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Design System Lift-Off

From scattered components to a system your teams can build on

Every squad ships slightly different buttons, forms and modals. Storybook no longer matches production. Lift-Off covers the audit, token architecture, core components, Storybook and an adoption playbook in four weeks.

Timeline
4 weeks
Investment
€14–20k
Package
Design System Lift-Off

Use Lift-Off when every squad builds its own version

  • Every squad ships slightly different buttons, forms and modals
  • Storybook exists but stories do not match production usage
  • Figma variables and CSS custom properties use different names
  • Dark mode is bolted on instead of designed as a theme

What Lift-Off covers

An audit of the current foundation, then a token taxonomy, the core component set and Storybook documentation, with an adoption playbook for the teams that will use it. Components are prioritised by traffic, rework cost and accessibility risk.

Not included unless scoped separately

  • A rebuild of every existing component
  • Migration of every product to the new system
  • An accessibility conformance certificate

How Lift-Off runs

  1. Prioritise components by traffic, rework cost and accessibility risk.
  2. Define composition patterns before building one-off variants.
  3. Document states, edge cases and keyboard behaviour in Storybook.
  4. Pilot with one product squad, then expand with measured adoption.

What you receive

  • A token taxonomy from primitive to semantic to component
  • A core component set with typed props and accessibility baselines
  • Storybook documentation with usage do's and don'ts
  • A contribution guide, review checklist and adoption playbook

Investment

€14–20k

4 weeks, fixed scope

Estimate a custom engagement

How the price is set

Final scope depends on the number of components, products and teams included.

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Relevant published work

  • City of Helsinki, 2020 to present

    Helsinki Design System

    Research, component structures, accessibility review, documentation and delivery practices for a design system used across many digital services.

    Read the case study: Helsinki Design System
  • SAP, 2022 to 2026

    SAP Build Apps Design System

    The design system for SAP's low-code platform: 100+ components across Figma and React, serving 300+ developers and designers.

    Read the case study: SAP Build Apps Design System
  • VR Group, 2026 to present

    DSharp Design System

    Tokens, component contracts, Storybook, MCP, CLI and enforcement tooling for an AI-assisted design-system architecture.

    Read the case study: DSharp Design System

About Lift-Off

An audit of the current foundation, token architecture, core components, Storybook documentation and an adoption playbook.

Buying from Digitaltableteur

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Digitaltableteur, a Finnish sole trader registered in the Trade Register. Business ID 2264455-2, VAT ID FI22644552, Hämeentie 8 C 26, 00530 Helsinki.

Start with a 30-minute call

Talk through your products, teams and current components. A calendar invite arrives by email.