Rocket Design system
EDPUS + MARCH 2025
Overview
RDS is a centralized design system developed by the product design team for ASU Online to support the diverse and expanding needs of more than 100,000 users.
The main goal of this project was to rebuild and refine a strong design system for our web and mobile applications, focusing on scalability, maintainability, responsiveness, and front-end development.
My Role
Product Desginer -Design Systems, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Rapid Prototyping
My Role
Product Desginer -Design Systems, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Rapid Prototyping
Team
- Jeroel Padilla, UX Lead
- Patrick Byrn, SWE Lead
- Vijayasimhan Ganesan, SWE
- Kendall Slaughter, Director of Design and Creative Services
An end-to-end organized, scalable, responsive design system that
translates to actual code.
- CONTEXT
With multiple dev teams, some in-house and some offshore, our product started feeling disjointed. Developers built pages based on design files, but without a shared system, things looked different everywhere.
We transitioned from XD to Figma, hoping for a smoother workflow, but the shift exposed deeper issues. Instead of just migrating files, we refined our entire design system to bring clarity and speed up development.
- PROBLEM
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort, and inconsistent user experiences.
Core Problems:
- Different teams were producing designs that didn’t align, leading to a fragmented user experience across platforms.
- Different teams were producing designs that didn’t align, leading to a fragmented user experience across platforms.
- Different teams were producing designs that didn’t align, leading to a fragmented user experience across platforms.
- Different teams were producing designs that didn’t align, leading to a fragmented user experience across platforms.
- Goal
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort, and inconsistent user experiences.
Identified goals:
- Different: teams were producing designs that didn’t align, leading to a fragmented user experience across platforms.
- Different: teams were producing designs that didn’t align, leading to a fragmented user experience across platforms.
- Different: teams were producing designs that didn’t align, leading to a fragmented user experience across platforms.
- Different: teams were producing designs that didn’t align, leading to a fragmented user experience across platforms.
- Refinement
Step-by-step process for refining a design system.
1. Properties
Why?
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Solution
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Results
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
1. Properties
Why?
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Solution
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Results
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
1. Properties
Why?
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Solution
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Results
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
1. Properties
Why?
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Solution
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Results
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
- Scalability
Keeping the change manageable
Why?
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Solution
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Results
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
- MAINTENANCE
Keeping Components Fresh and Consistent
Why?
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Solution
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Results
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
- Integration
Introducing Storybook to the Rocket Design System
Why?
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Solution
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Results
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Introducing Storybook to the Rocket Design System
Introducing Storybook to the Rocket Design System
- Management
Creating a design to development workflow
Why?
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Solution
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
Results
The shift created inconsistencies between design, and development. These misalignments led to confusion, wasted effort,
- Management
Creating a design to development workflow
Key Learnings
Process is just as important as the product
Moving on, I’ll define the process first. A clear process early on ensures smoother collaboration, consistency, and efficiency as the project scales.
Process is just as important as the product
Moving on, I’ll define the process first. A clear process early on ensures smoother collaboration, consistency, and efficiency as the project scales.
Process is just as important as the product
Moving on, I’ll define the process first. A clear process early on ensures smoother collaboration, consistency, and efficiency as the project scales.
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