Vans is an American manufacturer of skateboarding shoes and related apparel, established in Anaheim, California, and owned by VF Corporation.
ROLE
Design System Governance - creating the atoms, molecules, and organisms of the design system to be used by other designers and developers.
OBJECTIVE
We needed to create a design system to ensure consistency across the mobile application when utilized by designers and developers.
CHALLENGE
To perform an overall audit to determine inconsistencies, one-off components and outdated designs of what is currently in app. Once the audit was concluded, we would have a deeper understanding of where our current system fell short.
PROCESS
We worked in a two-week sprint format to compile research findings, define constraints with development, conduct user testing, build component libraries, create documentation, and present the finished segments to the team and all stakeholders.
OUTCOME
Designers were freed up from having to recreate components each time they started a new design and developers had the correct pre-built components. The designs were more consistent throughout the app by utilizing our Design System.