So, you’ve built your Design System and have spent hours, days, weeks or months painstakingly documenting your styles, components, spacing and grids and their usage. Only to discover every time you see a product screen from another team, it looks a little — off. Documentation, aka the third big piece…

Building the bridge between Designers and Developers — Now, before we get into it, no, I’m not about to talk about a methodology for effectively working with Developers in product teams — because people aren’t processes, nor should we treat them like they are. …

And where to find one — Right now, you might be thinking, I already have a Design System or a UI kit that gives me everything I need, and it’s working just fine. Do I need a process for creating components in my Design System? And, while I could sit here and tell you, yes, your…

How we created an international type library for everyone, everywhere. — What does it mean to build a truly international account? Is it to be able to hold many currencies? Sure. Work in many countries? Definitely. Speak your language? Well, now you’re talking — literally. Let’s take a closer look at how we took our typography from a complicated mess with…

How we made a globally recognisable and scalable icon library. — Icons. The small, seemingly insignificant, hieroglyph-esque things you see everywhere. While small, they are mighty, and play a crucial role in our modern life. From helping us find our way through a foreign city, to making a new service feel intuitive to use, those little icons do a lot of…

Stand out, show your best work and get that damn job. — In a world where competition is becoming increasingly high thanks to that slowly deflating tech bubble, getting first impressions right is important. I recently was asked to review over 300+ portfolios quickly to hire one role — no, I'm not joking; competition is fierce right now. And, while I have…

Hey, I'm Ness 👋🏼. I'm a Product Design Lead and, as the title suggests, a Design System specialist. Over the years, I've learnt a lot about building successful Design Systems. This is thanks to the lessons that come with working with many different types — ranging from reskinning existing systems…