[Extended] We’re Not Doing Design Systems Properly and That’s Okay

How do you ‘do’ Design Systems? Expectations are so high nowadays. Implement Design Tokens. Have a dedicated Design System team. Get a Design System manager. Wait, does your Design System even have a name?

There isn’t one way to do Design Systems. Ours ticks none of these boxes, yet today, it allows us to build from the simplest to the most complex financial tools, and design systematically across our services. In this session, we’ll share the lessons we learned on prioritising impacts over grip.

Replay video: https://youtu.be/htuaw_OdZXI?si=T31qrzeGsZKHncwb

Converge Manchester, UK, 2023

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