Design systems & UI
Token-first component libraries that ship ten teams forward.
Design systems & UI is token-first component libraries that ship ten teams forward.
Why this work matters
Design systems usually fail not at design but at adoption. PMs work around them, engineers fork components, and 18 months later you have three button styles again. We solve adoption before pixels.
The work, in detail.
- Token-first architecture
- Storybook + visual regressions
- WCAG 2.1 AA
- Dark/light mode + brand themes
- Motion guidelines + reduced-motion fallbacks
- Adoption tooling for product teams
- →Token-first component library
- →Storybook + visual regressions in CI
- →Migration codemods
- →Accessibility audit + fixes
A design system that earns its keep: tokens, accessibility, motion, dark mode — all auditable, tested, and adopted across product surfaces.
The approach.
Tokens before components
Color, type, spacing, motion as semantic tokens — not hex codes. Theme switches become trivial; brand refreshes don't require touching every file.
Visual regression CI
Every PR runs Chromatic / Percy. UI bugs that would have shipped silently fail loudly in CI.
Adoption playbooks
Codemods, migration guides, lint rules, and per-team office hours. The system gets adopted because adopting it is easier than not.
Design systems & UI — common questions
Why do you say adoption is the real problem?
Design systems usually fail not at design but at adoption — PMs work around them, engineers fork components, and 18 months later you have three button styles again. We address adoption before pixels with codemods, migration guides, lint rules, and per-team office hours that make using the system easier than not.
What does token-first architecture give me?
Color, type, spacing, and motion become semantic tokens instead of hex codes, so theme switches are trivial and a brand refresh does not require touching every file. It is what makes dark/light mode and multiple brand themes maintainable rather than a rewrite.
How do you keep UI from regressing over time?
Every PR runs visual regression in CI through Chromatic or Percy, so UI bugs that would otherwise ship silently fail loudly before merge. That CI gate is part of the deliverable.
Is accessibility included?
Yes. We build to WCAG 2.1 AA, include motion guidelines with reduced-motion fallbacks, and deliver an accessibility audit with fixes as part of the engagement.
What do I get at handover?
A token-first component library, Storybook with visual regressions wired into CI, migration codemods, and an accessibility audit with fixes — enough for multiple product teams to adopt and extend the system independently.
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