Creating a scalable design system is no small feat. We tackled challenges like ensuring team alignment, fostering collaboration, and maintaining consistency.

I documented such a journey in a two-part series:
1️⃣ Part 1: Tackling initial challenges and laying the foundation
2️⃣ Part 2: Scaling the system and key lessons learned

We are sharing our findings, tools, and plans so you can save time while starting your own design system. Other articles on the same subject often contain either information about structuring design tokens or instructions for building DS pipelines. Here, we tried to paint the whole picture and show our DS workflow end-to-end with real, simple examples from the Flo mobile app.

It is more about the DS foundations — design tokens — but there are also examples of some components.

If you’re building or scaling a design system, I’d love to hear your thoughts or answer any questions—let’s chat in the comments!