Key Design Decisions
Three-Pillar Structure
Organized LSD into Guidelines (foundations), Components (building blocks), and Resources (tools)—mirroring the natural design workflow and making the system intuitive to navigate.
Living Documentation
Created the entire design system as an interactive Figma file with changelog tracking. This ensures documentation stays current and designers always reference the latest version, eliminating outdated style guides.
Figma Variables for Tokens
Leveraged Figma Variables to create dynamic design tokens—enabling instant theme switching, easier maintenance, and direct translation to code tokens for engineering handoff.
Mobile-First Component Library
Built all components with mobile-first principles and responsive behaviors, ensuring consistency across Brane's platform products while maintaining flexibility for different use cases.
System Overview & Philosophy
Introduction to LSD's three-pillar structure and design philosophy—explaining how the system works like a language where components are words that shape consistent, beautiful experiences.
Design Foundations
Core building blocks including comprehensive color system with primary, secondary, and shade variations; typography scale using Inter and Noto Sans; and button variants with all states.
Component Library
Reusable UI building blocks including inputs, dropdowns, buttons, and form elements—all built with Figma Variables for dynamic theming and consistent behavior across products.
Resources & Tools
Curated collection of Figma plugins, design principles, and workflow tips—empowering designers to work faster and maintain consistency across all Brane products.
Impact & Results
Reduced design-to-development time from 3-4 weeks to 1-2 weeks per feature.
Eliminated component duplication—teams now reuse standardized building blocks.
Achieved visual consistency across all Brane products and platforms.
Became the single source of truth for design and engineering teams.
Scalable framework supporting rapid product portfolio growth.
Improved design-engineering collaboration through shared language and documentation.
Positioned Brane as design-mature organization with professional systems.
Enabled faster onboarding—new designers get productive immediately using LSD.