Medium’s article “Multi-Product Design System: How to Make It Work” by Anastasiya Kabalkina discusses the challenges and potential solutions for building and managing design systems across multiple products. The piece addresses common problems such as meeting varied product needs, inefficient component management, growing design team workloads, and the loss of product expertise at the design system level. It suggests adopting a hierarchical multi-product design system to mitigate these issues, outlining its structure and advantages.
The article is useful for designers, product managers, and development teams looking to enhance the effectiveness of design systems for a diverse range of products within an organization.