NYDSC Meetup | Dec. 2016 | Union: The Knot's New Design System

Silvia Tueros-Cossio (Senior Product Designer) and Phil Kelly (Senior Engineer) describe where they started, where they are now, and what's next with The Knot's new design system, Union.

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1. Union: The Knot’s New Design System Silvia Tueros-Cossio, Senior Product Designer Phil Kelly, Senior Engineer
2. Where we started
3. We help couples (and everyone who loves them!) navigate and enjoy life’s biggest moments together. Perez Photography, Shang Chen Photography, Thinkstock
5. We saw it as a project, not a product. No dedicated support + No iterations = No cohesive design language.
6. UNION Unified Information Architecture Consistent Design Language Consistent UX Patterns Consistent Voice and Tone
7. UNION Unified Information Architecture Consistent Design Language Consistent UX Patterns Consistent Voice and Tone
8. Where we are now
9. Surveys
10. Surveys Personas
11. Surveys Personas Empathy maps
12. Surveys Personas Scenario maps Empathy maps
13. http://bit.ly/salesforce-team-model http://bit.ly/eightshapes-team-models The Federation
14. Component cut-up workshop http://bit.ly/component-cut-up-workshop
15. Airtable! http://bit.ly/content-display-patterns
16. GUI kit versioning
17. Documentation powered by Jekyll https://xogroup.github.io/union/
18. Managing Sass with NPM packages 1) Packages are published to an npm repo which apps include in package.json and bundle as they see fit (probably webpack). 2) Simpler monolithic structure similar to ant.design https://github.com/ant-design/ant-design
19. What’s next
20. http://bit.ly/union-kanban
21. Thank you! Silvia Tueros-Cossio @silviatc Phil Kelly @chatche