Auditing an inherited design system, convincing a team to stop, and rebuilding a foundation that fit the brand it was actually serving.

Glasses Direct - Design System

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Auditing an inherited design system, convincing a team to stop, and rebuilding a foundation that fit the brand it was actually serving.
Industry
eCommerce
Location
London
Year
2023
live project
I joined on a three-month contract to design a new website. Within weeks I'd identified the bigger problem: the inherited system - adopted from parent EssilorLuxottica after the merger - was built for boutique opticians. Vision Direct is an e-commerce business. The system didn't fit. The dev team had already begun to build with it. As a contractor, I had to convince stakeholders to stop.
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