Why design systems benefit everyone

The Digital Experience team at GitLab has rapidly developed a new design system called Slippers, aimed at solving the problem of fragmented design and code by creating a centralized repository for design assets and code. This system is intended to be scalable, easy to iterate on, and provide a single source of truth for the team, addressing past issues of design discrepancies due to the lack of a style guide. The team approached the development of Slippers by aligning around a common vision, establishing guiding principles, and using tools like Figma for design and local CSS for rapid delivery. The project serves as a research and development initiative, incorporating open-source values and involving substantial effort and investment. Despite being in its early stages, the Slippers project has already demonstrated its value by delivering over 2000 new CMS pages and continues to gather data to refine and enhance the system further. The team actively shares its progress through video updates and encourages engagement with their Slippers project on GitLab Unfiltered.

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