Building Creative Guinep
Creative Guinep is our personal brand and design system, created to showcase the intersection of UI, UX, and front-end engineering that defines our work.
Project scope: A hybrid design–engineering project documenting the creation of the Guinep brand, design system, and portfolio.
Project breakdown:
- ✅ Define MVP layout
- ▇ Create colour palette
- ▇ Choose core type system
- ▇ Design and document components
- ▇ Add stylistic flare
- ▇ Improve spacing + rhythm
- ▇ Add subtle Animation/Micro-Interactions
- ▇ Performace & Accessibility optimisation
- ▇ Flesh out case study #2
- ▇ Final build
Define MVP layout (Current State)
Rather than designing everything in isolation and waiting for a “perfect” final version,
we approached Guinep the way we would approach any modern product: define a clear MVP,
ship early, and evolve intentionally.
The goal for v1 was simple: establish a minimal, functional foundation that we could build
on.
By stripping the interface back to monochrome UI, a single type system, and essential layout
rules, we were able to focus first on structure, usability, and clarity.
Each subsequent layer like typography refinement, colour exploration, component development,
and interaction polish will be added through an iterative, design-system-first process.
