Research & Usability in Chicago.
Interviews, tests, and competitive audits. Shipped by senior engineers in Chicago, async-first, fixed-price.
IRPR.io ships research & usability work for Chicago teams — engineering-led, async-first, and senior-only. Interviews, tests, and competitive audits.
Our design & cx practice has delivered research & usability projects across startups, scale-ups, and enterprise operators. Every engagement is fixed-price, fixed-scope, and ends with a production-grade handoff.
Chicago sits at the intersection of finance, logistics, and enterprise software. Home to Morningstar, Groupon, and a dense trading/fintech cluster, it's one of the most pragmatic, revenue-focused tech ecosystems in the country.
Types of research & usability we ship for Chicago teams.
Design system
Tokens, components, patterns, docs - Figma + code in parallel.
Product redesign
Research, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, engineering handoff.
Mobile UX
End-to-end iOS and Android product design with platform idioms.
Accessibility audit
WCAG 2.2 AA audit with remediation and VPAT delivered.
Research-first discovery
User interviews, JTBD mapping, and design direction.
Enterprise redesign
Dense-information UX made usable - without losing functionality.
Research & Usability for every Chicago business.
Search terms people type, matched to products we've built. Nothing on this list is hypothetical — every category here has shipped code.
Design by product type
Design engagements
─── don't see yours? we've probably built it. book a call ───
Industries we build research & usability for in Chicago.
Why Chicago is a tech city.
Chicago sits at the intersection of finance, logistics, and enterprise software. Home to Morningstar, Groupon, and a dense trading/fintech cluster, it's one of the most pragmatic, revenue-focused tech ecosystems in the country.
Research & Usability that ships - on Chicago's terms.
Chicago-aware engineering
We know the fintech and logistics buyers in Chicago. Our roadmaps reflect what local operators actually ship.
Senior-only delivery
Every research & usability project is led by an engineer who has shipped this work in production. No junior delegation.
Fixed price, fixed scope
You know the budget and timeline before engineering starts. Change orders are priced transparently.
US-aligned async-first
We overlap Chicago work hours for standups, demos, and decisions. No overnight timezone drag.
Compliance by design
HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI, GDPR - baked in at architecture, not bolted on for audit. We've passed first-attempt audits for clients in your industry.
Your code, your IP
Every repo, piece of infrastructure, and document is handed off on day one. No proprietary frameworks, no lock-in.
Idea → Roadmap → Product → Release.
Every engagement runs through the same four-stage pipeline. Predictable by design.
More from Chicago.
Other services we ship in Chicago, and the same research & usability expertise in other US metros.
Other design & cx work we ship in Chicago.
Questions clients ask first.
Your research & usability project in Chicago, shipped.
Book a discovery call with an engineer who has shipped research & usability projects for Chicago teams. 30 minutes, no deck.