Lykdat Design System
Rabiat Mustapha
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Posted Oct 3, 2025
Developed a unified design system for Lykdat, improving UI consistency and development speed.
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Lykdat Design System
From Fragmented UI to Unified Product Suite: An Audit, Design, and Rollout Initiative
Problem
Lykdat’s product suite was shipping fast but inconsistently:
Multiple button styles, corner radius, and colors
Typography applied ad hoc
No single source of truth for devs
New designers forced to reverse-engineer patterns
Result: fragmented UI, rework for engineers, slower development, and a clunky experience for users.
Process
1. Audit & Research
Built a UI inventory across all live products
Conducted dev/PM interviews → surfaced friction (“Which button do we use?” “Designs change without notice”)
2. Foundations
Defined color palette, typography scales, spacing, grids
3. Components
Buttons, forms, tables, cards, navigation, and states
Responsive, reusable Figma components aligned with dev naming
4. Documentation & Adoption
Notion guidelines with usage & edge cases
Weekly demos with product team
Slack feedback loops + design reviews
Design & Structure
I structured the system into three key levels:
Atoms
The basic building blocks of the interface. They can’t be broken down further without losing meaning.
Molecules
Combinations of atoms working together as a unit.
Organisms
Complex UI components composed of groups of molecules and atoms.
The Outcome & Improvement
Unified design system adopted across all products
Faster design-to-dev handoff and fewer bugs
Stakeholders noticed cleaner, more professional interfaces
Prototyping 2x faster: Designers reused components instead of rebuilding from scratch
Impact
Consolidated UI patterns: Reduced duplicates (e.g., 6 different button styles → 1 standard)
Onboarding significantly faster: New designers ramped up quickly with a single source of truth
Fewer UI-related bugs: Engineers built directly from aligned Figma components and guidelines
Cleaner, more cohesive UI: Stakeholders highlighted more professional, consistent interfaces