What I do
Design products and the systems that hold them together.
Known for
Design systems · Product craft · 0→1
Focus
Interfaces · Systems · Prototyping
Work
Vista: product rebrand
Product + BrandEnd-to-end redesign of the marketing site and product surface for a growth-stage SaaS team.
3.1× demo signups.
Atlas Design System
Design systemsA component library and token system built to scale across four product teams.
Adopted by 40+ teams.
Field studies
PrototypingInterface explorations and prototypes from client and self-directed work.
Recent
Systems and surface are one job
A design system that nobody enjoys using is just documentation. The craft is making the rigorous thing also feel effortless. That's a single piece of work, not two.
Recognition
3.1× demo signups
Vista product rebrand.
40+ teams
Atlas design system adoption.
Featured
Designer spotlight, 2024.
About
I started in brand, fell for interaction, and never looked back. The work I care about lives where a clear system meets a surface someone actually enjoys using, so I design both at once, from the token to the moment it ships.
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Who is Maya Okonkwo?
I design products that feel obvious in the hand and coherent under the hood. The system and the surface, treated as one piece of work.
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Entities: Design systems · Product craft · 0→1 · Interfaces · Systems · Prototyping