Global WhatsApp Brand Design System
WhatsApp is not a social media tool. It’s a secure, intimate product designed to give anyone—anywhere in the world—the ability to connect and enact change.
The universal design system deepens the connection between product experience and marketing. Staying true to the promise made to WhatsApp’s 2 billion+ users in providing an accessible, safe and robust communication tool—building on this foundation, giving space to explore the brand’s emotional landscape.
WhatsApp is not a social media tool. It’s a secure, intimate product designed to give anyone—anywhere in the world—the ability to connect and enact change.
The universal design system deepens the connection between product experience and marketing. Staying true to the promise made to WhatsApp’s 2 billion+ users in providing an accessible, safe and robust communication tool—building on this foundation, giving space to explore the brand’s emotional landscape.
A product-led palette
We developed an extensive color palette that directly reflects the product. Different accents of the brand can be expressed across different touchpoints, from building equity in the WhatsApp green, to moments that reflect dark mode settings.
Modular wayfinding
Graphic modules housing messaging and content become flexible blocks for a broad range of storytelling. Inspired by the visual back and forth of communication, the dynamic layouts of our design system capture the essence and spirit of the WhatsApp experience.
Graphic modules housing messaging and content become flexible blocks for a broad range of storytelling. Inspired by the visual back and forth of communication, the dynamic layouts of our design system capture the essence and spirit of the WhatsApp experience.
A global utility
Simplicity, flexibility, and universality form the core of the brand. By connecting a global audience, both visually and verbally, this system represents the core of the WhatsApp experience: to effortlessly communicate—regardless of age, location, accessibility, bandwidth, or literacy.
Simplicity, flexibility, and universality form the core of the brand. By connecting a global audience, both visually and verbally, this system represents the core of the WhatsApp experience: to effortlessly communicate—regardless of age, location, accessibility, bandwidth, or literacy.
Press: Creative Review
Role: Global Creative Director Brand
Year: 2022