Grand visions for a design system grounded in reality
summary
Burberry builds a multi-platform design system called Thomas inside Figma with separate token and component files, a federated committee, and governance that keeps documentation separate from master assets. The project involves a team of 20 designers, seven development teams, external agencies, and a decision to share patterns used by more than one platform. The process enforces audits, Figma libraries and variants, and expects each committee member to give 10% capacity weekly to drive adoption and reduce duplicate work.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:26What is Burberry
- 3:32Why Burberry chose a multi-platform design system
- 11:06Understanding through documentation
- 15:40Speaking the language of others
- 18:45In summary
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