Alloy Design System
Cara Matthew
Published
A collective problem for all digital products is the quintessential speed to market.
One of the largest blockers to this speed is the collaborative demands placed on product teams. A developer can no longer make agnostic design choices regardless of end-users, nor do they have the time to continually build unique, one-off, components with every feature, product or iteration. This is compounded exponentially when a team of developers is involved.
A designer cannot provide senseless designs without any consideration for technical constraints. Neither the designer nor the developer have the time for constant questioning, considerations and needed concessions to get a high-quality product shipped to eager customers.
The Solution: The Alloy Design Language System was created to reflect the patterns and components that underpin the Aktana product offering. These patterns and components provide a unified language and consistent look and feel when designing apps and products within the Aktana ecosystem.