Website · 2024

Component Pattern Library

An internal design system unifying visual language across a product organization.

CONTEXT

Led the design and development of a comprehensive component library serving multiple product teams. Built in React with extensive documentation and accessibility compliance.

THE TENSION

Inconsistent UI patterns across products created cognitive load for users and maintenance burden for teams. Designers and developers worked in silos with duplicated effort.

APPROACH

Audited existing patterns across products. Identified core primitives and compositional patterns. Built the library iteratively with real product teams as collaborators rather than consumers. Invested heavily in documentation that explains the 'why' alongside the 'how'.

WHAT EMERGED

Reduced design-to-development handoff time by 40%. Improved accessibility scores across the product suite. The library became a shared language that improved cross-team collaboration.