The ASU web ecosystem (asu.edu) is a complex website that fulfills diverse needs and audiences. Data shows that visitors to asu.edu view it as one ASU website versus a collection of subdomains maintained by individual units. As such, ASU has worked diligently to support community-driven efforts to build the Unity Design System, a platform-agnostic design system, designed to build high-quality, brand-aligned digital experiences.
Unity Design System
Unity Design System (UDS) is an ASU brand standards-aligned, research, user testing and data-informed platform-agnostic UI kit and component library that enables all units to deliver a consistent user experience across asu.edu. Developed to be platform agnostic, UDS can be used with any back-end platform like Drupal 9, Wordpress, Webspark and more. As the standard for user interface design and user experience for asu.edu, UDS empowers units to focus their resources on the content and the needs of their audiences and limits the duplication of development and design resource expenditures across the enterprise.
Web development at ASU
ASU uses Drupal 9 as a tool and framework for mainstream website development. Pantheon is the preferred hosting environment for Drupal sites. Currently, all enterprise web products and platforms are led by Enterprise Technology.
To learn more about ASU’s web products and platforms, contact the ASU web consulting team.