the pace
Keeping design and engineering moving as one
From design intent to technical reality, I create products and services that help ideas move forward with clarity, structure, and care.
SERVICES
Where I focus
The overlooked areas between design and engineering — where clarity breaks down, standards slip, and teams lose alignment. These are the problems I solve.
Design Systems
Token architecture, component libraries, and documentation — built to scale across teams and platforms.
Accessibility
WCAG compliance reviews, automated testing strategies, and remediation plans that make standards actionable.
Design-to-Code
Bridging the handoff gap — token translation, implementation review, and alignment between what’s designed and what’s built.
Developer Tooling
IDE extensions, CI/CD integrations, and workflow automation for teams that treat design systems as infrastructure.
PRODUCTS
What I'm building
A connected ecosystem of tools — built from the same systems-thinking mindset, designed to close the gap between design intent and technical reality.
The single source of agreement between design and development. Component contracts, token translation, and W3C verification.
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The design system behind the pace. Tokens, components, and patterns — open source at the core, with a Pro tier for teams.
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Tailwind TranslatorA Figma plugin that bridges design tokens and styles into Tailwind-ready output. From design to utility classes, without the guesswork.
Visit →Lexicon provides the shared design foundation across all products and this website.
PRINCIPLES
How I think about building.
- Standards over opinionsEvery decision validates against real specifications — not preferences.
- Shared language firstDesign and development don’t naturally speak the same language. That’s the first thing to fix.
- Craft over speedShipping right matters more than shipping fast. Precision, accessibility, maintainability.
- Systems, not pagesEvery component, token, and contract is built to scale — not just to ship.
ABOUT
Jonathan Pace
I'm a designer and developer focused on the space between — where design intent meets technical reality. I build tools, systems, and services that help teams move forward with clarity and care.
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Whether you need a design system, an accessibility strategy, or tools that bridge the gap between design and engineering — I'd like to hear about it.
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