Memorandum
Summary
I developed and expanded the capabilities of the AstroUX Design System by streamlining patterns and components through conducting competitor analysis, benchmarking, and user research, which improved the system's information architecture, documentation, and implementation guidelines.
Process: Research, community feedback, benchmarking, competitor analysis, component design
Insight
Collaboration with the dev team is essential from the beginning to translate designs into naming structures, component tokens, and reusable code
Outcome
My research was an audit review that allowed me to evaluate the design system's state and prioritize improvement areas aligning with trends, internal backlog, and community participation, revealing real-world use cases and requested capabilities.
Lessons Learned
A design system is only as good as its implementation guidelines
Proper documentation shows how to implement a component and its rationality
Usable documentation displays component usage and specs together
Component Library Sandbox
The Component Library Sandbox is an interactive demo that allows developers and designers to view specifications and usage guidelines together prevent
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