OutSystems
Build new pages and features on brand, without starting from scratch
A design system is the shared library behind your product: design rules, reusable components in code, and guidance on using them. We create one for a new product or draw it out of the one you already have, so developers and internal teams can build new pages and content quickly and on brand, in whichever tools they use.
When to call us
When every team builds its own version
If the same components get rebuilt across teams and tools, a shared system saves time and keeps everything on brand.
Every team has its own version of the same button, form and navigation.
The Figma library and the live product have drifted apart.
A new brand can't be rolled out across everything without a rebuild.
The same accessibility fix keeps being made in different places.
You have a component library, but no owner, no documentation and patchy use.
Why it matters
Building one is easy, getting it used is harder
Very few design systems are fully adopted, and the same few accessibility errors repeat across the web, when one fix in a shared component would cover every page.
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7%
of design system teams surveyed say their system is fully adopted across all teams.
Source: zeroheight, Design Systems Report 2026, vendor research, opens external site
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60%
of design system teams surveyed have no automation for their design tokens.
Source: zeroheight, Design Systems Report 2026, vendor research, opens external site
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96%
of accessibility errors on the top million home pages are one of six common types, such as low-contrast text and unlabelled form fields.
Source: WebAIM, The WebAIM Million, March 2026, opens external site
What we do
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Audit what you have
Every component across your products, how many versions of each exist, and where they differ.
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Build the foundations
Colour, type and spacing as design tokens, shared between design and code so a change happens in one place.
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Build the components
In Figma and in code, with every state and accessibility built in, starting with the ones used most.
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Document it
When to use each component, when not to, and how to ask for a new one.
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Hand over ownership
A named owner, a way to contribute, and a plan to move existing products across.
Worth knowing
What a design system is, and isn't
Three things worth knowing first.
A Figma file isn't a design system
Without components in code, documentation and an owner, the design and the product drift apart within a few releases.
It's never finished
A design system is a product your teams use. It needs a backlog, versions and someone looking after it.
You might not need one
One small product with one team may only need a tidy component library. We'll say so if that's you.
Self-check
Signs of design debt
If three or more of these sound familiar, a design system will probably pay for itself.
- Designers rebuild components that already exist somewhere else.
- Developers ask which version of a component is the right one.
- QA keeps finding the same visual bugs in different places.
- Accessibility fixes have to be made more than once.
- A brand change means touching every product by hand.
Questions
The things people usually ask
Plain answers about design systems, what's involved and what we need from you. Anything else, just ask.
Can you build on the library we already have?
Usually, yes. We start with an audit and keep what works.
Which tools do you use?
Figma for design. For code, whatever your products are built in.
How do we get teams to use it?
Build it with them, start with the components they use most, and make the system the easiest way to get work done. We plan adoption from the start.
