Manhattan Hydraulics is a product design company in NYC

Work

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Black Socialists in America

A refined product vision for a democratic digital organizing platform

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Cocoon

The first marketing website, e-commerce booking platform, and Shopify app for Cocoon, the premier destination for families in NYC

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Swell

A fresh documentation site to help developers power their e-commerce sites with Swell

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Hudson Carbon

A streamlined map-based purchase interface for a premium carbon offset marketplace

Capabilities

Whether you've got a napkin sketch or a successful product at scale, we'll help you launch a simple, intuitive experience. We’ve worked on product discovery for pre-seed start ups, mvps for going to market, and done embedded teaming for product iteration.

Embedded Teaming

We embed our team with yours, working as closely and precisely as the in-house team you’d hire if you could. Together we form a tight-knit, coordinated effort to steward ideas from hunch, to definition, to production.

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Clients

Black Socialists in America

Black Socialists in America is an American socialist political group that organizes predominantly among black working-class people and whose stated goal is to create a national platform and network for those who identify as Black American socialists.

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Cocoon

Cocoon is a social and learning club in NYC that offers holistic, expert-led programming to help parents navigate family life.

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Hudson Carbon

Hudson Carbon is a mission-driven organization researching regenerative farming for climate change mitigation. They study how regenerative farming can maximize carbon capture, and sell carbon offsets directly to users from organic farms.

Swell

Swell is a headless e-commerce company that gives developers, agencies, and merchants around the world the tools and infrastructure to sell on the internet the way they want.

Studio

Hydraulics began as a three-person crew at Sanctuary Computer in December 2020. Today, we're a team of five interdisciplinary designers, strategists, and technologists from a variety of creative backgrounds. All contributors are equal and empowered with the autonomy they need to do their best creative work.

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Our Team

We work hard to make our studio a great place to be, and care about embodying our values—in our process, practice, and as people.