CLIENT: Arundo Analytics
DATE: 2022 - Present
INDUSTRY: Technology
ROLE: Senior Product Designer
ARCO is a unified design system developed to ensure consistency across Arundo Analytics' key products, such as SAM, Carbon Path, and Energy Optimiser. It brings together UI components, design principles, and coding standards, allowing teams to build reliable, cohesive interfaces. By leveraging tools like Storybook and Figma, ARCO streamlines collaboration between design and engineering, ensuring alignment throughout the development process.
As the lead designer on the ARCO project, my primary challenge was unifying the design of products created by different teams, each using separate component libraries. These inconsistencies led to fragmented user experiences and diluted Arundo’s brand identity. My first step was to communicate the strategic importance of developing a cohesive design system to stakeholders, followed by securing critical support from the engineering team. Achieving this alignment required clear communication and collaboration across departments.
As the lead designer on the ARCO project, my primary challenge was unifying the design of products created by different teams, each using separate component libraries. These inconsistencies led to fragmented user experiences and diluted Arundo’s brand identity. My first step was to communicate the strategic importance of developing a cohesive design system to stakeholders, followed by securing critical support from the engineering team. Achieving this alignment required clear communication and collaboration across departments.
The development of ARCO fostered a sense of shared ownership across teams, creating a common language between designers, developers, and stakeholders. This alignment has not only enhanced collaboration but also reduced misunderstandings, leading to a higher-quality final product. ARCO’s unified framework makes it easier for different stakeholders to quickly prototype solutions, allowing teams to focus on solving unique challenges and significantly accelerating design and development cycles.
In addition to providing a governance framework, ARCO has streamlined workflows and enabled more efficient code reuse across teams. As Arundo’s products evolve, the system ensures they adhere to established standards and best practices, maintaining consistency across the board. This not only enhances the overall user experience but also strengthens Arundo’s brand identity, demonstrating the lasting value of investing in a cohesive design system for a complex, diverse product suite in the industrial analytics space.
In addition to providing a governance framework, ARCO has streamlined workflows and enabled more efficient code reuse across teams. As Arundo’s products evolve, the system ensures they adhere to established standards and best practices, maintaining consistency across the board. This not only enhances the overall user experience but also strengthens Arundo’s brand identity, demonstrating the lasting value of investing in a cohesive design system for a complex, diverse product suite in the industrial analytics space.