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01 about us

we design digital products, and we build them.

good friction is a design and development studio. websites, apps, ai experiences and design systems, made by one team from first sketch to launch.

02 our story

good products work. great ones get remembered.

  1. how it started

    two designers started good friction in 2026.

  2. what we believe

    a product should be easy to use, and hard to forget.

  3. why the name

    friction makes people stop and notice. we design the right amount.

03 the founders

the two of us.

good friction is two people. point attap one of us.

04 together

direction,
brought into focus.

every idea starts as a tangle. akhil gives it a direction. abhishek brings it into focus.

direction.

    focus.

      the work.

      products people stop for.

      where the two meet.

      05 why us

      why work with us.

      the same project, made two ways. see where the usual way breaks.

      01first call02design03build04launch05after launch
      the usual wayin pieces.

      a sales team pitches it.

      a design team designs it.

      a dev team rebuilds it, their way.

      the price has grown.

      a support team you’ve never met.

      with usin one go.

      you talk to the people doing the work.

      we design it.

      we build what we designed.

      the price we agreed.

      we stay.

      1. 01first callthe usual way: a sales team pitches it.you talk to the people doing the work.
      2. 02designa design team designs it.we design it.
      3. 03builda dev team rebuilds it, their way.we build what we designed.
      4. 04launchthe price has grown.the price we agreed.
      5. 05after launcha support team you’ve never met.we stay.

      the usual way: 3 handovers.

      with us: none.

      06 your turn

      most products slide straight past. yours won’t.

      tell us what you’re making. we’ll make it the one people stop for.