Pizza, Prototypes and Practical Insights: How the UX Testessen at Arndtteunissen Went
31.3.2026
In cooperation with the German UPA association, Arndtteunissen hosted a successful Usability Testessen.
A successful kick-off: the Usability Testessen brings the community together
How do you actually make digital products better? The answer is simple: by testing them intensively. That is exactly why, together with German UPA e.V., we launched this event series in Düsseldorf. To break out of the often rigid framework of classic user tests, we initiated a kind of “test party” – the Usability Testessen at Arndtteunissen. Here, technical depth meets a relaxed atmosphere in which valuable feedback emerges quite effortlessly over pizza and cold drinks.
Our Managing Director Benjamin Arndt and Dominique Winter, Board Member for Professional Development at German UPA, welcomed around 20 motivated testers as well as the teams of the participating companies. At the stations, things quickly became concrete: among others, Ista had a new online ordering journey examined in a first iteration, while Steinbach & Vollmann put an innovative software interface for digital access solutions to the test.
The range of projects was impressive. The Spexa team used the evening to test their application for data-based health in the workplace, and Skinsure gathered valuable insights for their skincare analysis app. The insight at Epinoia was particularly exciting: as the application is still at a very early stage of development before market launch, the evening offered participants exclusive insights and gave the start-up the chance to gather important user feedback at this early stage for its further route.
For three and a half hours, there was intense energy. People documented, filmed, recorded and, above all, talked shop passionately. Our own agency UX designers were right in the thick of it, accompanied the tests and discussed initial findings with the teams. The format shows: when theoretical assumptions meet real users, surprises often emerge that now feed directly into further product development.
„The tests were extremely helpful – the testers were open, relaxed and everything took place in a really good atmosphere.“Welf Kirschner, Creative Director Digital Ista
„The response to the event was overwhelming and far exceeded our expectations. In fact, we had significantly more enquiries from companies and willing test participants than we had places at the stations. This enormous interest confirms to us that the need for genuine user-testing exchange in the region is huge.“Christian Malling, Senior Project Manager Arndtteunissen
We are delighted with this successful kick-off and, given the great success, are already planning the next one. If you don't want to miss the chance of honest feedback and methodical exchange, make a firm note of 2 July 2026 in your calendar or apply directly at testessen@arndtteunissen.de – then it will once again be time at Arndtteunissen to test, eat and optimise.