Why
When I started at Spectrum, every app and website was built and designed with different technology and visual style. Around the office, a few of my team members and I started a movement that would ultimately become our first-ever design system, Kite.
Our design system helps us be more efficient, and it also creates a culture around creating high-quality, consistent experiences for our customers. After a lot of work behind the scenes for three years, we created a dedicated design systems team of incredible designers. Our fully accessible system covers web, Android, iOS, TV, voice and tone, illustration, iconography, and motion.
Initially, we audited our existing components, documented them, and created a documentation website and sketch component library. Working alongside other teams, we made sure each component was fully accessible, and that the system spoke to our brand's voice and tone.
Because it wasn't easy to get buy-in from the product teams we were supporting, evangelism became a continuous part of my job.
We're now building the next version of Kite, Cascade. We've been reimagining our brand and challenging ourselves to bring us into an even more contemporary design world. We're continuing to build upon the visual language that we created, and we release new features every two weeks.
Our design system helps us be more efficient, and it also creates a culture around creating high-quality, consistent experiences for our customers. After a lot of work behind the scenes for three years, we created a dedicated design systems team of incredible designers. Our fully accessible system covers web, Android, iOS, TV, voice and tone, illustration, iconography, and motion.
Initially, we audited our existing components, documented them, and created a documentation website and sketch component library. Working alongside other teams, we made sure each component was fully accessible, and that the system spoke to our brand's voice and tone.
Because it wasn't easy to get buy-in from the product teams we were supporting, evangelism became a continuous part of my job.
We're now building the next version of Kite, Cascade. We've been reimagining our brand and challenging ourselves to bring us into an even more contemporary design world. We're continuing to build upon the visual language that we created, and we release new features every two weeks.
