Episode description

Our Polaris design system was created to align us in building great experiences for Shopify businesses.

In this episode, UX director Yesenia Perez-Cruz sits down with senior UX manager Kevin Clark to talk about the origins of the system, the philosophy that drives it, and how it's evolving. Plus:

• what the "trip wires" are for adding to the design system
• how the Polaris team is structured
• what happens if people trust the system too much
• why Polaris has evolved into a "system of systems:

The full transcript of the episode is available at: https://ux.shopify.com/inside-shopify-ux-5-polaris-9b0483005b23.