Who we are

Optimal Usability is New Zealand’s leading usability consultancy. Our focus is making the world a more user-friendly place, online and offline. Our passionate team of usability and design specialists are based in Wellington and Auckland and we have a sister company in Australia.

Meet the team

What we do

It’s pretty simple really: we help you to deliver world-class customer experiences. We find out exactly how people use your website, product or service, and use this information to design interfaces that are easy and enjoyable to use.  

Our services


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Training and events

At Optimal Usability we’re all about supporting you. We offer a variety of training courses and events to help your team learn more about user experience.

 

 
 
 

Blog

UX London 2012 vs. Service Design 2012

Posted by Trent Mankelow in Conferences, service design, user experience on May 16, 2012.

By Leif Roy and Trent Mankelow

In April and May, we spoke at and attended two conferences on opposite sides of the globe – UX London 2012 in London and Service Design 2012 in Melbourne. Here are our highlights.

Service Design 2012

Attended by Trent Mankelow

I liked the intimate feel of this conference. With only 120-ish people it made the whole thing feel really friendly. The local case studies and content (there was nary a mention of Apple) helped to create a “we can do this” attitude. Read more »

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