The cleanest first step is a direct email to arthur@schmidtpabst.com. If you already know which branch fits, go there. If not, start with the actual friction, the actual brief, or the actual uncertainty.
Good first-contact material can be very simple: what needs to improve, what is currently dragging, what kind of system or outcome is missing, and whether this is mostly a design question, an AI question, or a bridge between both.
Direct email arthur@schmidtpabst.com