Leaning Into Design Systems
summary
A design system built for a large platform at Anaplan claims four concrete effects: Harmony across pages, Speed where one shared inventory component is adopted by seven teams and one team ships it in 1/12 the time they'd estimated, and Telepathy where a React API plus Storybook forces shared props and vocabulary so designers and engineers actually speak the same language. Foundations (color, type) lift accessibility within six months. Kryptonite is ongoing investment, not a one‑off project.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Titles
- 0:21Intro
- 2:03Back to the 90's | Career Path
- 5:24Product Development Team Goals
- 6:05Intra-Discipline Communication
- 8:23Inter-Team Communication
- 10:58What is a Design System
- 15:02Superpower 1 - Harmony
- 21:05Superpower 2 - Speed
- 24:00Superpower 3 - Telepathy
- 26:22Superpower 4 - Influence
- 29:42Kryptonite & Closing Thoughts
- 31:00Q&A
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