Inside The Airbnb Brand Evolution
summary
Airbnb redesigns site by swapping an internal Object‑Oriented CSS system called O2 framework and shipping a preview toggle called the Brian Chesky button to test pages globally, forking complex areas as forked dashboards when necessary. The effort spans 20 engineers, 500+ pull requests, 941 files touched and deletes over 10,000 lines of legacy CSS, launches in July and results in a consistent in‑house UI across airbnb.com.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:37What is Airbnb
- 2:21New Logo
- 4:07CSS Architecture
- 8:22Instant Rebrand
- 9:06Branch St Button
- 13:12Scaling
- 13:43Project Airbnb
- 15:31Dashboards
- 17:11Team Work
- 18:17Rebranding








