Design Systems: Lessons From Vivid

This article discusses design systems, their importance, and how they can benefit organizations by providing a common language for designers and developers to communicate and creating reusable components that ensure brand uniformity and save development time. The author shares their experience building a design system at Vonage, which was initially based on Material Design but was later revamped to be more scalable and accessible. The article highlights the importance of identifying core concerns in an organization, such as scalability, cross-framework uniformity, and accessibility, and how a well-implemented design system can address these challenges. It also emphasizes the need for collaboration between designers and developers and provides examples of tools like Figma and web components that can facilitate this process. Ultimately, the article encourages readers to try out design systems like Vivid and share their experiences in order to build a better understanding of how they can benefit organizations.