Design Systems Handbook by Marco Suarez Jina Anne Diana Mounter Roy Stanfield Katie Sylor-Miller

Author:Marco Suarez, Jina Anne, Diana Mounter, Roy Stanfield, Katie Sylor-Miller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Design Systems, Design, Digital Product Design
Publisher: InVision
Published: 2017-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Testing with pilot projects

At Etsy, I worked with a team of designers and engineers on the redesign of seller tools. This project provided a great opportunity to test a new approach to our CSS and refresh our visual styles. We built a new style guide alongside the seller tools redesign that documented implementation and design guidelines.

This became a pilot project for testing the new design system. Rebuilding a real part of the product gave us a great playground for testing new components, responsive layouts, and new typography styles.

"In From Design Systems: Pilots & Scorecards," Dan Mall writes about the criteria he uses to find good candidates for design systems pilot projects. Though our approach at Etsy was more opportunistic, many of the attributes Mall lists happened to match the seller tools project:

Potential for common components. Does this pilot have many components that can be reused in other products?

Potential for common patterns. Does this pilot have many patterns that can be reused in other products?

High-value elements. Even if uncommon, is there a component or pattern with high business value at the heart of this project? We’re talking about elements that are integral to a flow or audience with unusually high value for the organization.

Technical feasibility. How simple is a technical implementation of the design system? Is a large refactor required?

Available champion. Will someone working on this product see it through and celebrate/evangelize using the design system (and even contribute to it)?

Scope. Is this work accomplishable in our pilot timeframe of [3–4 weeks] (insert your timing here)?

Technical independence. Is the work decoupled enough from other legacy design and code that there are clear start and end points?

Marketing potential. Will this work excite others to use the design system?

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