Services

System design and architecture

Need help with design tokens, component design, or managing your library ecosystem? We’ve got the expertise to guide you through these challenges.

Whether you need us to dive in and solve problems or help you learn as you go, we’re here to keep your design system on track.

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Design tokens

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Design tokens

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Design tokens

Using tokens for the first time? Supporting dark mode too? Theming for 50+ brands? Mystified by semantic and component tokens?

We'll help you craft effective tokens to unlock myriad opportunities.

Resources

Nathan's writing on effective token naming for a team’s shared understanding across design, code, and handoffs.

Medium.com • 230,000+ views

We led the Verizon Design System team to deliver design tokens as Figma variables, which the team presented to Figma's Framework.

Youtube.com

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Component design and production

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Component design and production

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Component design and production

In order to scale, design systems UI components must be high-quality and robust to serve widely shared needs.

We'll help you architect API, design solutions, and handoff cleanly.

Resources

Cross-disciplinary teams identify what to include, when to fit API into a workflow, where to author together, and how behaviors change.

Medium.com

Dig into the details of how to specify a component's anatomy, property configurations, layout and more.

Medium.com

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Component composition

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Component composition

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Component composition

To scale, design systems must be flexible. Yet catalogs and features are opinionated and rigid. Changes take too long. Adopters wanting a remix end up frustrated and fork design and code.

Is that the future you seek? We can help you do much better with the components and patterns that matter most.

Resources

Nathan presents at WebExpo on findings on UI component composition sourced from many client projects.

Video of WebExpo Prague Talk, April 2023

How to divide components into reusable chunks and flexible containers, dispersing an API across parts as you go.

Medium.com

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Library ecosystems & tiers

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Library ecosystems & tiers

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Library ecosystems & tiers

Groups want to make and share components too. However, a federated approach is difficult. Quality stinks. Process hinders. It's just all chaotically organized.

We can help you create a platform, curate contributions, and enable sharing across teams.

Resources

Improve capabilities and quality to promote ideas from a team or group upward through an architecture everyone shares

Medium.com

Inspiring thoughts of roles, tasks, and the library life cycle to get your team started.

Medium.com

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Ready to get started?

Let's connect to discuss your project's goals, scope and approach.

Directed Edges LLC

12805 Misty Creek Ln

Fairfax, VA 22033


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Directed Edges LLC

12805 Misty Creek Ln

Fairfax, VA 22033


Twitter • LinkedIn • Email

Directed Edges LLC

12805 Misty Creek Ln

Fairfax, VA 22033


Twitter • LinkedIn • Email