Manhattan Design System

Creating a layered visual system that works seamlessly across any background, thereby transcending from 2D design into VR & AR with a cognitive psychology based color system to accent.

Visual Design, Design Systems
2023 - 2024
Sony Music Entertainment

brief

There was an idea pitched to me to update the foundations of the budding Manhattan Design System at Sony Music in a way that allowed for seamless white-labeling of our platforms as well as growth into VR & AR spaces. This involved

  • Solving the problem of assuring accessibility regardless of background using just one visual system, and
  • Creating a color system based cognitive pattern recognition that provides consistency & range.

More details to come, but for now feel free to thumb through my pitch decks for the color system based on cognitive pattern recognition as well as what I call The Glass Effect.

The Glass effect

The color system

results

Dark theme product application

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light theme product application

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After