Replay - Operating Models for Design Systems
Maxime Frere spoke at FLUPA Toulouse about his method for structuring an effective Design System team.
Henry Lim
Marketing & Comms Manager
Jun 11, 2024
In this talk given during an evening FLUPA, in March 2024 at Toulouse YNOV Campus, Maxime Frere, Principal Designer at Source, shares his vision and best practices for implementing an effective operating model around a Design System. On the agenda: key definitions, methodology, and advice to support the transformation of design teams.
A rare focus on team organization
Rather than only discussing components or tokens, this presentation focuses on the operational structure of a team, a topic often overlooked in Design Language System projects.
What is an operating model applied to the Design System?
What are the best practices for implementing it?
How to support the transformation of teams (design, product, tech) around this central element?
Watch the replay
This talk is aimed at designers, leads, product managers who want to professionalize or evolve their approach to the Design System within their organization.
Photo credit: Joris Gaigne
In this talk given during an evening FLUPA, in March 2024 at Toulouse YNOV Campus, Maxime Frere, Principal Designer at Source, shares his vision and best practices for implementing an effective operating model around a Design System. On the agenda: key definitions, methodology, and advice to support the transformation of design teams.
A rare focus on team organization
Rather than only discussing components or tokens, this presentation focuses on the operational structure of a team, a topic often overlooked in Design Language System projects.
What is an operating model applied to the Design System?
What are the best practices for implementing it?
How to support the transformation of teams (design, product, tech) around this central element?
Watch the replay
This talk is aimed at designers, leads, product managers who want to professionalize or evolve their approach to the Design System within their organization.
Photo credit: Joris Gaigne
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From product strategy to full-scale rollout, our team brings structure, speed and sharp execution — with no compromises.
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From product strategy to full-scale rollout, our team brings structure, speed and sharp execution — with no compromises.
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Since 2014, we’ve been turning complex challenges into clear and desirable user experiences.
From product strategy to full-scale rollout, our team brings structure, speed and sharp execution — with no compromises.
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Since 2014, we’ve been turning complex challenges into clear and desirable user experiences.
From product strategy to full-scale rollout, our team brings structure, speed and sharp execution — with no compromises.
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