Givvo

Overview

Givvo was created to help others find the language and ease to give gifts to people that matter to them. A digital product that eases the mental burden of selecting a gift and reduces the awkwardness of asking for one.

Categories

Digital Product

Empathetic Design

Date

12 May, 2026

A personalised gift discovery product built from scratch:
Defining the problem, designing the experience, and architecting the system.

7

quiz questions to a curated result

8–12

gifts per discovery session

6+

core product flows

Full

social gifting network layer

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Discovery

The problem with gift-giving isn't choosing.
It's starting.

| "I think every gift discovery (product) asks you what you want. But I don't even know where to start so I always try to begin with what I notice or remember about them."

12+

men interviewed

2

Co-creation sessions

Wishlists solve a distribution problem. They don't solve the problem of knowing someone well enough to surprise them. Givvo was built on a different premise: the giver already has the information they need, they just need a structure to act on it.

Givvo

Overview

Givvo was created to help others find the language and ease to give gifts to people that matter to them. A digital product that eases the mental burden of selecting a gift and reduces the awkwardness of asking for one.

Categories

Social Innovation

Product Innovation

Date

12 May, 2026

A personalised gift discovery product built from scratch:
Defining the problem, designing the experience, and architecting the system.

7

quiz questions to a curated result

8–12

gifts per discovery session

6+

core product flows

Full

social gifting network layer

Read details below

Discovery

The problem with gift-giving isn't choosing.
It's starting.

| "I think every gift discovery (product) asks you what you want. But I don't even know where to start so I always try to begin with what I notice or remember about them."

12+

men interviewed

2

Co-creation sessions

Wishlists solve a distribution problem. They don't solve the problem of knowing someone well enough to surprise them. Givvo was built on a different premise: the giver already has the information they need, they just need a structure to act on it.

Givvo

Overview

Givvo was created to help others find the language and ease to give gifts to people that matter to them. A digital product that eases the mental burden of selecting a gift and reduces the awkwardness of asking for one.

Categories

Digital Product

Empathetic Design

Date

12 May, 2026

A personalised gift discovery product built from scratch:
Defining the problem, designing the experience, and architecting the system.

7

quiz questions to a curated result

8–12

gifts per discovery session

6+

core product flows

Full

social gifting network layer

Read details below

Discovery

The problem with gift-giving isn't choosing.
It's starting.

| "I think every gift discovery (product) asks you what you want. But I don't even know where to start so I always try to begin with what I notice or remember about them."

12+

men interviewed

2

Co-creation sessions

Wishlists solve a distribution problem. They don't solve the problem of knowing someone well enough to surprise them. Givvo was built on a different premise: the giver already has the information they need, they just need a structure to act on it.