2021-26
Telescope, Pleo's design system
2021-26
Telescope, Pleo's design system
Contributions
Product strategy
User research
Product design
Brand design
Design operations
Team
2 product designers
2 software engineers
1 tech lead
Overview
In August 2021, I shifted my focus to addressing product-wide design challenges and improving the experience for both product, brand designers and engineers at Pleo at scale.
Why
Unity
Design systems help create consistency and visual harmony across product design experiences.
Unity
Design systems help create consistency and visual harmony across product design experiences.
Scalability
Design systems enable designers to reuse design elements, maintain and create new product designs.
Scalability
Design systems enable designers to reuse design elements, maintain and create new product designs.
Collaboration
The design system serves as a platform for designers to contribute, share ideas and collaborate together.
Collaboration
The design system serves as a platform for designers to contribute, share ideas and collaborate together.
Visibility
The design system facilitates designers and the company as a whole understand Pleo's visual design language.
Visibility
The design system facilitates designers and the company as a whole understand Pleo's visual design language.
Centralisation
Design systems enable capturing design choices in a way that everyone can access, easily iterate and refer to.
Centralisation
Design systems enable capturing design choices in a way that everyone can access, easily iterate and refer to.
The approach
Telescope
We treat the design system as a collection of systems that share relation and interconnectivity.
Telescope
We treat the design system as a collection of systems that share relation and interconnectivity.
Highlights
Building blocks
I design, scale and steward widely used Figma libraries and components for designers across all Pleo.
Building blocks
I design, scale and steward widely used Figma libraries and components for designers across all Pleo.
Contribution guides
I design guides and documentation for designers to contribute to the different parts of Pleo's design system.
Contribution guides
I design guides and documentation for designers to contribute to the different parts of Pleo's design system.
Product design
I work on complex, large-scale design challenges that push the whole product forward, from layout and iconography to typeface and complex componets.
Product design
I work on complex, large-scale design challenges that push the whole product forward, from layout and iconography to typeface and complex componets.
Sidebar redesign · 2026
Mobile app · 2025
List item component · 2024
Spacing tokens · 2025
Documentation's site
Creating visibility around Pleo's design system across the organisation.
Documentation's site
Creating visibility around Pleo's design system across the organisation.
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© Made by Martín, 2026
© Made by Martín, 2026
© Made by Martín, 2026
© Made by Martín, 2026