OB2.HOUSE

Manchester · Designing since 2018

We build brandsthat behave likeproducts.

A creative studio working with startups, sports and betting — brand strategy, identity and interface design, taken from proposition to shipped product. Find us in Manchester.

Our work

MaxEdge

Three of our five models failed their own test. We switched them off rather than dress them up.

Every price, every match, only real value 2026, Sports betting intelligence

SendTheJob

47% of calls to UK small businesses go unanswered. The advertising has already been paid for by then.

Miss the call, keep the job 2026, Trades software

Menu Guru

We cut a 19-click journey to under five.

Making a menu readable to two million people 2018, Foodtech

NerdBox

We told the founder the name was the problem. He kept it. We made it work anyway.

A rebrand delivered around a name we advised against 2018, Marketplace

Sitewise

Replacing the ring-round with a yes or a no.

One message instead of twenty phone calls 2020, Construction

Limbo Radio

Mixmag, FACT, Crack, iLOVEmanchester and Manchester's Finest all covered the relaunch.

A brand system running live, six hours a day 2019, Culture / Non-profit

Fusion Hub

A CRO programme that nobody can read is a CRO programme nobody funds.

Making experimentation legible to the people who fund it 2025, CRO / internal tooling
Fusion Hub overview: wins, losses, inconclusive and running tests, what was learned, and outcomes by surface