Design and
UX
SDEN designs product interfaces — research, wireframes, design system, accessible by default — with the design tokens shared between Figma and the production codebase.
What this domain covers
Design at SDEN is not a layer painted on top of engineering — it sits inside it. The same engineer who scopes the data model is in the room when the wireframes are reviewed, and the same designer who runs user research watches the engineering team integrate the feedback. The output is a product whose interface and architecture were decided together, not stapled together afterward.
Accessibility is a default, not a feature. We ship to WCAG 2.2 AA on every product unless the client explicitly chooses a lower bar — and we test against assistive technology before we declare a release. Design tokens (color, type scale, spacing, motion) live in a single source of truth, exported into Tailwind for engineering and into Figma libraries for design — so the system stays in sync without manual reconciliation.
Design and UX — the SDEN defaults
Defaults we ship
- User research before wireframes; wireframes before high-fidelity design
- Design system tokens shared between Figma and Tailwind / code
- WCAG 2.2 AA as the default accessibility bar
- Motion budgets that respect prefers-reduced-motion
Deliverables
- User research notes and synthesized findings
- Design system (tokens, components, documentation)
- Production-grade UI integrated by the same team that designed it
- Accessibility test results against the published WCAG criteria
What we refuse to ship
We will not hand over a Figma file as if it were a deliverable. The deliverable is the shipped interface, integrated and accessible — Figma is a working artifact, not the product.
Design & UX
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