Helix Design System

A living design system

As a member of the Rackspace Experience Design team, our mission was to deliver Fanatical Support through every interaction our customers have with Rackspace — human and digital.

As a member of the governance team I worked across multiple product teams to consolidate and develop our design vocabulary through Helix. Helix is a cohesive, scalable design system that contributes to the RED mission through:

  • The unification of Racker and customer control panels
  • Delivery of a quality, consistent user experience
  • Elimination/reduction of redundant work
  • Improved velocity and predictability of production

Style Tiles




A/B Testing


Product Teams Workshop

  • Identified collaboration opportunities with Focus Area Teams
  • Prioritized which components to document first
  • Received design critique on the components themselves
  • Validated our initial set of components

Visual Refresh

Customer Control Panel

Racker Control Panel

Consolidated Billing

Mobile: Multiple Accounts

Mobile: Tickets

Mobile: Support

Re-Imagining Products

Our vision was to unify the customer experience and allow it to be the driver of the other experiences and technologies.

Customer Control Panel

Racker Control Panel