eyes on every screen
One practice lead scopes, reviews and signs off each engagement. No junior bait-and-switch.
04Evidence
Evidence before opinion
We map what users actually do before we redesign anything, and every case study names the service it proves.
Practice lead
Sphamandla Xaba, Product UX Designer — every engagement is scoped, reviewed and signed off by the same senior designer, from Teardown to handoff.
Enterprise SaaSFintechOperations
Start here
Tell us what isn't working.
Two working days to a reply from the practice lead. No sales call — a short written read on whether a Teardown is the right first step.
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