Work
Design systems I’ve built
The real value of a system is one that your team can understand, use and own.
- UBS
Design system, AI integration, template architecture
- Challenge
- A dashboard product where every page was laid out from scratch.
- Outcome
- Ongoing. AI built into the system, under strict security and governance.
- Lantern
Lux 4.0, audit and handover
- Challenge
- Bloated components, inconsistent naming, no docs, accessibility gaps.
- Outcome
- Two-tier tokens, a Figma-to-Tailwind pipeline, and a handover roadmap.
- Greystar
Design system and website
- Challenge
- A design system and website for a global residential platform.
- Outcome
- System and feature work, including the fee calculator.
- Bupa Global
Design system and website
- Challenge
- Its own brand and website, without leaving the shared Bupa system.
- Outcome
- A dedicated token layer, a component library, and a site built from both.
- T. Rowe Price
Design system across three contracts
- Challenge
- A design system for a US investment firm, built across two timezones.
- Outcome
- Four years, three contracts, and the team owned it in between.
- EON
App design system
- Challenge
- An app design system needed quickly, covering billing and support flows.
- Outcome
- The app flows shipped with guidelines to keep them consistent.
Case studies
The full stories, with names, numbers and what happened at handover. If you want to read them, tell me a bit about the role or project and I’ll send you a link.
Open. The links are on the engagements above.
Thinking
- Audit framework: three months to diagnose, simplify and hand over a design system.
- Spacing tokens: the directional spacing system I use, published in full.
- Signature moments: a disciplined system can still have a personality.