Expedia Group
Expedia Group
Expedia Group

Design System Architecture

Design System Architecture

Unifying a Global Brand Portfolio Under One Scalable System
Unifying a Global Brand Portfolio Under One Scalable System
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design-system

token-engineering

figma-tooling

multi-brand-theming

front-end-dev

system-architecture

design-operations

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Global Director, Design Studio
Global Director, Design Studio
Global Director, Design Studio

Project Type

Enterprise Design System

Released

Released

Technology

Figma Themer Plugin Design Tokens/Varients FullStory GitHub

Timeframe

Timeframe

4 months

4 months

Scaling design across a global travel ecosystem

Expedia Group's brands were each building in isolation, duplicating effort, drifting apart, and shipping too slowly. The mandate: unify them under one design system without losing what makes each distinct.

Luxury modern villa with infinity pool overlooking the ocean.
Luxury modern villa with infinity pool overlooking the ocean.

Brief

Build One System Every Team Would Actually Use

A shared foundation serving every brand across design and engineering, without compromising brand fidelity or workflow. One system to eliminate duplication, accelerate delivery, and make multi-brand execution effortless.

Build One System Every Team Would Actually Use

A shared foundation serving every brand across design and engineering, without compromising brand fidelity or workflow. One system to eliminate duplication, accelerate delivery, and make multi-brand execution effortless.

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Man working on a laptop at a desk with colourful abstract artwork hanging on the wall behind him.

Challenge

Twenty-Six Brands. Zero Shared Foundation.

Each brand had built its own component library, patterns, and engineering conventions in isolation, driving duplication, uneven quality, and a widening gap between design and code. Any system had to win adoption from both disciplines at once.

Twenty-Six Brands. Zero Shared Foundation.

Each brand had built its own component library, patterns, and engineering conventions in isolation, driving duplication, uneven quality, and a widening gap between design and code. Any system had to win adoption from both disciplines at once.

Refreshing cocktail by poolside with fruit and mint garnish.
Refreshing cocktail by poolside with fruit and mint garnish.
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Woman in a floral swimsuit smiling and holding a surfboard in front of stacked kayaks on a sunny beach.
Family floating in pool on blue and white swim rings.
Family floating in pool on blue and white swim rings.

Impact

A New Standard for Speed and Consistency.

EGDS shipped in four months and reset how design and engineering operate across the group. A single, token-driven source of truth retired redundant libraries, cut friction across the pipeline, and drove faster, more coordinated CRM execution.

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BRANDS UNIFIED ONE MESSAGING PLATFORM

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BRANDS UNIFIED ONE MESSAGING PLATFORM

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45%

REDUCTION IN TIME TO MARKET

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45%

REDUCTION IN TIME TO MARKET

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$34M

IN CRM GENERATED

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$34M

IN CRM GENERATED

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