Building IKEA’s Design System to Unlock Innovation
summary
IKEA builds a design system called Scapa design system to standardize product UI and speed delivery, shipping an MVP in six months that bundles Figma + React components, guidelines, templates and workflows. Measured wins include 33% higher site visits during 2020 and an app with 8 million users contributing about €94M annually, while the system is evaluated as a living product with adoption metrics, a rollout plan for varying team maturity, and plug‑and‑play components plus design tokens.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:00About IKEA
- 2:35About Work & Co
- 4:49Design System Priorities
- 5:55Inspiration
- 7:37Our users
- 8:34MVP
- 9:05Showcasing the Design System
- 11:18Components
- 11:47Guidelines
- 13:33Tips and Tricks
- 14:16Design System Evaluation Framework
- 14:45A design system is a product
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