Design

Interfaces degrade. User expectations evolve. Conversion friction compounds.

This pillar governs how your digital presence supports decisions—and how it adapts as those decisions change.

What design protects

Design prevents interface decisions from becoming technical debt, user flows from accumulating friction, and visual systems from fragmenting across touchpoints. It guards against the moment when users stop trusting your interface because it no longer feels coherent.

Interface degradation is invisible from the inside. The team that built it sees intention; users see confusion. Conversion friction compounds across every touchpoint until the entire funnel underperforms, and no single fix addresses the problem.

Constraints enforced

Information hierarchyPrevents users from making wrong decisions first
Flow continuityPrevents drop-offs at transition points
Pattern consistencyPrevents cognitive load from fragmented interfaces
Visual signalingPrevents misread intent and missed CTAs

How design interacts with other pillars

Design takes direction from strategy and hands specification to engineering. Growth cannot test what isn't built correctly, and engineering cannot implement what isn't defined precisely.

Without continuous design governance, interfaces accumulate inconsistencies. Each 'quick fix' introduces debt. Each new feature inherits assumptions from the last. Within 12 months, the interface no longer reflects the business.