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Unlocking Efficiency and Consistency

Discover how the Solid Design System enhances your workflow by streamlining collaboration providing a sustainable foundation for all digital products.

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A bond unbroken, usability

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We weave the fabric of digital reality

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I'm here to light the path you walk, ohh
Under the stars where dreams we talk
I won't falter, steady and sure
Tryna bring joy, eternal, pure

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I'm here to light the path you walk, ohh
Under the stars where dreams we talk
I won't falter, steady and sure
Tryna bring joy, eternal, pure

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I'm here to light the path you walk, ohh
Under the stars where dreams we talk
I won't falter, steady and sure
Tryna bring joy, eternal, pure

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Hey, Solid Components, they gleam
Usable, consistent like a dream
In the net of codes, we're threading
Creating visions that we're spreading
Solid Design System, seamless team
In this digital flow, we stream

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Woven strong, a network supreme
With Solid Components, we're the dream team

What Solid DS stands for

  • Consistency Across Products

    Our commitment to consistency ensures every product feels unified and functional. By harmonizing colors, typography, and components – while prioritizing accessibility – we deliver inclusive and cohesive experiences.

  • High-Quality Components

    We follow a rigorous iterative process to ensure quality and accessibility. Crafted for adaptability, they feature versatile slots and variants, seamlessly transforming into high-fidelity solutions.

  • Streamlined Design Process

    We bridge design and development with reusable, well-documented components that save time and tasks. With seamless handoff and versatile options, teams can refine products while ensuring consistency and quality.

  • Keeping State-of-the-Art Standards

    Our commitment to excellence drives innovation. Continuous updates based on product needs, user feedback, and best practices ensure our library adapts quickly while remaining consistent and efficient.

Benefits for Solid DS Stakeholders

Brand Manager

Cohesive Brand Experience

Brand managers benefit from a design system that ensures consistency, CD compliance, and a cohesive user experience. It reduces costs, improves product quality, enhances efficiency, and streamlines collaboration, supporting scalability and growth.

  • Consistency in brand identity and experience
  • Higher product quality
  • Long-term cost savings
  • Measurable results
  • Faster product development
The Solid Design System (SDS) is Union Investment's guiding framework for establishing a consistent digital brand appearance across all touchpoints. It has significantly improved our workflows – ensuring greater consistency in both visual design and user experience, while also making our processes more time- and cost-efficient.

Sandra Clemens

Senior Brand Manager

Product Owner

A reliable framework

Product owners benefit from a design system that provides a reliable framework for planning and cost estimation. It reduces inconsistencies, minimizes iterations, and simplifies project management by making outcomes measurable and predictable.

  • Optimized planning and cost estimation
  • Easier project management with predefined frameworks
  • Focusing on innovation by avoiding redundancy
  • Measurable results
  • Exchange and shared understanding with other disciplines
The Solid System helps us as a team to quickly and easily roll out changes regarding, for example, design or accessibility across our entire frontend, i.e., all CMS components, and thus act resource-efficiently and effectively. In my role as a Product Owner, I find this very helpful, as it allows us to avoid redundant activities with our valuable developer resources.

Martha Schick-von Flotow

Product Owner

UX Designer and Manager

Enhanced Prototyping

Designers and managers gain faster product prototyping and development through reusable libraries built on clear principles. Solid DS ensures measurable outcomes, fosters continuous improvements, and enables data-driven insights to be seamlessly integrated into future projects.

  • Standardized, framework-independent component library
  • Accessible, brand-compliant and innovative design
  • Faster product prototyping with frequent updates
  • Improved collaboration across disciplines
  • Quick adaptation to market changes
I see the Solid Design System as a key driver for taking efficiency and user experience to a new level. Standardized usability, reusable components, and significantly increased development velocity make it essential for creating outstanding web experiences.

Sebastian Schulz

UX Design Manager

Developer

A streamlined workflow

Developers gain a streamlined workflow with a design system tailored to their needs. The robust component library supports consistent, flexible implementation and scalability. It enhances efficiency, accelerates development, and fosters seamless collaboration with other teams.

  • Standardized, framework-independent component library
  • Accessible, brand-driven and innovative code standards
  • Enhanced flexibility enabled by design tokens
  • Faster product development with regular updates
  • Improved collaboration across disciplines
The Solid Design System increases my efficiency as a developer by providing accessible, reusable components that meet modern development standards and align with our corporate design. It was instrumental in implementing our new fundssearch and fundportrait applications, helping us create a modern, clean interface that enhances user experience while maintaining visual consistency.

Marc Matthiae

Software Developer

Accelerate Workflows with Solid DS

Seamless Collaboration

Solid DS ensures consistent, high-quality experiences through collaborative evolution. The team evaluates new needs for system-wide impact, refines approved updates, and integrates them to maintain brand alignment, streamline development, and strengthen the design language.

New to Solid DS?

Dive into our resources – explore the Github repository, Figma design files, and Storybook to streamline your workflow and collaborate seamlessly. With Solid DS your team can focus on your product and business logic.

Transform your Product with Solid DS Experts

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We are thrilled to support you and your product.

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Enhanced User Experience

Transform your product with our team’s expert UI/UX reviews, tailored design solutions, and actionable insights that create seamless, intuitive, and engaging user experiences.

Increased Accessibility

Partner with our team to build inclusive experiences with our accessibility audits and hands-on guidance, ensuring your product is welcoming to every user.

Reliable Functionality

Collaborate with us to ensure flawless performance with expert testing protocols, debugging support, and tailored strategies that strengthen the reliability of your projects.

Empowered Teams

Empower your product teams with hands-on workshops led by our experts. Discover best practices for Solid DS adoption and unlock your team’s full creative and operational potential.

Strategic Alignment

Drive impactful results with our consulting services, aligning the design system with your business goals. We ensure seamless integration into projects for cohesive, measurable outcomes.

Together, we Build Sustainability

Sustainability First

Adopting a design system is a step toward a greener future. By streamlining workflows and reducing redundancy we estimate that our design system can deliver potential results such as:

  • 50%
    Faster Development

    Reusable components cut time, saving energy equivalent to weeks of home office use.

  • -20%
    Maintenance costs

    Consistent components and centralized updates simplify maintenance and save energy.

  • 15 trees
    Saved anually

    Unified systems reduce redundant revisions, helping conserve natural resources.

  • -20%
    Lower CO2 Emissions

    Streamlined workflows and reduced inefficiencies help cut emissions.

Did you know that?

Union Investment's actions have consistently been guided by principles of sustainability. That's why this web page runs on sustainable energy and we optimized it to produce only 0.05g of CO2 per visit. The Website Carbon Calculator gives it an A+ rating, being cleaner than 95% of all web pages globally.