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One shared design system
for every product team

We build design systems: shared design tokens for colour, type and spacing, and a component library every product team uses. Each component is accessible, documented and released in versions, so your products look and behave the same as they grow.

To kick off a scoped project
1–2 weeks
Daily overlap with your team
4+ hours
Monthly per squad, no hourly bills
Flat fee
Your code, designs and IP
100%

What's included

What we
build for you

6 capabilities, delivered by one squad. Use what you need now and add more as you grow.

  • 01

    Design tokens and foundations

    Colour, typography, spacing, corner radius, motion and density, set up for multiple themes and brands.

    • Theme scaling
    • Dark mode and density
  • 02

    Component library

    Components with stable APIs that teams combine into the screens they need, across all your products.

    • Accessible primitives
    • Composable variants
  • 03

    Accessibility and QA

    Components built to be accessible, with documented behaviour and automated regression checks.

    • Keyboard and ARIA support
    • Visual regression tests
  • 04

    Design-to-code workflow

    Figma libraries and token sync, so a change made in design reaches code without being retyped.

    • Figma libraries
    • Token sync
  • 05

    Documentation and examples

    Usage guidance, do and don't rules and live code examples for each component.

    • Playgrounds
    • Do and don't rules
  • 06

    Governance and versioning

    A contribution model, review steps and versioned releases, so the system changes in a predictable way.

    • Contribution RFCs
    • Release discipline

Our approach

What usually goes wrong,
and what we do instead

  1. The usual way

    Colours, spacing and type are hard-coded, so they drift from product to product.

    How we do it

    Design tokens for colour, typography, spacing, density and motion, set once and shared across themes, brands and platforms.

  2. The usual way

    Teams fork component variants, and every release costs more to maintain.

    How we do it

    Accessible base components with stable APIs that teams combine rather than copy, so there's one version to maintain.

  3. The usual way

    No contribution model, no versioning and no feedback on how the system is used.

    How we do it

    A clear way to propose changes, versioned releases and automated checks that stop regressions before they ship.

Architecture

How it's
put together

Each layer has a clear job, so the system is easier to secure, test and extend.

  1. Layer 01

    Tokens and foundations

    One source of truth for colour, typography, spacing, density and motion, built to work across themes and brands.

    • Token taxonomy
    • Theme strategy
    • Multi-brand support
  2. Layer 02

    Component architecture

    Accessible base components, a limited set of variants and consistent patterns that stay easy to maintain.

    • Accessible primitives
    • Variant discipline
    • Stable APIs
  3. Layer 03

    QA and accessibility checks

    Automated checks for keyboard behaviour, contrast, states and interaction rules, so changes don't cause regressions.

    • WCAG-based rules
    • Visual regression tests
    • Interaction contracts
  4. Layer 04

    Governance and adoption

    A contribution model, versioning, changelogs and adoption tracking that keep the system trusted and in use.

    • Contribution RFCs
    • Versioned releases
    • Adoption insights

How we deliver

From first review
to live in production

4 phases, each ending with an output you can review.

  1. Step 1: UI and system audit

    Take stock of your components, patterns, token needs, accessibility gaps and how decisions about the system get made.

    Output: Design system blueprint

  2. Step 2: Tokens and foundations

    Build the token structure, theming approach and foundations that keep the UI consistent across teams.

    Output: Token-based foundations

  3. Step 3: Components and QA checks

    Ship accessible components with regression checks and documented behaviour for each one.

    Output: Shared component library

  4. Step 4: Govern, adopt and evolve

    Set up the contribution model, versioning, migration paths and adoption playbooks across your organisation.

    Output: A system teams keep using

Your team

Who works
on it

Specialists join your squad for this work, alongside a delivery lead who keeps you updated.

  • Design system architect

    Defines the token structure, theming approach and what the system covers across products and brands.

    • Tokens
    • Themes
    • Foundations
  • Accessibility and QA lead

    Keeps keyboard behaviour, ARIA patterns, contrast and regression checks reliable from one release to the next.

    • WCAG
    • Regression testing
    • Interaction rules
  • UI platform engineer

    Builds the components, their APIs and the integration patterns that make the system easy to adopt in each app.

    • React
    • Component APIs
    • Patterns
  • Docs and adoption lead

    Writes documentation, examples and migration paths, and tracks adoption so the system becomes the default.

    • Documentation
    • Migration
    • Adoption

Trust and control

Safe by design,
not by policy alone

  • Versioned releases and changelogs

    Changes arrive in a predictable way, with clear upgrade paths for every team using the system.

  • Accessibility and QA checks

    Rules and tests catch regressions before they reach your products.

  • Contribution and adoption model

    Teams propose changes through short written proposals (RFCs) and a review, so the system grows without forking.

  • Adoption tracking

    We track which teams use which components, so gaps and outdated versions are easy to spot.

You keep full ownership of the code, configuration and documentation we create, with no vendor lock-in.

Tools and standards

We pick what fits your product and team, not the other way round.

Design and code
  • Figma
  • React
  • Design tokens
Accessibility
  • WCAG
  • ARIA
Practices
  • Visual regression testing
  • Contribution RFCs
  • Versioned releases
  • Changelogs

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FAQ

Straight
answers

Have a different question? Ask it on a 30-minute call.

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An enterprise design system is a shared set of design tokens, components and usage rules that every product team builds from. Tokens hold values such as colour, type and spacing, and components such as buttons and forms use them. With one source, your products look and behave the same and changes ship once.

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