solana.org
Solana
The Solana Foundation is a non-profit organisation headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to the decentralisation, growth, and security of the Solana network. I lead this project creating a robust design system and multiple UI page designs.
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Solana Foundation (under solana.org) offers grants to initiatives aimed at decentralising and growing the Solana network. Their old site was made by a team of developers with no designers. They needed a design system, structure and components/pages they could use themselves to independently build out their site in the future.
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I began working on ideation and forming creative territories for their brand. The direction needed to be a part of the Solana family but individually distinctive. As I worked on the UI designs I developed a design system, creating tokens and components that informed the following page designs, repeating the process. This gave the project the brand distinction and site structure it required.
Solana hero.
Solana page designs.
solana.org and solana.com are two separate entities that sit under the same company. While looking like a Solana sister brand it must be set firmly in it's own brand space.
Desktop / tablet / mobile breakpoints.
Components.
I formed creative territories, conceptualised / ideated and began initial page designs. As the page designs took form, I flowed the design tokens into the basis of the design system which in turn helped further page designs.
solana.org Design System tokens.
solana.org components ready for development.
Year 2022
Client Solana
Credits Daniel Reeve, Munch Patel.
Skills UI, AD, Design System.