Work
Client work at IBM iX, and the tools I build on weekends.
In short
Jinson Johny is a Design Engineer in Dubai. At IBM iX he works on design systems and design operations for clients such as Riyadh Air and ADNOC. Since 2017 he has shipped design tools of his own, including Deck, used by 160,000+ designers at companies like Nike, Mastercard and Accenture, and .gui, an open file format for interfaces.
Case studies
- AviationRiyadh Air · Started on screens, took over the design system, and rebuilt it from December 2024 with a contribution model and automated reviews. Now making it AI-ready, and contributing to the coded components in Storybook.Part of this case study is password-protected
- EnergyADNOC (Design system) · Audited a starter design system built for HR tools, then extended it for a data-heavy turnaround app with a modular table, page templates, a gatekept library and a design handbook.Part of this case study is password-protected
- EnergyADNOC (Product) · Designed an app that moves oil and gas turnaround planning off email and spreadsheets, from user workshops and IA for 30+ modules to the screens.Part of this case study is password-protected
Products
- Dec 2017Deck · Figma frames to editable PowerPoint. 160k designers, 1M+ presentations.deck.is
- May 2026.gui · The interface, finally a file.Experimentaldotgui.org
- Jan 2026Blocks · AI-ready Figma components.Betablocks.is
- Dec 2025Playback · Spotify Wrapped, for Figma files.playback.design