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Design systems that hold up — for teams, and now for AI.
For over a decade we've helped product organizations build design systems that scale — from enterprise systems like IBM's Carbon integration and PetSmart's Sparky to AI-ready systems like CampusIQ's, where our own open-source tools give AI coding agents full awareness of the design system.
Today our practice centers on AI and design systems: discovery and research, token architecture, component engineering, workshops, and team augmentation — backed by the deep front-end craft built across years of web platform work for brands like Outside Inc, Point72, Better.com, and Stanford's d.school.
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Case studies
AI + design systems first, then the enterprise systems and long-arc partnerships that make it credible.
flagship / Higher Education Technology
CampusIQ
A context-based, token-first design system that unified three component libraries into 50+ React components with AI-integrated workflows.
AI + Design SystemsDesign SystemsFront-End DevelopmentReact
IBM
Migrating IBM Investor Relations to Drupal while integrating the Carbon design system — trust-critical financial communications, modernized.
Design SystemsDrupal ThemingFront-End Development
PetSmart
Sparky, PetSmart's design system — accessible components, documentation, and governance that unified a fragmented web presence.
Design SystemsFront-End DevelopmentReact
Seventh-day Adventist Church
ALPS: a global design system and WordPress theme balancing brand consistency with customization for thousands of institutions.
Design SystemsFront-End DevelopmentWordPress
Outside Inc
A 10-year partnership: from a static 2014 site to a WordPress multisite system powering Outside's family of publication brands.
Front-End DevelopmentUX/UI DesignWordPress
Better.com
A home-bidding platform spanning real estate listings, mortgage APIs, and insurance — delivered against an IPO-driven deadline.
Front-End DevelopmentReact
Stanford d.school
A Fractal-powered component library and front-end architecture that brought the d.school's unconventional visual identity to the web on a tight deadline.
Component LibraryCraft CMSFront-End Development
Point72
A multi-year WordPress partnership giving one of the world's leading hedge funds a digital presence as precise as its reputation.
Content ModelingFront-End DevelopmentUX/UI Design
Liquor.com
A fast-tracked Shopify storefront that diversified Liquor.com's revenue beyond affiliate links.
Content ModelingFront-End DevelopmentShopify
Wodify
A component-driven WordPress marketing platform that lets Wodify's team launch campaign pages fast across multiple fitness verticals.
Content ModelingFront-End DevelopmentWordPress
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The full ledger
Every engagement in the archive, newest first. Filter by the kind of work.
- 01 CampusIQ A context-based, token-first design system that unified three component libraries into 50+ React components with AI-integrated workflows. 2026
- 02 Wodify A component-driven WordPress marketing platform that lets Wodify's team launch campaign pages fast across multiple fitness verticals. 2026
- 03 Stanford d.school A Fractal-powered component library and front-end architecture that brought the d.school's unconventional visual identity to the web on a tight deadline. 2025
- 04 PetSmart Sparky, PetSmart's design system — accessible components, documentation, and governance that unified a fragmented web presence. 2024
- 05 Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts One flexible WordPress multi-theme powering 30+ unique but connected restaurant brand sites, manageable by a small corporate team. 2024
- 06 Toast Front-end development for 'On The Line,' Toast's editorial resource hub for the restaurant community. 2024
- 07 Point72 A multi-year WordPress partnership giving one of the world's leading hedge funds a digital presence as precise as its reputation. 2024
- 08 CURA Freight A discovery-led design system that standardized a complex logistics application's UI and simplified shipping workflows for every stakeholder. 2024
- 09 Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts A venue-showcase platform with integrated booking that turned eleven New Orleans event spaces into an engine for inquiries. 2024
- 10 Rio Hotel & Casino A headless Next.js/Faust.js web presence built in five months as the Rio broke away from the Caesars portfolio. 2024
- 11 Gallagher & Associates An animation-rich, accessible portfolio platform for a globally renowned museum planning and design firm. 2024
- 12 New Books Network A Craft CMS redesign with listener accounts, a recommendation engine, and Algolia search across 20,000+ literary podcast episodes. 2024
- 13 Adventist Review Two historic publications merged into one modern WordPress platform, with complex dual-source content migration. 2024
- 14 I Care If You Listen (American Composers Forum) A WordPress multisite migration and Northright-powered rebuild for an award-winning new-music publication. 2024
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15 Aspen Square A React and design-system engagement setting a new standard for Aspen Square's interface. 2024
- 16 Sustainable Energy Corps (AIChE) A custom-animated landing page and interactive project database promoting sustainable energy initiatives. 2024
- 17 Innova Recordings (American Composers Forum) A Drupal-to-WordPress multisite migration on Southleft's Northright theme, unifying three brands under one backend. 2024
- 18 Liquor.com A fast-tracked Shopify storefront that diversified Liquor.com's revenue beyond affiliate links. 2023
- 19 APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center) A year-long re-platforming of a massive research site — sophisticated content modeling, tiered membership access, and Drupal theming with Happy Cog. 2023
- 20 IBM Migrating IBM Investor Relations to Drupal while integrating the Carbon design system — trust-critical financial communications, modernized. 2023
- 21 Seventh-day Adventist Church ALPS: a global design system and WordPress theme balancing brand consistency with customization for thousands of institutions. 2023
- 22 Better.com A home-bidding platform spanning real estate listings, mortgage APIs, and insurance — delivered against an IPO-driven deadline. 2023
- 23 Outside Inc A 10-year partnership: from a static 2014 site to a WordPress multisite system powering Outside's family of publication brands. 2023
- 24 Kennedy Krieger Institute A HIPAA-compliant, DOD-funded resource hub serving military families, providers, and the public — with research-grade analytics. 2023
- 25 BmoreArt A bespoke WordPress platform and the careful migration of 12+ years of Baltimore art and culture coverage. 2023
- 26 eNotes Modular Pattern Lab components and a design system that lifted engagement on a subscription education platform. 2023
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