Laura Soto Miranda·Sep 20Brightening up accessibility with a new colour systemWe recently revamped Deliveroo’s digital colour palette. It was our first step toward making our design system foundations more accessible. Building a good colour foundation takes time, but the effort is worth it. These support future improvements and help make our products more inclusive. Why was it necessary for us…Deliveroo8 min readDeliveroo8 min read
Brooke Altman·Jan 19How we made our Figma workflow 15% more efficientHere at Deliveroo, our Experience team uses Figma as a canvas to capture, iterate and communicate our thoughts in one place. In addition to actual product design, any of our files (especially our “Working” ones) might contain: Project context (e.g. the problem, user journeys, etc.) Relevant links created outside of…Deliveroo5 min readDeliveroo5 min read
Brooke Altman·Sep 5, 2022Where’s that file? How we use Figma covers to communicate efficiently across teams at DeliverooProduct teams: if you’ve ever asked: does anyone know where I can find X?, did X feature ship?, is X live in X market?, or something similar, then we’ve got a system for you… The Deliveroo Experience team is made up of product designers, content designers, localisation specialists, design system…Deliveroo7 min readDeliveroo7 min read
Brooke Altman·Aug 13, 20225 essential Figma plugins that power product design at DeliverooPropstar Propstar makes it easy to quickly organize component instances into a clear, labelled table. Not only does it make my specs look great, it also helps me identify any variant combinations I may have missed while designing.Deliveroo3 min readDeliveroo3 min read
Dominic Moss·Apr 21, 2022Q&A with Phil Hammel, our Principal Product DesignerThere are tons of articles and debate around the IC v Management career path in tech companies. But it’s never a one-size fits all idea and still a (relatively) new approach to getting the best out of people and building high-performing teams. I sat down with Phil Hammel, our Principal…Deliveroo5 min readDeliveroo5 min read
Elise Farhat·Jun 3, 2021Localisation and product design: one fits allWhen designing a product, you might wonder if one concept fits all. If you can simply get it translated and reproduce it across markets. Today, you will see why 99% of the time, the answer is no. Since last January, I have been working at Deliveroo as their first in-house…Localisation4 min readLocalisation4 min read
Rhiannon Jones·Apr 23, 2021A day in the life of a content designer at DeliverooOur content designers work across all of our consumer, rider and restaurant products — collaborating with a diverse set of disciplines, from design and research to product management, brand, legal and engineering. Here’s a day in the life of Rhiannon Jones, Staff Content Designer at Deliveroo… 9am-10am: Standups Each morning…Deliveroo3 min readDeliveroo3 min read
AnneSophie Delafosse·Jun 24, 2020Ever wondered what your designs would look like in another language?How often have you heard “It does not fit in, this language is too long”, “just release in English, we will get the translations later” or “can you use google translate?”… Historically, localisation is a thought-after process, something you don’t need to think about until the very end. …Deliveroo5 min readDeliveroo5 min read
Christos Kastritis·Jun 1, 2020How to understand your Design System’s health — and eventually, its successHow might we communicate the value of our design system? How do we measure success? These are the questions that occupy the minds of many in our field. …Deliveroo24 min readDeliveroo24 min read
Talia Levitt·Mar 11, 2020How an internship changed my career in six monthsIt’s never too late to make the switch As a prospective content design intern, my first proposed edit was to the job title The word ‘intern’ has strong connotations of youth and inexperience. Why then, would a not-recent-university-graduated adult (like me!) choose to seemingly stall, or go backwards, in their…Deliveroo5 min readDeliveroo5 min read
