Schema by Figma Tokyo 2022
2022-11-02
Tokyo, Japan
who it's for
product designers, design system engineers, design managers, front-end engineers, design operations managers, ux researchers, engineering managers
topics
design tokens and color tokens; headless design systems; component props and nesting; branching and merging in Figma; Figma plugins and migration tools; automated visual diff checks; pair design and mob design workflows; cross-service governance and adoption; accessibility and dark mode theming; public GitHub repos and code mods; coverage measurement and napkin ROI; motion testing with screen readers off
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Opening Keynote | Sho Kuwamoto | 21m |
Argues that rising design-system complexity shows up in three concrete pressures: layout, theming, and process. Recommends specific tactics: use component… | ||
| Openness and the Use of Figma in Solving Social Issues | 26m | |
Fujitsu argues that openness—sharing problems and design assets—accelerates social impact and describes a concrete program: a 23-company design board and four… | ||
| Workflows for Building Design Systems in Figma | Takanori Hirohashi | 20m |
A description of how Yahoo Japan operates a universal design system in Figma (Organization plan) across about 50 products with ~350 editors and ~2000 viewers… | ||
| Design Systems Not for “Design” | Masanori Ueda | 24m |
SmartHR treats its design system as engineering glue: a public website and public GitHub repo, a React component library called SmartHR UI, and a Figma library… | ||
| Rolling out design tokens to a branded house with 18+ products | Deborah Lindberg, Lewis Healey | 22m |
A concrete rollout: Atlassian’s color design tokens standardize color semantics across 18+ products, add magenta and orange, and introduce dark neutrals so… | ||
| Don't Make Design Systems Just for Developers | Tatsuya Sawanobori | 22m |
A company-wide design system strategy called Palette was built for all employees (not just designers or engineers) and includes concrete artifacts… | ||
| Design System and Systematization of Thinking | Sukeharu Ito | 24m |
A 700-person solutions organization with about 20 designers and an app that reached 100 million downloads found a single, one-size design system (UI kits in… | ||
| Speaker Panel Q&A | Patrycja Rozmus, Hiroshi Mendoza, Nathan Curtis, Lauren LoPrete | 35m |
Specifics about what works and what still needs work emerge: teams track coverage percentage of screens and use theming to onboard acquisitions, napkin ROI… | ||
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