Person-days
To deliver the complete digital adaptation of a new identity
Public sectorUNIL
A digital rebranding delivered in 8 days
How the design system structured by Wide let the University of Lausanne adapt all of its digital assets to its new identity.
The numbers
In 2025, Wide structured the University of Lausanne's design system. In early 2026, the university adopted a new visual identity. Thanks to the design system, the complete digital adaptation was delivered in record time.
less production time
Compared to an equivalent project without a design system in place
WCAG AAA
All colors tested and compliant from delivery
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A collaboration
in two phases
The UNIL project is more than a rebranding. It shows what a well-built design system is for: absorbing change without rebuilding everything.
Bringing the initial design system into compliance
Phase 1 - 2025
Delivery of a complete design system, connected to a governance model to maintain and evolve it
- Token architecture (primitives, semantics, components)
- Components built in Figma
- Figma & Storybook synchronization
- Governance: RACI, workflows, backlog
New identity, design system 2.0
Phase 2 - early 2026
Complete delivery in 8 days
- Digital adaptation of the new identity delivered by another agency
- WCAG AAA accessibility tests on all colors
- Adaptation of some components
- Automatic propagation through the token-first architecture
An identity to digitize to apply the new brand to the design system
Without the design system built the year before, adapting this identity to digital would have meant several weeks of work per interface. With the system in place, every design decision propagated automatically across all components.
With the design system
8 days
for the complete digital adaptation
Without a design system
3-4×
longer to deploy
The proof
in numbers
A design system is an investment that pays off with every new project.
8 j
of digital adaptation, complete rebranding delivered
59
components rebranded and synchronized
-50%
production time compared to an equivalent project without a design system
100%
of colors tested and WCAG AAA compliant
- Higher education
- Design system
- Lausanne
We saved precious time. With the design system in place, we can adapt all our platforms quickly and consistently.
Head of digital communication, UNIL
A design system that
absorbs change.
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