Specialized Design Services

Specialized Design for complex products and regulated brands.

We craft brand systems, interfaces, and environments for teams who can’t afford ambiguity—finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and B2B SaaS. From a single diagnostic dashboard to a multi-site signage program, we translate constraints into clarity.

Who We Are

KEL DESIGN STUDIO LLC is a boutique, execution-first practice based in Park Ridge, Illinois. We partner with organizations that operate under compliance, safety, or deep technical complexity. Our team blends brand strategy with design ops so approvals are painless and outcomes are measurable. We’ve built medical device UI libraries that pass audits, wayfinding systems that shorten patient travel time, and packaging spec sheets manufacturers actually use. We work directly with engineering, legal, and procurement to remove risk and deliver clarity.

Specialties that move needles

01 — Regulated Brand Systems

From logo to label copy

We build brand toolkits for finance & healthcare where every pixel may be evidence. Deliverables include nomenclature rules, compliant color systems (WCAG AA/AAA), and production-ready templates mapped to your real communication channels.

02 — Product & Data UX

Interfaces for high-stakes decisions

Dashboards and workflows for IoT, lab instrumentation, and B2B SaaS. Expect information hierarchy, alert design, and micro-interactions documented in a living design system engineers can extend.

03 — Packaging & Environmental

From dielines to doors

We create packaging specs, print-ready files, and multi-site wayfinding. Handoff kits include vendor notes, materials, and photo mockups so bids come back apples-to-apples.

Why teams choose KEL

Compliance without the drag

We design for audit trails—versioned files, rationale notes, and WCAG color proofs—so legal signs off faster.

Engineers love our handoffs

Tokens, component states, and redlines shipped in Figma, JSON, and SVG—the formats your stack expects.

Outcomes you can measure

We define a success metric early (time-to-quote, task completion, wayfinding travel time) and design to move it.

How we work — a three-step, low-risk path

Discovery Sprint

Two weeks to map stakeholders, constraints, and success metrics. We inventory assets and review compliance requirements to remove unknowns early.

Design & Prove

We prototype key flows/components, test with real users or field staff, and validate accessibility and production methods before scaling.

Spec & Rollout

Finalized systems, tokenized libraries, and vendor-ready packages. We support implementation and post-launch measurement.

Tell us about your challenge

Suggested form phrases you can use:

  • “We need a compliant brand system for a healthcare product.”
  • “Our ops team can’t read the current dashboard—can you redesign the data hierarchy?”
  • “Looking for packaging specs vendors can quote without surprises.”
  • “We have strict accessibility targets (WCAG AA/AAA).”
  • “Timeline and budget guardrails are…”
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