DESIGN SYSTEM
How I Built and Scaled
a Design System at Unity,
How I Built and Scaled a Design System at Unity,
How I Built and Scaled a Design System at Unity,
By Ensuring Consistency Across Product, and Seamless Collaboration Between Teams and Platforms.
By Ensuring Consistency Across Product, and Seamless Collaboration Between Teams and Platforms.
By Ensuring Consistency Across Product, and Seamless Collaboration Between Teams and Platforms.
ROLE
Design Lead
Design Lead
TEAM
Polina - Design, PhilB -Dev Lead, Alex - Product Lead
Polina - Design, PhilB -Dev Lead, Alex - Product Lead
TOOLS
Figma, Storybook, Notion
Figma, Storybook, Notion
TIMELINE
Adjusted multiple times due to shifting priorities, total time ~6 months
Adjusted multiple times due to shifting priorities, total time ~6 months
ITERATION 1. CHALLENGE
When I joined SyncSketch in summer 2022, my key objective were to audit the existing visual language, strategize, develop, document, and share a comprehensive design system across the team and the Unity organization.
Why? The existing visual style was inconsistent, the product had a lot of custom-made components and overrides, which was impacting user experience and slowing down development.
When I joined SyncSketch in summer 2022, my key objective were to audit the existing visual language, strategize, develop, document, and share a comprehensive design system across the team and the Unity organization.
Why? The existing visual style was inconsistent, the product had a lot of custom-made components and overrides, which was impacting user experience and slowing down development.
IMPACT
Enabled DesignOps' Workflow With Properties, Nested Instances, Variants
More streamlined workflow. Choose a component, adjust properties, swap nested instances.
One source of truth for product design, processes, and product governance.
One source of truth for product design, processes, and product governance.
One source of truth for product design, processes, and product governance.
FIGMA
Design Tokens
Design tokens represent the smallest, repeated design decisions that make up a design system's visual style. Tokens replace static values with self-explanatory names.
FIGMA
Design Tokens
Design tokens represent the smallest, repeated design decisions that make up a design system's visual style. Tokens replace static values with self-explanatory names.
FIGMA
Design Tokens
Design tokens represent the smallest, repeated design decisions that make up a design system's visual style. Tokens replace static values with self-explanatory names.
FIGMA
Patterns
Design tokens represent the smallest, repeated design decisions that make up a design system's visual style. Tokens replace static values with self-explanatory names.
FIGMA
Patterns
Design tokens represent the smallest, repeated design decisions that make up a design system's visual style. Tokens replace static values with self-explanatory names.
FIGMA
Patterns
Design tokens represent the smallest, repeated design decisions that make up a design system's visual style. Tokens replace static values with self-explanatory names.
FIGMA
Components
Design tokens represent the smallest, repeated design decisions that make up a design system's visual style. Tokens replace static values with self-explanatory names.
FIGMA
Components
Design tokens represent the smallest, repeated design decisions that make up a design system's visual style. Tokens replace static values with self-explanatory names.
FIGMA
Components
Design tokens represent the smallest, repeated design decisions that make up a design system's visual style. Tokens replace static values with self-explanatory names.
IMPACT
Reduced Design and Development Debt With Semantic Tokens
Semantic Tokens are based on the context of their use, so there is no more doubt 'which shade: gray-100, or gray-200' to use.
Simplified the application of styles in designs.
Designers, stakeholders, and developers speak the same language.
I'm open for new challenges!
2023 — Polina Ziemlinska
I'm open for new challenges!
2023 — Polina Ziemlinska
I'm open for new challenges!
2023 — Polina Ziemlinska