Global Retail
Challenge
7 brands, divergent UIs
Multi‑brand DS → design debt –70 %, TTM –30 %

That slashes design debt, accelerates delivery, and makes every experience unmistakably yours.
80 %
Orgs now maintain an in‑house design system
othr.zeroheight.com
63 %
Figma owns the primary design‑tool share
zeroheight.com
30 % faster
Dev time saved per feature when reusing DS components (IBM Carbon)
IBM - United States
35 % ↑ conv.
Consistent checkout UI lifts sales on big e‑com
zeroheight.com
100× cheaper
Fixing issues in design vs. post‑code
othr.zeroheight.com
2× revenue growth
Design‑mature firms out‑perform peers
IBM - United States
One source of truth for fonts, colors, grids, icons.
Reusable components cut new‑screen time by 30 – 50 %.
Token‑driven updates cascade across products in seconds.
WCAG 2.2 AA baked into every atom.
Theme switching supports M&A and white‑label apps.
Tokens & Storybook eliminate hand‑off drift.
brand heuristics, UI inventory, token mapping
color, typography, spacing, motion, elevation
atomic → organism patterns with usage guidelines
Zeroheight / Storybook, contribution model
Figma Variables → JSON → CSS/TS tokens in CI
lint rules, design linters, design‑ops OKRs
Challenge
7 brands, divergent UIs
Multi‑brand DS → design debt –70 %, TTM –30 %
Challenge
Inconsistent dark‑mode
Tokenized themes → support tickets –28 %
Challenge
Accessibility gaps
AA‑certified components → VPAT pass, market access ↑
secure form kit, high‑contrast themes
large‑type modes, patient empathy patterns
shoppable cards, promo banners
hero rails, watch queues, skeleton loaders
dense data tables, alarm badges
fare calendars, map overlays
badge gamification, progress meters
plain‑language forms, multilingual tokens
HUD widgets, haptic feedback components
usage charts, outage heatmaps
quote steppers, claims uploaders
route boards, driver card stacks
Token‑Generator CLI Figma → Style‑Dictionary → CSS/SCSS/TS.
Storybook Monorepo Chromatic visual diff + Zeroheight sync.
Accessibility Kit auto‑contrast, focus rings, screen‑reader labels.
CI Checks Stylelint‑config‑design‑system, Chromatic snapshot gate.
Heuristic + a11y reviews each sprint.
Visual regression CI (Percy/Chromatic) before merge.
Performance budgets (LCP ≤ 2 s, CLS < 0.1).
Component adoption tracked via telemetry plugin.
Figma, Tokens Studio
Storybook 8, Zeplin, Style‑Dictionary
Chromatic, Percy, axe‑core CI
Zeroheight, Backstage DS plugin, Spectral
Design‑System Guild — senior designers & engineers review every emerging spec (Figma Variables, CSS Subgrid, Material 3) weekly, codifying best‑practice playbooks.
Pattern Sandbox — Friday design‑jam where we prototype new components, run hallway tests, and pressure‑test token strategies before promoting to production.
Figma Variables, Style‑Dictionary, Theo
React (Storybook 8), Vue/Nuxt, Web Components
Storybook Docs, Zeroheight, MDX‑based live code
GitHub Actions, Chromatic, Axe Linter
Scalable consistency, delivered—so your product portfolio always looks, feels, and works like one.
Book a 30‑minute design‑system consult and start future‑proofing your UI today.