Design Systems

We design, build, and scale bespoke design systems tailored to the unique needs of your technology venture. From comprehensive component libraries, style guides, and pattern libraries to documentation - we provide highly considered solutions for scalable growth.

Trusted by 100+ Leading Technology Companies

Benefits of a Design System

Unified design standards, enabling scalable product delivery.

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Consistency

Solidify your brand's integrity by utilising a design system that guarantees uniformity across all UI design touchpoints. From mobile applications to marketing websites, convey a consistent brand with reusable components, amplifying user trust.

Faster Development

Empower your product teams to hit the ground running with predefined design elements and standards. Streamline development workflows using design tools, reduce redundancy with reusable components, and bring your digital products to life swiftly.

Efficiency

Maximise the return on your product design efforts. With a single source of truth, avoid common design problems, make efficient design decisions, and ensure impactful, purpose-driven choices are made at pace.

Scalability

Design and build for the future, not just the present. A design system ensures your digital products can evolve faster and adapt to new challenges, without compromising the integrity of user experiences.

Improved UX

A harmonious design speaks directly to the user, making interactions intuitive and memorable. Good design systems elevate user experiences by ensuring every touchpoint is thoughtful yet consistent.

Maintenance

A structured design system simplifies updates and iterations, ensuring that code snippets and changes are easily integrated, keeping your digital presence and digital experiences fresh and up-to-date.

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Design System Capabilities

Design Principles

Foundational design principles ensure every interaction and UX decision aligns with your brand's core values, enabling tailored, resonant user experiences from MVP to mature product.

Material Design

Ensures interactions that foster early user adoption and loyalty.

Atomic Design

Robust and adaptive UI that provides a scalable and cohesive user experience.

Interaction Design

Creating sustained user engagement through every product adaptation.

UX Design

Aligning present needs and future engagements with brand values.

Style Guide

Crafting a unique digital footprint, our meticulous style guides ensure your brand’s voice remains undeviating and distinctive across every platform.

Colour

Strategic colour palettes to elevate brand perception and consistency.

Typography

Communicate your brand’s character, ensuring readability and cohesiveness.

Iconography

Intuitive and aesthetically aligned with your brand’s identity.

Brand Voice

Maintain a steady brand voice by adhering to visual principles and guidelines.

Pattern Library (UI Kit)

Accelerating product design and ensuring aesthetic and functional consistency across all interfaces, providing rapid, reusable design solutions.

Reusable Components

Centrally housing crafted UI elements and design patterns for product coherence.

Efficient Design

Quick, dependable design elements for consistent, high-quality components.

Supporting Product Teams

A solid, flexible foundation of elements and patterns for product development.

Consistent UI

Uniformity across UI, fortifying brand identity and user experience.

Component Library

Optimise your product design and development processes, ensuring consistent, adaptable, and scalable UI components.

Single Source of Truth

Uniform, meticulously crafted UI components, enhancing brand and UX.

Developer-Friendly

Enhanced workflow with components designed for seamless integration.

Scalable Components

Adapt and scale without sacrificing design consistency or functionality.

Adaptable UI

Tailor UI/UX elements to your brand while maintaining usability.

Why work with us

Cost Effective

You're investing in a partnership that respects your budget without compromising quality. We provide transparent pricing tailored to your type of app, ensuring you get the best value without unnecessary expenses. Whether you're developing a social media platform, an e-commerce solution, or a business tool, we align top-tier results with sensible expenditure.

Tailored approach

Rather than forcing you into a one-size-fits-all model, we design an engagement strategy that adapts to your project requirements, business stage, and budget. Our strategists work closely with you to refine your app concept, improve rankings, and develop a scalable roadmap.

Full-stack development team

With expertise in mobile applications, custom software development, and web app development, we offer end-to-end solutions that cater to diverse industries. As trusted New Zealand app developers, we've built frontend and backend solutions that excel in app development in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and beyond. Our work has been recognised through industry case studies, and we are among the top app development companies.

Rigorous quality assurance

We ensure flawless digital experiences with comprehensive testing, performance optimisation, and code reviews. Our commitment to quality extends beyond development. Our ongoing maintenance support helps refine your product with new features and updates.

Highly Collaborative

We don’t just build products, we co-create with you. From early discovery to launch day (and beyond), our team works closely with yours to ensure alignment, clarity, and momentum at every stage. Expect clear communication, shared goals, and a partner that feels like part of your team.

AI & machine learning capabilities

We leverage machine learning, big data, and artificial intelligence to develop intelligent, data-driven software solutions. Our expertise in AI enhances automation, analytics, and decision-making for every project's success.

Client Testimonials

Turning an idea into a successful startup requires speed, strategy, and scalable execution.

Scott, Jodie, and the team at Edition have been outstanding. They led our rebrand and website project with clarity, care, and serious attention to detail. They quickly became more than just a creative partner. We now see them as an extension of our team.

Paul Rassie

Founder

The Edition team are especially great when it comes to delivering beautiful digital experiences. Kernel engaged Edition’s expertise to deliver the next evolution of our investment platform and a new marketing website. We found a very dedicated and talented team who went above and beyond to get us what we needed.

Armin Svoboda

Head of Digital Product

Edition is an exceptional choice for anyone seeking UX strategy and design services. Their expertise, collaborative ways of working, and impressive results make them a fantastic partner. Taking the time to understand our industry’s nuances, to dive deep into our customer’s problem space and our users’ day-to-day needs meant that the results have been fantastic.

John Antonie

Digital Experience Director

We were super happy with the work and loved interacting with the team, they took time to get to know our business and were exactly what we needed at the stage we were at in terms of budget and time commitment.

Sean Simpson

Founder

Incredible team to work with who went above and beyond. We have been complimented on our new brand and website consistently. Would recommend Edition extremely highly!!!

Alex McNaughten

Founder

I worked with Edition to create a design system and I loved their professionalism, the level of communication and the engagement over the duration of the project.

Sébastien Pierre

Head of Digital

We loved working with Edition to define a brand strategy that truly aligned with our business goals. They created an identity for Finbase that feels refined and authentic, plus built a new marketing website that’s helped drive a noticeable increase in inbound enquiries. The entire process was seamless, and the team were fantastic to collaborate with. Highly recommended!

Pernell Callaghan

Founder

What truly set Edition apart was their team's firsthand experience as customers of Tend, enabling them to grasp our unique value proposition and the impact we're making on healthcare in Aotearoa. they became an invaluable extension of our team. Highly recommend Edition for their professionalism, expertise, and genuine commitment to their clients' success.

Sarah Aldworth

Head of Marketing

Loved dealing with the team at Edition over the past couple of years. They are super responsive and have their finger on the pulse with the most up to date design and build practices. Highly recommend!

Chris Caigou

CCO & Co-founder

We have worked with the team @ Edition for the last two years to bring our vision for Carepatron to life. The team has been amazing, partnering with our customer and development teams to turn our vision into beautiful designs. I would strongly recommend Edition to any start-up or technology company that needs support from a world-class product design team!

Jamie Frew

Founder

Working with Edition was an outstanding experience. Their process was thoughtful and collaborative, starting with a deep dive into who we are as a business to ensure the new direction stayed true to our identity. Meetings were concise, recommendations were strategic, and every decision was purposeful.

Ben Tan

Head of Product

The team at Edition are fabulous to work with. They have prioritised building solid relationships with us, learning about our values, story, and vision, and working transparently and collaboratively. Edition is an invaluable asset, and we could not do what we do without them. Highly recommend!

Holly Dixon

Product Manager

The team at edition are both fantastic to deal with and really know their stuff. I can't rate them highly enough. Scott and Jodie have built a great company here. If you are looking to take your business to the next level, it's well worth your time to have a chat with them.

Shane Bradley

Founder

If you’re looking for a design agency that brings creativity and dedication to the table, we’d happily recommend Edition. The team were collaborative, open to feedback, and committed to delivering high-quality designs that enhanced our platform’s user experience.

Gene Dower

CTO & Co-founder

Paul Rassie

Founder

Armin Svoboda

Head of Digital Product

John Antonie

Digital Experience Director

Engagement models

We offer two unique engagement models to suit project needs.

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Project-based

We work with you to clearly define a scope and execute this based on an approved project approach.

Dedicated project team

Defined scope of work

Single delivery

Typically 1 - 3 months

Team-based

We establish a team comprising of key capabilities and allocate each team member at a dedicated capacity.

Extension of your team or fully outsourced team

Prioritised backlog of tasks

Several deliveries

Typically 3+ months

Benefits of a Design System

Digital Products

Using a design system accelerates the digital product journey. It offers product designers a unified design language, facilitates swift development iterations, and ensures a consistent and delightful user experience throughout.

Websites

Maintaining a website with a design system means guaranteed uniformity, efficient updates, and an refined user experience. It ensures every customer interaction is consistent, intuitive, and on-brand.

Brands

Elevate brand credibility and loyalty by ensuring every digital touchpoint, from marketing campaigns to landing pages, aligns seamlessly with your brand's core values by integrating a well thought out design system.

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Design System Projects

NZX

The backbone of New Zealand’s financial system.

Kami

The world’s most used digital classroom tool.

Zipp

Simplifying client updates.

FAQs

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What are the benefits of a design system?

A design system is more than a toolkit—it’s a strategic asset. Streamlining design decisions accelerates product development, fosters seamless collaboration across teams, ensures brand consistency, and offers users an intuitive and memorable experience with your brand. It's like having a north star for your brand’s digital journey.

Does my company need a design system?

If you're looking to elevate your brand's digital experience, ensure consistency across platforms, or streamline collaboration between teams, the answer is yes. Whether you're launching a new product or scaling an existing one, a tailored design system can be the game-changer, setting the stage for growth and innovation.

What are the key components of a design system?

It's the combination of vision and detail. At its core, a design system encompasses guiding design principles, a meticulous style guide, a versatile pattern library (or UI kit), a ready-to-deploy component library, and crystal-clear documentation. It’s the holistic toolkit that marries aesthetics with functionality, ensuring every interaction resonates with the voice of your brand.

What’s the difference between a design system and a component library?

A component library, an integral part of the design system, is a curated set of reusable UI elements, pre-coded for swift deployment. In contrast, a design system is an overarching umbrella, encapsulating design rationale, visual standards, interactions, voice, tone, and strategy. While a component library offers the building blocks, the design system provides the vision and narrative for how those blocks come together.