The same component gets rebuilt slightly differently every time a new screen needs it.
Service
Design systems that keep every team building from the same source of truth.
NetForemost builds design systems — tokens, components, and documentation — that keep design and engineering aligned as more people touch the product, instead of every team rebuilding the same button.
Design systems flowActive
- Audit existing UIInventory current components, patterns, and inconsistencies
- 02Define tokensEstablish color, spacing, and typography as reusable tokens
- 03Build core componentsDesign and document a shared component library in Figma
- 04Sync with codeAlign the component library with the front-end codebase
- 05Document and governPublish usage guidelines and a process for adding components
Why teams come to us
What this service helps you solve
Design and code drift apart because there's no shared source of truth for components.
Onboarding new designers or engineers takes too long because nothing is documented.
Deliverables
What’s included
UI audit and component inventoryDesign tokens for color, spacing, typography, and elevationComponent library built and documented in FigmaComponent states and variants (default, hover, disabled, error)Alignment with front-end component codeUsage guidelines and contribution processGovernance plan for adding or updating components
Process
How the service works
- 01
Audit existing UI to inventory components and inconsistencies
- 02
Define reusable tokens for color, spacing, and typography
- 03
Design and document a shared component library
- 04
Align the Figma library with the front-end codebase
- 05
Publish usage guidelines and a governance process
Roles
Roles that may support this service
Design Systems LeadUI DesignerFront-end Developer
Final roles are recommended after discovery.Discovery before SOW
Discovery comes before every reliable statement of work.
Before we recommend roles, timelines, or pricing, we need to understand your goals, technology stack, product situation, scope, risks, and constraints. Discovery helps us align expectations and create a realistic statement of work.
What discovery documents
- Business goals
- Product goals
- Technology stack
- Current situation
- Required roles
- Timeline expectations
- Budget expectations
- Risks and unknowns
- Success criteria
FAQ
Questions about this service
Even small teams benefit once a product has more than a handful of screens, since a design system is what keeps a single designer or engineer consistent with their own past decisions. We can scope a lightweight token-and-component set first and grow it as the team does.
We start by auditing your current front-end components and align the design system to what already exists wherever possible, rather than proposing a rebuild. Engineering involvement during discovery is what keeps this realistic.
That depends on the engagement — some clients bring us on as an ongoing team to maintain and extend it, others prefer we hand off documentation and a governance process for their in-house team to own.