Project

Lightelligence is OSRAM's platform to create custom IoT applications. With the main use case being facility management, the software combined sensors and other devices with our web app to operate smart buildings.

Challenge

Our team was tasked with the design of components and patterns that are used by OSRAM's clients to put together their own custom IoT appclications. Because of the wide range of applications for different industries, we decided to build a scalable design system to ensure a uniform user experience.

Atomic design and documentation

Since a scalable platform demands a lot of flexibility, an atomic design system was the ideal foundation for the product. Two factors were crucial for our success: first, an agile environment that allowed for rapid QA sessions with the external development teams. Second, our design system served as a single source of truth and was shared between designers, developers and the product owner. This enabled us to easily communicate accross barriers and timezones.

Patterns for developers

Our user group did not only consist of facility managers but also the developers, putting together the custom applications with our components. To increase trust in the platform we emphasized previews of complex settings and a clear feedback system.

My role

At deepblue networks I joined a small task force, almost exclusively working on the UI and UX of Lightelligence. Together we iteratively designed the web app in close contact with our client. We maintained a large design system as a basis for our work and for the developers at OSRAM.