Migrating a Design System Without Losing Data Density
Tatyana Konstantinova
Published
SoundMouse is a royalty reporting and cue sheet platform for film and broadcast. When the brand team required a font size change from 12pt to 14pt system-wide, with no smaller compromise size available, it broke nearly every dense screen in the product - cue lists, production headers, filters.
I accepted the full 14pt change and redesigned the structure around it instead of fighting for a smaller size. Secondary data moved into tabs and drawers, and actions consolidated into overflow menus, so the product stayed on-brand without becoming harder to use for people scanning dense rights and production data all day.
I worked closely with the business development manager and product owner as the platform changed to support onboarding major clients, including Disney and Sony.
Link for the visuals:
https://www.twine.net/signin