How We Help
We specialize in the tough to tackle, the stalled out, and the don't know where to start. The systems we build create transformative results for our clients.
The Design Systems Experts
Sparkbox has been working with design systems for almost a decade. We have strategic, UX/UI, and technical expertise, allowing us to create and evolve successful systems alongside our clients.
AI: Balancing Innovation with Humanity
AI has transformed the digital landscape with shocking speed. Sparkbox is committed to using AI when it can provide true value to our clients and their users.
The Right Team at the Right Time
Successful products usually require flexible, multidisciplinary teams, and that can be hard (or expensive) to staff internally. Sparkbox can support your team with the skills you need exactly when they'll be most valuable.
System Builds
Sparkbox clients benefit from more than a decade of design system experience. Our work spans everything from early strategic planning through system launch and continued evolution. We bring a collaborative, long-term approach to every engagement.
Strategy & Planning
- System audits and asset assessment
- Cultural and maturity assessments
- AI readiness review
- Token architecture & theming strategy
- Tooling evaluation/recommendations
- Governance and workflow models
- Roadmapping
Tactical Delivery
- Token development
- Component library design
- Accessible, reusable components
- Design and development assets
- Layered component architecture
- Frontend system architecture
- Documentation sites
Organizational Readiness
- Communication strategy
- Documentation and training
- Coaching and team leadership
- Contribution models
- Sustainable transition of ownership
- Adoption strategy
UX Strategy & Design
Digital products should be driven by the needs of the end user, so we put a lot of effort into getting to the bottom of what those needs are. This allows us to create user interfaces and functionality that exceed expectations and support measurable results.
Strategic Planning
- Audience definition
- Requirements gathering
- Evaluations and audits
- Data and research analysis
- Recommendations
- Roadmapping
User-Focused Solutions
- Interviews
- User research and analysis
- Journey mapping
- Information architecture
- Wireframing
- Usability testing
- Application and design system planning
Visual & Interactive Design
- Concept design
- UI design
- Design systems
- User testing
- Rapid prototyping
- Animation
Development & Engineering
Sparkbox was founded by software engineers and has been focused on building a better web for more than 15 years. Our expertise is both broad and deep which allows us to bring creativity and consultative thinking to our clients. Technology is changing constantly, and a big part of our job is continual learning.
Standards-Based Fundamentals
- HTML, modern CSS, and JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Frontend frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, Lit, Angular, React Native)
- Web Components for framework-agnostic delivery
- CMS and platform integration (e.g. WordPress, Contentful, Drupal)
System Architecture & Tooling
- Design token pipelines and theming (e.g. DTCG format, Style Dictionary, Figma Variables)
- Storybook, documentation sites, and Figma Code Connect
- Documentation and tooling built for AI coding agents (e.g. MCP servers, agent-readable docs, rules and skills files)
- Monorepos and package publishing (e.g. Nx, Turborepo, pnpm workspaces, Changesets)
- Component architecture across product teams and micro frontend environments
Quality & Shipping
- Build and deploy pipelines in your environment
- Unit, interaction, and end-to-end testing (e.g. Vitest, Testing Library, Playwright, Storybook interaction tests)
- Visual regression testing (e.g. Chromatic, Percy, BackstopJS)
- Accessibility testing and audits (e.g. Axe, WAVE, manual assistive technology testing, WCAG 2.2)
- Performance monitoring and budgets (e.g. Lighthouse CI, bundle size limits, Core Web Vitals)