I was part of a cross-functional team responsible for maintaining and evolving a
Design System powering several large-scale products. The Design System is public, you check it here.
The challenge was to ensure consistency, accessibility, and scalability across multiple teams - while keeping up with new business requirements, technical constraints, and evolving accessibility standards.
Increased adoption of the Design System across teams (+34%)
Reduced design–development friction through clearer documentation and governance.
Improved accessibility compliance, leading to more inclusive and consistent product experiences.
Product Owner
2 Dev
2 Product Designers (including me)
Accessibility Expert
2024 - 2025
Teams used components inconsistently, creating inefficiencies.
Needed to empower innovation while maintaining cohesion.
Some components lacked clear WCAG/ARIA guidance.
To identify pain points and opportunities, I ran a series of audits and workshops:
Surveys to assess adoption, pain points, and consistency issues.
Cross-team workshops to align needs between designers and developers.
Benchmarking against leading design systems (Atlassian, Shopify Polaris) for scalability and accessibility patterns.
Key insights:
We transformed the system into a scalable, accessible, and developer-friendly framework. Key improvements included:
🧩 Design Tokens
For colors, typography, and spacing to ensure global consistency.
🪆Reorganized Libraries
Improved structure and naming for faster adoption.
👁️ Accessibility Docs
Added guidance and ARIA examples to every component.
🛠️ Version control and update logs
Ensured teams always worked with the latest updates.
Impact
35 → 69 %
adoption rate of the Design System across teams
Reduced design–development friction through clearer documentation and governance.
Improved accessibility compliance, leading to more inclusive and consistent product experiences.
