Design tokens
Colour roles, type scale, spacing rhythm and motion durations with contrast floors built in.
Design Systems & Front End
A system makes decisions. A library just stores them.
We build the token layer first, then the components, then the documentation — and we hand over the implemented code so nothing is lost between design and build.
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About the service
The tokens, components, patterns, accessibility standards and documentation that let a team ship consistent interfaces without re-litigating every screen.
Tokens before components. Code alongside design. Documentation short enough that people actually read it.
- The problem it solves
- Two hundred Figma components and velocity hasn't moved, because nothing in the file answers 'what does late look like?'
- Who it's for
- Teams with more than one designer, more than one front-end codebase, or visible drift between platforms.
- Why it matters
- Atlas Freight shipped 31 components and needed zero redlines at handoff. The value was the settled decisions, not the count.
What we offer
The pieces that make up a design systems & front end engagement.
Component library
Designed and implemented together in React, with every state covered.
Accessibility standards
Keyboard models, focus systems and live regions defined once, reused everywhere.
Documentation
Usage rules, do/don't examples and the reasoning behind each decision.
Migration plan
A sequenced path from the current codebase without a freeze.
Governance
Contribution model, review cadence and ownership after we leave.
Process
How a design systems & front end project runs.
01
Inventory
Every existing variant, catalogued — usually a sobering number.
02
Token layer
Scales and roles settled before any component is drawn.
03
Core components
The twenty that cover eighty percent of screens, built and tested.
04
Patterns
Composite behaviour: forms, tables, navigation, empty and error states.
05
Adoption
Migrate real screens with your team, in your codebase.
06
Handover
Governance, docs and a contribution model your team owns.
Benefits
What changes afterwards.
We agree the measure before the work starts, so this section isn't a matter of taste.
Faster shipping
Fewer open questions per screen means fewer meetings per feature.
No handoff loss
Design and code arrive as the same artefact.
Consistent accessibility
Compliance lives in the components, not in a final-sprint audit.
Cheaper change
A token change updates the product, not a hundred files.
Industries we do this for
- SaaS
- Fintech
- Healthcare
- Logistics
- Developer tools
- Enterprise
Related work
Projects that used this service.
FAQs
Questions we get asked.
- Which stack do you build in?
- React with typed tokens by default. We can target an existing framework where it makes sense.
- Do we need a full rebuild to adopt it?
- No. We migrate surface by surface, starting with the screens that change most often.
- Who owns it afterwards?
- Your team. We set up the governance and contribution model as part of the engagement.
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