Into Automotive Design Systems @ BMW

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BMW moves its in‑car UI from monolith to a shipped design system: an AAR UI library exported from Figma tokens into AOSP with Compose, built on an atomic model (tokens → atoms → molecules → templates) and theming for four brands. Over 40 teams across 100+ repos and eight sites share the library, over 1,000 icons and 10+ themes; a dog‑feeding app validates changes. The system reduces rework across generations and shifts delivery from waterfall to agile.

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1. 0:00Introduction and speakers
2. 3:36Automotive UX fundamentals
3. 10:01Design system challenges
4. 14:23Atomic design approach
5. 18:40Design system as product
6. 21:51Team collaboration model
7. 26:47Key takeaways and Q&A

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