Under the skin of our Realm design system
Our very own design system guru, Angel Martin has written about our Kingfisher Realm design system and published two articles on the UX Collective bootcamp publication. Read about updating a design system and theming a design system below.
Updating a design system
Figma’s new component properties presented us a host of new possibilities, however gave us new challenges too.
Realm (Kingfisher’s design system) includes a whole range of different products, some designed for retail customers, others for our in store colleagues. But by far the most complex set of component libraries are those that power Kingfisher’s eCommerce websites.
Theming a design system
Outlining our approach for tackling the issue of theming colour in our Kingfisher design system.
Theming is a way of customising a UI to more accurately reflect visual identity. Themes define the stylistic features of a UI kit, including typography, border radii, colour, spacing and sizing.
As and when we publish more articles on Bootcamp, we’ll post links to them here on the Kingfisher Product Design publication, so you don’t miss out on any of our awesome product design content. 😉
