Intro
I joined the Vodafone IoT team in 2019 when they were going through a transformational period to improve their portfolio of products wanting to produce their own devices and reshape the digital experience.
Our goal was to bring cohesion and clarity to each product, with a foundation of Vodafone design language by building a new design system.
Context
Following the atomic design methodology to create our design systemRed Stone. We began by auditing existing designs, identifying strengths and weaknesses. This allowed us to establish a solid foundation, crafting a cohesive and consistent visual language for our product.
Conclusion
A design system only works when there’s input from a wider team.
Red Stone design system streamlines the design and development process through consolidation, standardization, and documentation. By reducing decision-making friction, we freed teams to focus on higher problems while increasing quality and consistency of our products.
Some professionals see the system as a lever to change culture and collaborative practices. We cunducted regular meeting calls with our engineers, project managers and designers to update on the latest and always receive feedback from all verticals.
Encouraging contributions and constructive criticism helps establish trust with teams and transforms the design system into a collective resource, with transparency at its core.
