• Takeaways •
A summer with lots of learnings and growths that made me love design even more
When I first joined, I got overwhelmed by the amount of feedback, and was hesitated to ask questions. I choose to hold onto them until I found the answers myself or absolutely needed to ask. However, by observing how design manager and mentor handled feedback and through my own experiences, I learned to approach it with the understanding that it is not a form of judgment. In fact, my superpower as a designer is to process and prioritize them, understand the “why” and help the team make better decisions.
#2There is no one single design process.
While I learned the “double dimond” design process from school, I realized we do not and should not always follow the path. Design process depends on the stages of the product, available resources, etc. It is important to stay flexible and adaptable.
#3Working with a matured design system in a growing org.
I gained experience using mature design systems as foundations, extending their components and patterns, and adapting them to meet the needs of rapidly evolving products.