Throughline Lab

Where ideas get
built.

A side project studio run by Kristina Olsen of fwd design co. This is the space for prototyping ideas, experimenting with tools, and shipping small apps — the building-things arm of a systems-minded design practice.

Current builds
Building
Mothering Together

A postpartum support platform featuring an AI companion, ElleMemory, designed to help new mothers feel less alone in the early weeks.

Maternal health
Live
Digital Welcome Guides

Mobile-responsive websites for vacation rental properties. A productized service for hosts who want to replace PDF guides with something guests actually use.

Productized service ↗
Building
Etc.

A social app for lists. Not notes, not threads — just lists. Things you're into, things you've watched, things you'll never do. No algorithm, no comments, no pressure. Browse free or go unlimited for $3/month.

Social / consumer ↗
Exploring
Next experiment

Something is always in the sketchbook. Throughline Lab is where hypotheses get tested before they become products.

TBD

Built by a systems thinker,
not a serial founder.

Throughline Lab is the build arm of fwd design co — a design consultancy rooted in information architecture and operations design. The products here come from real problems, built deliberately and shipped without the noise.

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Discipline
Information architecture + product design
Philosophy
Make complex systems legible
Based in
Traverse City, Michigan