Design System and Systematization of Thinking

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A 700-person solutions organization with about 20 designers and an app that reached 100 million downloads found a single, one-size design system (UI kits in Figma/Sketch plus backend packages) didn’t scale because components diverged across projects. They moved to project-specific EC packages and focused on codifying team thinking—capturing reusable patterns and prior solutions (e.g., reservation systems, vending‑app integrations) to speed delivery and improve efficiency.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:49Business and team status
3. 4:42Need for design system
4. 8:51Design system limits
5. 11:41Systematizing thinking
6. 14:29Practicing processes
7. 16:56Hayakita Gakuen project
8. 19:23Knowledge sharing
9. 21:32Systemizing communication
10. 22:38Reinventing the wheel

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