Design Systems Showcase: TACKling Our Design System
summary
A design system called Thumbprint is built and used across web native and email, with foundations-first work that cuts layout noise from 821 spacing instances to 8, reduces icons from 530 to 150, and moves teams from Sketch/Abstract to Figma raising sentiment by 20%. The team treats the system as a product, ships components (about 40 sections in a year), runs biannual design/engineering surveys, holds weekly cross-platform syncs, and publishes releases and GIF demos to drive adoption and contributions.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Start
- 0:18working on our design systems team
- 2:44your foundations
- 2:58ripping up the floorboards
- 4:04start with your foundation
- 4:29put in component requests
- 5:28set up those relationships between the cross-functional teams
- 7:39pull designers and developers into the process
- 8:00create that culture of collaboration
