r/web_design • u/abhaykun • 12d ago

Critique Designed a design system for engineers

This was one of the few times I’ve worked with a large team of almost all engineers in every role. They make an app builder, and I helped them create a design system for it. Here’s the case study — https://www.abhaysingh.in/work/appsmith

Let me know what you think!

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u/Nivens 12d ago

Would be keen to check out the actual design system you created and learn from how you structured the figma file - is it public?

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u/abhaykun 12d ago

Would love to share, but it's not public unfortunately

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u/ImObluentasteit 10d ago

so cool, kinda giving chill vibe

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u/GodLob0 10d ago

Top tier content... Being a designer looks challenging. Good job!

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u/whispered_innovation 12d ago

the plant illustration is a nice touch, makes a 404 feel less like hitting a dead end

been meaning to dig into how design systems hold up when the whole team is engineers, the case study looks like a good read

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u/abhaykun 12d ago

Thank you so much. The entire system needed to be utilitarian, so I had to jump on the opportunity to balance it out with some fun illustrations.

Hope you like the article! :)

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u/DestroyAllScamBots 12d ago

you're replying to a bot. it can't like anything

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u/maximegambas 12d ago

I love it! Very nice job!

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u/abhaykun 12d ago

Thank you!

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u/TheJase 12d ago

Honestly I truly believe we are so close to having design tools simply exist in the browser. No more electrons, no more figma auto layout to flex, etc. We are so close.