You Need A Design System
Make your interface look as good as it sounds
Walk around any music tech festival or expo, scroll through plugin stores, and you'll notice that a lot of music tech things look the same. Whether you're trying to stand out in a crowded market or trying to make your own ecosystem of products looks cohesive, you need more than luck. You need a design system.
This talk breaks down the anatomy of a design system, from simple visual guidelines to full-stack deployed token systems. We’ll explore what it takes to build them at scale, how they save thousands of development hours, and how a disciplined system ensures your products look like they were designed with true intent.
Finally, we'll move past the theory with an on-stage demonstration. Watch a live bootstrap of a design system, giving you real, practical steps to start designing your next project with confidence and sanity.
Astrid Bin
Principal Designer
Astrid Bin
Astrid Bin is an artist and designer who specialises in making complex things useful, beautiful and understandable. She's worked for more than a decade as a music technology researcher in industry and acacemia. She was the founding designer of Bela, and is currently the Principal Designer at RoEx Audio, as well as working in e-textiles research for musical interacton. She lives in Berlin.