The Design System Guide

Interview with Raquel Pereira, Lead UX designer (Design Systems) at Nokia 🔥 🙌 Takeaways: 🔹 Nokia is providing network solutions. 🔹 Maintaining consistency. 🔹 Collaboration between designers and developers 🔹 Documentation and communication are key challenges 🔹 Prioritizing components, organizing design files 🔹 Using design tokens vs variables 🔹 Figma Analytics 🔹 A design system is not just a local library 🔹 Understanding user needs 🔹 Complexity is easy; simplicity is the challenge. 🔹 You don't have to depend on tools. Useful tools mentioned: 🔗 Main Website: nokia.com 🔗 Friends of Figma Portugal: https://friends.figma.com/portugal/ 🔗 Supernova https://www.supernova.io/ 🔗 Storybook: storybook.js.org 🔗 Tokens Studio https://tokens.studio/ 🔗 Figma Analytics 🌎 Official website: https://thedesignsystem.guide/interview-raquel-pereira

Interview with Alexander Fandén, Agoda's Design System Lead. He leads a 17-member team supporting over 7,000 employees. We explored managing a mature design system and keeping it effective. Our discussion covered: 🔹 The need for internal education to promote the design system. 🔹 How seven years of work shaped Agoda's design system. 🔹 The importance of A/B testing for design changes. 🔹 Balancing standard components with the need for customization. 🔹 A special boot camp to onboard new designers. 🔹 The value of clear naming in design. 🔹 The role of intuition in design decisions. 🔹 What is active adoption? And so much more… Tools mentioned: 🔗 Airtable: Airtable.com 🔗 Gitbook 🌎 Official website: https://thedesignsystem.guide/intervi...