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# Lessons learned from building a design system
- URL: https://design-bytes.com/lessons-learned-from-building-a-design-system-2/
- Published: 2019-09-03T19:04:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-25T20:17:19.000Z
- Author: Peter Kaizer
- Tags: Design Systems

Design systems have become a focus of mine over the past several years. Lots has been written but this Medium post about 5 lessons learned struck a note with me. Particularly this bit:

> **Set the right balance between discipline and freedom**  
> As designers and developers, it can be appealing to sometimes throw new solutions at old problems. 

[Read the full post](https://medium.com/carwow-product-engineering/five-lessons-i-learned-building-a-design-system-443f04c6b9d1?ref=design-bytes.com)