I was handed a logo and a color palette. The client needed everything else — the system that turn...I was handed a logo and a color palette. The client needed everything else — the system that turn...
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I was handed a logo and a color palette. The client needed everything else — the system that turns a few brand decisions into a working enterprise product.
The project: a from-scratch redesign of an eIDAS-compliant B2B signature platform. Legally binding document workflows, enterprise customers, zero room for ambiguity.
I built the system in a deliberate order: icons → tokens → components → screens. Each layer constrained the one above it. That order is the whole method — by the time the first screen was designed, the system underneath was already stable. Screens demonstrated the system instead of driving it.
The token architecture had three layers: global primitives, alias tokens that describe intent (surface.primary, border.subtle), and component tokens that bind intent to elements. Sounds academic — until the team grew and other designers started building on top of my foundation. Some of my decisions held. Others got changed.
The token architecture absorbed both without breaking. That's the only test that matters.
A system that can't be changed isn't a system — it's a style guide.
Full case study — the setup, the build order, and three surfaces where the system did real work: bozenabulat.com/projects/b2b-signature-platform-redesign

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B2B Signature Platform Redesign

A token-based design system for a B2B signature platform built on an enterprise CRM. Turned inherited brand foundations into a scalable architecture.

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