Paige Reidarson is a product designer specializing in design systems

Who I Am

I'm a product designer who builds, integrates, and scales design systems. I work across product, system architecture, and (lately) agentic pipelines connecting design to code, helping teams move faster from idea to ship.

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Value 01

Cross functional. The best design systems are negotiated. I spend as much time with engineers, PMs, and stakeholders as I do in Figma or code.

Value 02

Product focused. I stay close to the problems teams are solving because great experiences are what define a system, not the other way around.

Value 03

Tool agnostic. I like experimenting with new ways of working and new tools. I'm always trying to close the gap between design and engineering.

In the Age of AI

Lately I've been building agentic prototyping pipelines and exploring how much guidance AI agents need to ship production-ready work.

Tools in use
  • Cursor
  • Figma
  • Claude
  • Terminal
  • Paper
Notes on the Synthesis of Form By Christopher Alexander
  • Role

    Product Designer, Design Systems

    Scope

    Product, Design Systems, Prototyping

    Leading design systems and product design work across multiple client engagements including True West, CSX, and NVIDIA.

  • Role

    Design Systems Lead

    Scope

    Multi-brand Framework, Figma, Governance

    Led design system strategy for Foundations, a multi-brand framework centralizing design and development workflows across Columbia, Prana, Mountain Hardwear, and Sorel ecommerce platforms.

  • Role

    Product Designer, Design Systems

    Scope

    Design System, Clinical Trials, Governance

    Led the creation of AstraZeneca's first design system for clinical trial management software, enabling a distributed team to deliver user-centered solutions in a heavily regulated environment.

  • Role

    Product Designer

    Scope

    Cross-platform UI Library, Web, iOS, Android

    Helped create meaningful experiences for Schwab's Robo-Advisor tool across web, iOS, and Android while establishing the product's cross-platform UI Library.

  • Role

    UX Designer

    Scope

    Digital Transformation, Rebrand, Design System

    Helped implement the digital transformation and rebranding for Transamerica's flagship website while contributing reusable components and documentation to the company's design system.