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WORK / 003 / 2024

NovaLab

Repositioning a technology company for larger ambitions.

Industry
Technology / Software
Discipline
Digital
Type
Corporate Website / Service Platform
Duration
8–12 weeks
Engagement
Multi-phase build
PlayLab's role
Designed and developed
Status
Live and publicly accessible
Website
novalab.studio
Last verified
10 Aug 2026
Role
Creative Direction, Information Architecture, UX/UI Design, Web Design, Development, Content Structure

NovaLab is a technology studio working across custom software, digital products, development and business technology services.

The digital challenge was scale.

The website needed to communicate a broad technical capability while remaining commercially clear enough for companies evaluating a serious technology partner.

The spine

01  /  The brief

Reposition a software studio for larger, more serious engagements without discarding its technical credibility.

02  /  The constraint

Depth was the selling point and also the risk: every proof point wanted to be on the surface at once.

03  /  What we made

  • Positioning and information architecture
  • 1 corporate flagship — 16 templates
  • Service and capability presentation system
  • Case study framework
  • Build and CMS-ready structure

04  /  What came of it

Technical depth is now reachable in one step from any page, without a single page having to carry all of it.

01  /  Context

NovaLab serves businesses needing more than a simple development vendor. Its offering spans custom software development, product engineering, digital transformation, integrations, AI-enabled services and related technology work.

A broad capability set creates an information architecture problem: how do you communicate depth without turning the website into documentation?

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02  /  Idea

COMPLEX CAPABILITY.SIMPLE DECISION.

The website architecture was designed to reduce complexity at the surface while allowing deeper information to exist underneath.

Visitors can quickly understand what NovaLab does, who it works with, what kinds of projects it delivers and why the company is credible — then move deeper into individual capabilities.

03  /  Experience

The website combines a strong commercial homepage with dedicated service architecture, case studies, business-oriented content and conversion paths.

Rather than treating every capability equally on one page, the system creates layers. Overview first. Proof second. Depth when needed.

This gives both executive buyers and technically minded visitors an appropriate entry point.

Information system

  • Studio positioning
  • Service architecture
  • Custom software
  • Product development
  • Business solutions
  • Case studies
  • Proof and metrics
  • Engagement models
  • Contact and project qualification

04  /  Making

The work was structural before it was visual. We wrote the architecture as a decision path, then designed the pages that path implied.

Depth lives one level down, so the surface can stay short enough to read standing up.

Technical depth without technical clutter.

Credits

Creative Direction
PlayLab
Information Architecture
PlayLab
Web Design
PlayLab
Development
PlayLab
Client
NovaLab
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