Transforming Canceled Project into Successful Design System

Transforming Canceled Project into Successful Design SystemTransforming Canceled Project into Successful Design System

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Catherine Hicks

pro

• 7h

Client canceled the design system project mid flight, so I said forget it, Im not letting my work go to wasted and started building it myself. Launched a website complete with a full design system repo that connects to storybook and is published on chromatic. I did manual passes to tweak some things, but overall its been about 70/30 on the development to Claude's favor and about 30% on the design side, where I had done a fair bit of the legwork already

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Natalia Trusova

• Jun 28

Lens & Link is a mobile app for finding and booking photographers. It connects clients with photographers based on city, date, and shooting genre.

There are two registration paths. A photographer creates a profile with their name, genre, city, hourly rate, and portfolio. A client registers with just a name and email. The same account can function as both — a photographer can also book other photographers through the platform.

Each user has a personal dashboard split into two views: their incoming or outgoing bookings, and their profile. Bookings have statuses — pending, confirmed, cancelled, completed — and both sides receive email notifications at each stage.

Search works by city, date, and genre. The app has a bottom navigation bar for smooth movement between sections.

Category

Marketplace / Services — connecting creatives with clients.

How it was built

I'm a designer, not a developer. I used Claude to generate the full app architecture from a text prompt — database structure, data types, workflows, and page logic. That became my starting point inside Bubble.

From there I worked through the bindings and workflow connections myself, using Bubble's built-in AI agent and the Claude browser extension as support. When something wasn't clear, I asked the agent directly. When I could figure it out — I did.

The UI and design decisions were mine throughout. The AI handled the logic foundation; I handled how it looks, feels, and flows.

link https://bubble.io/live_not_supported?appname=trusovanatadesign-66181

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaJFHeAtw3Y/?igsh=N3NicWVid3Y5MnAy

For the judges:

This is my first experience with Bubble. During submission I discovered that the starter plan doesn't generate a shareable live link for mobile apps — something I wasn't aware of going in. I'm attaching an alternative link to the app preview below.

Thank you for your understanding.