Building a Cohesive Brand & UI System by Scott DS YoungBuilding a Cohesive Brand & UI System by Scott DS Young

Building a Cohesive Brand & UI System

Scott DS Young

Scott DS Young

Building a Cohesive Brand & UI Design System

Create a visual system that bridges marketing and product while maintaining a warm editorial personality across web and mobile. The goal was to transform a visual direction into a cohesive system that scales across brand, marketing, and product experiences.

The Challenge

Brand Overview

Launch combines editorial warmth with structured product design to create an approachable experience for students, families, and education consultants. Inspired by handwritten notes, paper textures, and journey-based storytelling, the identity feels personal, optimistic, and approachable. The paper airplane logo symbolizes momentum, direction, and new opportunities while remaining recognizable across digital and print applications.
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Visual Language

The visual language combines a warm editorial-inspired color palette, classic typography, handcrafted textures, and watercolor illustrations to create a welcoming learning experience. Graphic motifs—including paper airplanes, journey paths, taped notes, and milestone markers—reinforce the idea of progress while maintaining consistency across marketing and product interfaces. and mobile.
Ilustration style
Ilustration style
Textures
Textures

Iconography & Interface System

The design system extends beyond the brand identity into a cohesive interface language built on reusable icons, components, navigation patterns, and journey graphics. Each element follows a shared visual framework, creating consistency across marketing, web, and mobile experiences.

Icon Design Principles

Icons are constructed from simple geometric forms using consistent stroke widths, corner radii, spacing, and alignment. These guidelines ensure the library remains scalable, recognizable, and visually cohesive as new icons are introduced.

Journey System

Custom iconography and illustrated pathways guide students through key milestones in the admissions process, reinforcing the brand's central theme of progress while making complex information easier to understand.
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Posted Aug 6, 2026

Designed a scalable brand and UI design system in Figma with reusable marketing assets, components, illustrations, and responsive web/mobile patterns.