Design Systems
We build design systems that enable your product, design and engineering teams for enduring impact.
What We Do
We have a proven track record of delivering comprehensive, scalable design systems. We build design systems, or libraries to serve as a central repository for our clients’ visual and interactive resources. Having assets organized, accessible and editable from one source means less confusion and faster turnaround time for your teams. Our robust design systems enable organizations to produce better results with less effort.
We begin every engagement with a research phase to understand your organization’s processes and collaboration methods. This approach paves the path for successful adoption across multiple teams and brands. Once we understand what kind of design system solution you need, we build it the way that suits you. We can create a complete design system from scratch, iterate on your existing design system, consolidate disparate design resources into one source, or migrate an outdated library onto a modern, industry-standard platform. Once we’re near completion, we write easy-to-understand documentation that makes hand-off seamless and secure.
With our battle-tested expertise, we'll help your team avoid structural, costly mistakes and guide you towards systems that are intuitive, long-lasting and easy to work with.
How We Do It
Our expert designers, engineers, and multi-discipline specialists, excels in creating or enhancing design systems. Our designers craft a comprehensive design library, incorporating interactive assets, brand-adjacent icons, type styles, error states, colors, and layout/padding conventions for all form factors. Our UX researchers bring best practices from a user experience perspective. We not only provide the library but also train and empower your team to maximize its potential, accelerating your feature release turnaround time.
Our engineers leave behind improved code, well-documented with working examples, and user-friendly systems. The outcome is a robust design library empowering your product, design, and engineering teams to rapidly create beautiful products.
What We Use
Our teams can adapt to client-required design technologies, but will always make recommendations on best practices, modern platforms and up-to-date methods. Our goal is to deliver design systems that can be used with ease, edited efficiently and stand the test of time.
Design
- Figma
- Figjam
- Sketch
- Miro
- Zeplin
- Zero Height
Development
- Storybook
- React
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- Styled Components
- Tailwind
- CSS-in-JS
"Over the last two years, I was able to form an incredible partnership with NF's Design Team. The designers challenged our assumptions through exceptional design thinking processes that centered around our customers. They helped level up our existing design team through constructive feedback loops and collaborative design sessions. They pushed us in new directions that raised the bar for our experiences."
Case Studies
Work with Us
We won’t just be an extra set of hands—we’ll help guide your strategy, enact best practices to ensure sustainability, and help your team level up along the way. Not sure where to start or have a few questions you need answered? Contact us to book a free discovery session to talk through your idea, project, or goals.
Get started for free and you’ll be contacted by one of our specialists to find out more about your project.
