Modular Systems: Scaling Design Without Drift
How component taxonomies, tokens, and governance keep a design system coherent as teams and products grow.
Date
10
Day
Wed
Time
Room
Modulor Studio
Speaker
Marlene Fässler
- RoleProduct Designer
- CompanyMeridian Studio
- LocationZurich, Switzerland
Focus areas
design systemsgridsleadership
About Marlene
Marlene Fässler is a product designer from Zurich — and the programme chair of Meridian — whose work is built on a simple conviction: design should serve people first. With over a decade of experience, she has led multidisciplinary teams building modular, grid-driven product systems at Meridian Studio, where the Swiss tradition of precision meets the messy reality of shipping software.
Her interfaces are known for being both beautiful and quietly functional: the kind where the system does the heavy lifting so the user never notices it. Marlene speaks at international conferences on the enduring power of grids and mentors young designers across Europe.
Topics
- Modular design systems
- Minimalism in digital products
- Swiss design principles
Fun Fact
Marlene collects vintage Swiss posters and finds inspiration in their grid-based layouts — her apartment is a museum of International Typographic Style.