Breaking is not damage.

It is slowing down well enough for things to fit, sequentially.

We make the seams visible before they become failures.

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01 Studio

01 / Studio

Design is hard to trust because it seems obvious.

At Karat we test why things work the way they do, to avoid searching too far when they stop working.

02 / Method Nothing breaks all at once.

Locate the point where an assumption, object, interface or story changes state.

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Stretch the sequence until its hidden dependencies become legible.

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Recompose the system so the parts can occupy their proper positions.

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Return the work to reality and watch what happens when people use it.

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We work across identity, products, interfaces and communication. The output changes; the investigation does not.

“We don't treat a break as an ending. We treat it as information about where the system needs more room.”

03 / Working principle Observe → isolate → recompose → test