Hey, I'm Dillon!

Design engineer with 8+ years spanning design systems, component-driven UI, and editorial design.

I build Figma component libraries and token architectures, ship token-driven components, and prototype with agentic workflows.

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Wanna see what I've done?

Quieto Design System

A token-driven design system with three-tier design tokens, a library of accessible web components, Figma libraries synced from code, and AI tools that let an assistant build with it.Design SystemsView case study

Quieto Tokens

An open source CLI and MCP server that turns a handful of design decisions into a production-ready, multi-platform token system — accessible by default.View case study

Yummly Search Redesign

Using an established design system to redesign the search experience on the Yummly app.UI DesignUX DesignComponent LibraryView case study

Pasta Design System

Pasta is a token-based design system developed by myself and the design team at Yummly to improve the overall efficiency across the entire organization.Design SystemsView case study

Some thoughts I've had

I learned design systems on a pasteboard

What years of production design taught me about token systems, and how a side project making hand-bound baseball scorebooks brought me full circle.Essay5 min read Oct 2026

When a plan meets reality

My design tokens were supposed to sync both ways with Figma. Then I checked the price tag.Note1 min read Sep 2026

A design token name is a sentence

How the three tiers in my token system turn every name into a sentence that reads left to right.Note1 min read