Honeywell DLS

Creating a global design system for Honeywell’s portfolio of products

Honeywell DLS
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We teamed up with Honeywell to create a global design system for its growing portfolio of digital products.

An international corporation with multiple business units, Honeywell needed a well-documented and extensible system to ensure consistency across its organization while also improving the end-user experience.

Honeywell DLS
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Establishing the framework

Working closely with Honeywell’s product teams, we defined a global design language for all of Honeywell’s software, redesigning a number of “hero” applications from Honeywell’s major business groups.

Abstracting those designs and learnings, we determined the content needs and organization for a system that would speak to both product and marketing groups.

floating components from the library

A complete design support system

Like any well-designed system, we created a set of modular layouts and controls that could easily be shared and leveraged across Honeywell’s business. Our design language contained everything from design tokens, such as colors and typography, to foundational UI components, while also providing templates for websites, emails, and marketing collateral.

The new design system allows Honeywell’s teams to quickly design and build everything from complex interfaces to robust communication materials, while also providing a common platform that can continue to evolve with the company.

floating components from the library

Throughout our engagement, I felt like thirteen23 was part of our team—working in lock step with us, facing challenges and deadlines together, and presenting to senior leadership.

JAY RAMACHANDRAN
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER, HONEYWELL

An extensible platform

To house the system, thirteen23 created an online design center, providing a central repository for Honeywell’s design and engineering teams. The site includes detailed content and interface requirements while also outlining the rules and guidelines underlying the design system.

The design center serves as a central repository, providing the foundation for all of Honeywell’s branding, communications, interfaces, and software.



Breadth of work

The design language system touched every part of Honeywell’s digital product space. This divergent content included animation, data visualization, navigation, e-commerce, search, typography, layouts, mapping, and more.

With an emphasis on accessibility, we ensured a consistent user experience across all of Honeywell’s products and services.


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