Service Victoria Design System
React Design system
Situation
I played a pivotal role in creating the React-based design system for Service Victoria, ensuring a consistent, scalable, and efficient approach to UI development. The design system serves as a comprehensive collection of reusable UI components and guidelines, tailored specifically for React applications. It includes pre-designed, customisable components such as buttons, forms, navigation bars, and cards, along with detailed documentation to support their usage and implementation.
The design system was built to align with Service Victoria’s brand identity and evolving design requirements, ensuring a consistent user experience across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. Additionally, I collaborated with Single Digital Presence (SDP) to align efforts with the Ripple design system, which serves Victorian government digital products. By sharing knowledge and best practices, we created a cohesive digital experience across government services while fostering strong stakeholder relationships.
The design process followed the Atomic Design methodology, which structures UI components into a hierarchical system of atoms, molecules, and organisms. This approach helped maintain scalability, consistency, and flexibility across Service Victoria’s digital products.
Tasks
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Gathering critical information from different angles to inform the design and development process, ultimately leading to a solution that is both feasible and valuable.
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Establish a clear, organised, and sustainable framework for building and utilising reusable components in the design system.
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To focus on minimising disruption during the implementation phase and maximising the utilisation and benefits of the change in the long term.
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To create a reusable and scalable foundation of UI components, patterns, and guidelines, built with React, that empowers product teams to design and develop consistent, high-quality user interfaces efficiently.
Actions
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This is the initial, crucial phase of establishing the core architectural principles, structural elements, and foundational components that will underpin the entire system. It's about laying the groundwork for a reusable, scalable, and maintainable library of UI elements and design tokens built with React.
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This signifies the core execution phase of building a React design system, where the foundational principles, design tokens, and architectural plans are translated into a tangible collection of reusable UI components. This stage focuses on the actual creation, implementation, and refinement of the individual building blocks that developers will use to construct user interfaces.
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This refers to the ongoing process of refining, expanding, and optimising the design system based on feedback, usage patterns, evolving design trends, and technological advancements. It acknowledges that a design system is not a static entity but a living product that requires continuous attention and evolution to remain relevant and effective.
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This highlights the critical ongoing efforts required to foster a shared understanding, encourage active participation, and drive the widespread and consistent use of the React design system across all relevant teams within the organisation.
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Results
To implement the React design system for Service Victoria, I took a structured approach that combined design, development, collaboration, and iteration. I established a strong foundation by defining design tokens for colours, typography, and spacing, ensuring consistency across components.
Using Atomic Design methodology, I created scalable, reusable UI components in Figma and built a React component library with Storybook, ensuring accessibility and responsiveness.
I collaborated closely with UX designers, developers, and Single Digital Presence (SDP) to align with the Ripple design system, fostering a cohesive digital experience across Victorian government services.
By continuously gathering feedback, monitoring adoption, and iterating on the system, I ensured its scalability, flexibility, and long-term success in supporting Service Victoria’s digital products.
