Vroom Design System
Duration • 15 weeks
Software • Figma
Introduction
Creating a design system from scratch is a lot to handle, but breaking it down into pieces and starting with something I've already designed beforehand made it a lot easier.
Functional Base Design
Before this project, I spent time creating a transportation website for my dream bus company, Autobus. This prototype is high fidelity and allowed for a nice baseline when creating my system.
Accessibility Committment
A key part of creating this design system was the fact that it needed to be accessible to everyone. The way I ensured this was to make sure my contrast ratios followed WCAG, at AAA level. I also made sure that in the system document itself, all layers are labeled consistently.
Styles
I chose to organize my styles into their own "chunks" to cover specific things. For example, colors were broken into two sections, one for displaying the ratio of how the colors are used, and another chunk for color swatches.
Components
Components are made in a way that makes them very customizable through properties that can toggle particular aspects. They follow the previously established styles but also give a nice starting point for anything that needs to be designed.
Key Takeaways
This case study allowed me to appreciate the work that goes into creating a fully functioning design system. Starting with an already existing project allowed me to express more creativity and personality for the brand in my design system, which otherwise would have been a little soulless, defeating the purpose of the system being a living document.
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