Design System

Internal review

Marathon Creative
design system

One brand across the website, social, marketing tips, quotes and documents, print, internal apps, training, and motion. Every piece here was built against a reference and judged blind by a separate critic until it won head to head, or is still being reworked.


33
Pieces built
20
Confirmed wins
73
Judged rounds

This is a live review build, not the finished system. Pieces marked Looping are still being reworked against a named critique from the last round, and the run is continuing. Anything marked Confirmed won a blind head to head and was then confirmed by a second critic that had not seen the first verdict.

Foundation

Charts and data graphics

Confirmed1 rounds

Design tokens

Confirmed5 rounds

Grid and layout

Confirmed1 rounds

Icon system

Confirmed1 rounds

Logo usage

Confirmed4 rounds

Photography direction

Confirmed1 rounds

Typography

Confirmed2 rounds

Website

Website, home

Looping5 rounds

Website, inner pages

Looping1 rounds

Social

Marketing tips, cards

Looping3 rounds

Marketing tips, carousels

Looping2 rounds

Social, feed posts

Looping2 rounds

Social, stories and reels

Looping1 rounds

Documents

Document kit

Confirmed2 rounds

Presentation template

Confirmed3 rounds

Proposals

Confirmed1 rounds

Quotes and SOWs

Confirmed2 rounds

Reports

Confirmed1 rounds

Sales

Capabilities deck

Confirmed1 rounds

Email and SMS

Confirmed2 rounds

Sales collateral

Looping2 rounds

Print

Apparel and promo

Confirmed4 rounds

Direct mail

Confirmed2 rounds

Signage

Looping4 rounds

Stationery

Confirmed1 rounds

Vehicle livery

Confirmed5 rounds

Apps

Internal app UI kit

Looping3 rounds

Internal app screens

Looping1 rounds

Internal

Training and SOPs

Looping2 rounds

Motion

Motion, logo sting

Confirmed4 rounds

Motion, title and end cards

Looping1 rounds

Client chassis

Client chassis, documents

Looping1 rounds

Client chassis, social

Confirmed2 rounds