Building a design system
Building a design system
Building a design system
Centralized design & engineering standards
Centralized design & engineering standards
Centralized design & engineering standards
I led the creation of a scalable, accessible design system that brought cohesion, speed, and clarity across teams.
I led the creation of a scalable, accessible design system that brought cohesion, speed, and clarity across teams.
I led the creation of a scalable, accessible design system that brought cohesion, speed, and clarity across teams.
Company
Company
Company
SimplePractice
SimplePractice
SimplePractice
Skills
Skills
Skills
Content Design Documentation Product Design
Content Design Documentation Product Design
Content Design Documentation Product Design
Category
Category
Category
Design Systems
Design Systems
Design Systems
Date
Date
Date
Launched Feb 2023
Launched Feb 2023
Launched Feb 2023
Challenge
Challenge
Challenge
Figma components were old and copy/pasted from Sketch files, which led to them being poorly constructed. They were also spread across 5-6 library files. Very little documentation existed anywhere for design, content, or engineering. This led to huge amounts of design and tech debt, and designers were unsure of what patterns to use and when.
Figma components were old and copy/pasted from Sketch files, which led to them being poorly constructed. They were also spread across 5-6 library files. Very little documentation existed anywhere for design, content, or engineering. This led to huge amounts of design and tech debt, and designers were unsure of what patterns to use and when.
Figma components were old and copy/pasted from Sketch files, which led to them being poorly constructed. They were also spread across 5-6 library files. Very little documentation existed anywhere for design, content, or engineering. This led to huge amounts of design and tech debt, and designers were unsure of what patterns to use and when.
How I brought calm
to the complexity
How I brought calm
to the complexity
How I brought calm to the complexity
Choosing a system that matched our team’s needs and scale (we went with Zeroheight) Writing documentation that was just as thoughtfully designed as the components Turning “do whatever works” into shared language and patterns that designers and engineers could rally around Creating a versioning system with release notes to keep track of updates
Choosing a system that matched our team’s needs and scale (we went with Zeroheight) Writing documentation that was just as thoughtfully designed as the components Turning “do whatever works” into shared language and patterns that designers and engineers could rally around Creating a versioning system with release notes to keep track of updates
Choosing a system that matched our team’s needs and scale (we went with Zeroheight) Writing documentation that was just as thoughtfully designed as the components Turning “do whatever works” into shared language and patterns that designers and engineers could rally around Creating a versioning system with release notes to keep track of updates
Results
Results
Results
We’ve now done more than 50 releases with new updates.
We’ve now done more than 50 releases with new updates.
We’ve now done more than 50 releases with new updates.