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Digital capabilities for the work your business needs.

We design and build digital experiences, create the foundations behind them, and help keep them moving forward. Start with a defined project or work with E12 as an ongoing digital partner.

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Digital Experiences

Websites, ecommerce storefronts, and applications designed around the needs of the people who use them.

We design and build business websites, ecommerce storefronts, and applications. The work can begin with a new launch, a redesign, or a specific part of an existing product, with a clear scope and a practical plan for delivery.

We agree on the implementation scope and any specialist contributors before work begins. Frontend engineering support depends on the agreed scope and specialist availability.

Capabilities

  • Business and marketing websites
  • Ecommerce and commerce experiences
  • Applications and product UX
  • Customer journeys and information architecture
  • Interface design and prototyping
  • Design handoff
  • Frontend collaboration

A good fit when

  • You need a website, storefront, or application with a clear purpose
  • An existing experience needs to be redesigned without losing what already works
  • You need a defined project now, with the option of continued support later

Product Infrastructure

Design systems, reusable components, and scalable foundations that help digital products remain consistent as they grow.

We help teams create and improve the shared foundations behind their digital products: design systems, reusable components, and clear ways of keeping design and code aligned. This is product and interface infrastructure, not a general hosting or IT service.

Capabilities

  • Design system assessment and roadmap
  • Design token architecture
  • Semantic token systems
  • Figma Variables
  • Component architecture
  • Multi-brand and multi-product foundations
  • Contribution and governance models
  • Design-to-code alignment
  • Fractional design systems leadership

A good fit when

  • You need a design system that teams will actually use
  • You support multiple brands, themes, or platforms
  • Design files and production code have drifted apart
  • You need senior systems leadership without a full-time hire

Digital Operations

Ongoing improvements, maintenance, content management, and technical support to keep digital experiences working for the business.

We help keep an existing website or digital product useful as the business changes. Support can include maintenance, content updates, technical support, and focused improvements. We agree on priorities, responsibilities, and a review cadence before the work begins.

Support coverage, response expectations, and specialist involvement are agreed for each engagement. This is not a promise of round-the-clock support.

Typical work

  • Website maintenance and technical support
  • Content and feature updates
  • Focused experience improvements
  • A shared roadmap and regular reviews

A good fit when

  • Your website or application needs continued attention after launch
  • Your team needs help with content updates, maintenance, or technical changes
  • You want an ongoing digital partner without building a large internal team

Product infrastructure

Design systems remain a core specialization.

For teams managing multiple products, brands, or platforms, we create shared design foundations that make consistent work easier. The examples below are original independent demonstrations, not client work.

Explore the design systems detail.

  • Design token architecture

    Token structures that separate raw values from intent, so themes, brands, and platforms can change without rewriting components.

  • Semantic color systems

    Color roles defined by purpose, with contrast built in, that scale across brands and light or dark contexts.

  • Component architecture

    Component APIs and variants that are predictable to use, reasonable to maintain, and consistent between design and code.

  • Governance and contribution

    Decision-making and contribution models that keep a system healthy without turning the system team into a bottleneck.

  • Multi-brand and multi-product foundations

    Shared foundations that let distinct products and brands stay recognizably themselves while reusing what should be shared.

  • Mobile design systems

    Systems that respect platform conventions while keeping a coherent product experience across iOS, Android, and web.

  • Design-to-code alignment

    Shared vocabulary, naming, and workflows that reduce the translation work between design files and production code.

  • Product design leadership

    Hands-on product design and leadership, from founding product work to multi-product UX direction.

E12 token layersIllustrative

  1. 01 Primitive

    • cobalt-600
    • ink-900
    • paper-0

  2. 02 Semantic role

    • accent

      Links and focus

    • solid

      Primary actions

    • surface

      Cards and panels

  3. 03 Component

    Example card: a surface panel with a primary button in the solid role and a link in the accent role.

How this site's own tokens travel: a raw value, the semantic role that gives it intent, and the component that uses the role.

Demonstration

One component. Two brands. No rebuild.

An original example built for this site, not client work. Both panels render the same card component. Each fictional brand changes only the values behind the semantic roles, including shape.

Fictional brand: PineDemonstration

The same card in both brands: a status label, a title, a short message, a primary button, and a secondary link.

Fictional brand: PlumDemonstration

The same card in both brands: a status label, a title, a short message, a primary button, and a secondary link.

Semantic roles and the primitive each fictional brand assigns to them
Semantic rolePinePlum
accentpine-700plum-700
solidpine-700plum-700
fgpine-950plum-950
radius-controlradius-0radius-full
radius-surfaceradius-0radius-4

How we work

A defined project. An ongoing partner. The right fit for the work.

  • Start with a clear scope

    We agree on priorities, responsibilities, and deliverables before work begins.

  • Led by a principal

    The person you speak with first is the person accountable for the work.

  • Specialists when needed

    UX/UI designers, frontend engineers, or project managers join only when the scope calls for it — and you'll know who is involved before work begins.

  • Partnership when it's useful

    Work with E12 for a defined project or ongoing support. An ongoing partnership can follow a project or begin directly; a retainer is not required for every engagement.

What's next for your business?

A new website. A better digital product. A workflow that needs simplifying. Or a technology partner to help you keep moving.

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