49 senior people, 24-hour replies. Why teams choose Humbleteam over Imagination
Imagination is an experience design agency for live events, brand destinations, and content, with 13 studios worldwide. We are a 49-person product design company for the apps and platforms customers use every day, and we answer a new brief within 24 hours.
Facts about Imagination from their own site and LinkedIn · October 7, 2026
How each company describes itself
Imagination
Imagination calls itself “The Original Experience Design Agency.” Its site lists five solutions: consulting, destinations, content, live events, and investor communications. The about page counts 13 global studios and 500+ people and says the company has built its brand for over 50 years.
Studios include London, New York, Detroit, Dubai, Doha, Riyadh, Shanghai, and Sydney. LinkedIn lists 201–500 employees. Work on its site includes Guinness for Diageo, a season launch for Ford Racing and Red Bull Racing, and events for Major League Baseball.
Humbleteam
Every new enquiry gets our answer within 24 hours, and a project can begin the following week. The 49 people behind that promise sit in Prague and Dubai, and the senior designers on the first call stay on the work.
Our output lives on screens: banking apps, health platforms, sportsbooks, and AI tools. That covers 56 fintechs, 30+ major banks, and 30+ healthtech platforms studied for our UX research. Since 2017 we have shipped 200+ projects, won 80+ design awards, and earned a 4.9 Clutch rating across 35 reviews.
Why digital teams pick us over Imagination
The difference is what you get at the end: a product people use daily.
Tested screens within days
Our speed record is about software, not stage builds. An ING banking MVP went from zero to a tested product in 5 days, and a small-business banking prototype was designed and user-tested in 23 days. A typical brief reaches its first clickable prototype in 2 weeks, and AI skills make our app and web design 20–40% faster.
Depth in regulated digital products
Imagination’s solutions are built around places, events, and content. Ours are built around the product: onboarding, KYC, card states, health data, and AI interfaces. We have designed for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, studied 30+ healthtech platforms, and 5 YC-backed fintechs keep our designers inside their in-house product teams.
A small senior team you meet
We are 49 people, and senior designers on a Humbleteam project average 9 years of experience. The people you meet on the first call do the work. Since 2017 that team has delivered 200+ projects and 80+ design awards, and 70% of our clients return for a second project.
Humbleteam vs Imagination, side by side
Every Imagination fact here is from their own site or LinkedIn page. Where they publish nothing, the row says so.
| Compared on | Humbleteam | Imagination |
|---|---|---|
| Time to a tested prototype | 5 days for a tested banking MVP with ING Amsterdam | Not published on their site |
| Brief to first clickable prototype | 2 weeks on average | Not published on their site |
| How fast you can start | Reply inside 24 hours; product work underway next week | Not published on their site |
| Who does the work | The senior designers from your first call, 9 years of experience on average | 500+ people across 13 studios; how a project is staffed is not published |
| Fintech and regulated depth | 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, from onboarding to disputes | No digital product practice for fintech named on the pages we read |
| AI in delivery | 20–40% faster design with AI, plus agents installed inside your own design team | Not described as a delivery service on the pages we read |
| Best known for | Customer apps and platforms for banks, health companies, sports brands, and AI startups | Live events, brand destinations, content, and investor communications |
When Imagination is the better call
Two briefs that happen off the screen.
A launch event with thousands attending
Imagination’s site describes a week-long Detroit launch for Ford Racing and Red Bull Racing with projections and media. For a live launch with stages, crowds, and press, they produce the whole event.
A physical brand destination
Their work includes the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in London, part brewery and part brand experience. If you are building a visitor attraction or a permanent branded space, that is their core practice.
What a 49-person team delivers
Three numbers from our own record since 2017.
24 hours
to reply to a new brief
a project can start next week
200+
projects since 2017
64 of them on our /work page
4.9
Clutch rating
across 35 client reviews
Digital work you can check
Three products people open every day.
Afternoon
Platform and app for an AI-first finance operating model, designed from the first flow.
Luna Ring
A smart ring app that turns body data into guidance a wearer can act on.
AI agents inside a design team
AI agents set up in your own workspace, steered by your designers, and kept after the engagement.
Put us on the shortlist.
Send your product and the decision you are trying to make. We reply with the cases closest to it, a timeline and an estimate — and we will say so if the other option is the better fit.
Questions?
Is Humbleteam a good alternative to Imagination?
For a digital product, yes; for a live event, no. We design apps and platforms and took an ING banking MVP from zero to a tested product in 5 days. Imagination’s site lists consulting, destinations, content, live events, and investor communications across 13 studios. If the deliverable is software that customers log into, our 56 fintechs and 30+ banks are the more relevant record.
Humbleteam or Imagination: who delivers faster?
For screens, we publish the numbers: 5 days to a tested banking MVP, 23 days to a user-tested ING prototype, and 4 weeks to put Logitech’s booking app, website, and design system into production. On average, our briefs reach a clickable prototype 2 weeks after signing. Imagination’s site does not publish timelines for its projects, so ask for one in writing.
We need an app for our brand experience. Who should design it?
We should design the app, and an experience agency can run the venue. Our work covers onboarding, payments, accounts, and AI features, with 56 fintechs and 30+ banks behind it. We also benchmark 27 sports apps every four weeks for fan-facing products. Imagination’s site shows experiences, destinations, and events, and does not describe an app design practice on the pages we read.
How big is each team, and who does the work?
Humbleteam is 49 people in Prague and Dubai; the seniors you meet first, averaging 9 years of experience, design your product. Imagination’s about page counts 500+ people in 13 studios, and LinkedIn lists 201–500 employees. Its site does not say how an individual project team is put together, so ask who will be on yours.
How much does each cost, and how soon can we start?
We start with a fixed-price audit, a scoped implementation, or a monthly retainer, and the estimate comes on the first call. Our reply comes within 24 hours, and design work can begin the week after. Imagination’s site publishes no prices or start times. Neither company has a public price list, so compare written estimates for the same scope.
Other comparisons
Same structure, same sourcing rules, one page per shortlist we keep meeting.
What we checked, and when
Everything stated about Imagination on this page comes from their own public pages, read onOctober 7, 2026. We describe what they are strong at, not what they are bad at. If something here is out of date or wrong, write to hi@humbleteam.com and we will fix the page.
- imagination.com — home and about · read October 7, 2026
- LinkedIn — Imagination company page · read October 7, 2026
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