68. Driving Consistency Across Systems with Meta Part One

<p>A round table discussion hosted by Chris and Andrew from Knapsack with the Meta Blueprint team (part one). <br/><br/>View the transcript of this episode <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/15hVZIod9QLnKR0IuA-8Wpn8dXFA4OM7P/edit'>here</a>.<br/><br/><b>Guests<br/></b><br/><b>Christopher Clare - Director of Product Design</b><br/><br/>Chris Clare is the Head of Foundation Design for FB App responsible for unifying the app through the Blueprint Design System, driving efficiency for the rest of the design org and giving capacity back to our teams to focus on innovation. Prior to this role, he was the Head of Design for the Communities Product Group at Meta. His team was responsible for helping people build meaningful communities through products like Groups, Events, Profile and Messenger. After he joined the company 7.5 years ago to help rethink the strategy and experience for the Groups Product, it quickly became the top priority for the company who changed their mission to be community driven. In the previous 15 years before Meta, Chris has led Design System and Product teams as multiple Companies, including his time as Creative Director at Motorola (Google) and head of Skype Android and Desktop at Microsoft.<br/><br/><b>Mitch Johnson - Director, Product Design</b><br/><br/>Mitch Johnson leads the Blueprint Design System Team for Facebook responsible for building the underlying Design System and infrastructure to enable teams design efficiently on a unified infrastructure, consistently across surfaces, accessible for all users, and to a high bar of people-first quality.<br/><br/><b>Elizabeth Rifer - Director, Content Design</b><br/><br/>Elizabeth is responsible for developing Facebook’s content architecture. She spent years building Facebook Marketplace and believes in strengthening communities through local commerce. Her mission is to humanize technology so everyone (including her mother) can enjoy it. You can find Elizabeth on LinkedIn.<br/><br/><b>Dan Lebowitz - Director, Product Design</b><br/><br/>Da