State Street Alpha supports multiple products built with an inconsistent and outdated design system. Components, patterns, and interactions vary across experiences, creating unnecessary complexity and making common tasks harder for users to understand and complete.
My Role
UI/UX Designer
Skill
Modernization and redesign the design System
Timeline
Sep - present
Teammates
Kiera Perryman
As we build new tools for financial advisors, we aim to modernize the design system with intuitive, scalable patterns that improve usability across Alpha’s data-heavy products while creating a stronger foundation for AI-powered experiences.
Overall Design
Collaborating with designers, developers, and product managers to evolve the design system. The system is still in progress as we continue redesigning and testing patterns across a wide range of Alpha products.
State Street: Design System Modernization
Modernizing an Enterprise SaaS Design System
Redesigning and modernizing an enterprise design system to improve consistency, scalability, and efficiency across products, while creating a smoother workflow for designers and developers.
Design layout and content
1. No embellishments
Remove visual clutter by avoiding borders and icons.
Use color, tone, and space to separate elements instead
No borders on inputs
Charts show only necessary borders for the value axis
No or minimal boraders on data grid