How to go beyond asset libraries and build systems for people. — Update: Check out our talk at Figma’s Schema conference Design systems often start as a way for product organizations to increase their efficiency, consistency, and velocity. Organizations invest a lot of time and resources upfront into creating shared component libraries to bind design and engineering together. Typically, these resources…

How to fix a broken spacing system — A recurring refrain in our conversations with operational product designers was that all our design system components were just too darn big for internal tools. Many of these tools feature full screen data tables and charts. In these information-dense contexts, it’s important to make as much content visible on the…

We designed the Lyft Product Language mobile first. All of our design system attributes and components were crafted with small screens, unreliable internet connections, and touch inputs in mind. When we later expanded the system to support Consumer Web products on Desktop devices, we seemingly realized the promise of a…

How we embraced a growth mindset and ended up with a more robust ecosystem of selection patterns — A few years ago, we built a segmented control component for the Lyft Product Language (LPL) design system. You may have read our guide to designing and using selection controls. …

A stacking plan (also called stackplan) is a visual representation of a building showing a breakdown of space. Stacking plans serve many different user types and use cases but are typically brightly colored and information dense images— often optimized for a printed tour book. Here are some stacking plans out…

We did it! We made a design system this year called Blocks, adding CBRE Build to the 85% of tech teams who have a design system. Most of them also have articles about their design system journeys. These articles usually go into detail about how to structure a core design…

We did it! We made a design system this year called Blocks, adding CBRE Build to the 85% of tech teams who have a design system. Most of them also have articles about their design system journeys. These articles usually go into detail about how to structure a core design…