Appkit by Reown - Toolkit for Onchain UX
Industry
Banking
Client
January 2023
Designing a scalable connection and wallet experience delivered
as an embeddable SDK.
Project overview
The challenges
Keeping UX consistent across multiple products using the same SDK
Allowing flexible layouts and configurations without fragmenting behavior
Structuring auth and wallet states into reusable interaction patterns
Scaling new features without increasing UX debt
Making a single SDK work reliably across very different products, contexts, and integration needs.
Design approach
AppKit was approached as a product layer rather than a collection of screens. The focus was on defining clear interaction rules, composable layouts, and configurable features, allowing different products to adapt the experience without fragmenting behavior or usability. Design decisions were made with scalability and platform constraints in mind, ensuring that flexibility would not compromise consistency or trust.
Design system
Alongside configurability, AppKit required a strong and recognizable visual language. The design system defines typography, color, spacing, and core components to ensure clarity, consistency, and a consumer-grade feel across products.
Defining a consistent visual foundation.
UX Research
As AppKit started to support payment-related flows, a small, focused UX research initiative was conducted to better understand user expectations, trust, and decision-making around crypto payments. The goal was not to produce statistically significant results, but to identify early signals and recurring patterns that could inform product decisions in a high-stakes context.
“Isn't that annoying that we even have to prepare to pay for something?”
User perspective on today’s crypto payment flows.
From research to product decisions.
