Design Systems Consulting for Enterprise Teams

A design system developers actually adopt - built for speed, accessibility and consistency.

The problem

You have a component library, but adoption stalled. Teams still reinvent patterns, UI debt piles up, and the system is treated as overhead rather than infrastructure.

The gap isn't the components - it's governance, contribution, engineering ownership and the rollout plan that makes the system the path of least resistance.

Who it's for

Enterprise product organisations scaling across multiple teams and platforms, where design-to-development consistency, accessibility and delivery speed have become board-level concerns.

How we work together

Design system audits, token and architecture work, and adoption programmes - from a focused audit of what you have to a full rollout with governance and contribution models in place.

How I approach it

  1. Audit what you have, scope what you need - Assess the current system against how teams actually work, and scope the smallest set of changes that unlocks adoption.
  2. Get the token and component architecture right - Design token architecture and component hierarchy that hold up across themes, platforms and brands.
  3. Establish contribution and governance - Put contribution models, ownership and release management in place so the system evolves without becoming a bottleneck.
  4. Plan documentation and rollout - Document decisions and sequence a rollout that makes the system the default choice for product teams and engineers.

What you can expect

  • Faster delivery with less UI debt
  • A consistent, accessible experience across products
  • Token architecture built for adoption, not just aesthetics
  • Governance and contribution models the whole team can use

Led global design systems built for adoption and accessibility across enterprise and fintech products, from challenger banks to platform redesigns.

Related work, workshops & thinking

  • Case study: Creating a Global Video Conferencing Platform
  • Case study: LQID Bank - Challenger bank UX
  • Case study: GemCloud - Product design leadership
  • Workshop: Design Systems Developers Actually Use
  • Read: Why Design Systems Fail Adoption (and What Actually Works)
  • Read: Tokens Before Components: Build Your Design System in the Right Order
  • Read: Design Ops Is Not Overhead. It Is How Teams Scale Quality

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