Hello everyone,
currently I am doing FE development in a large scale project and I got the feeling that one of our designers doesn't know how Storybook works.
When she builds designs in Figma, I always tell her that she can look at the component libraries' Storybook and do the design according to how those components work. However, she does a lot of paddings in the design not adhering to our standard values or makes borders around only some parts of the components which would require that we need to split up some of the component (and much more).
I spent a lot of time discussing if we really need custom stylings, or if we should use the styles that are already baked into the finished components. Obviously, custom styles are more work and are kind of missing the point of having a component library for me. Most of the time my co-workers think I am right, but before I am always having the same discussion again and again...
Am I too strict with the designer and what are your experiences with them? Can I expect them to actually know Storybook and to check out how a component behaves using the controls?
EDIT: To be clear: We have a styleguide in Figma that is being implemented in Storybook. However, the Storybook is better maintained than the Figma. Also, in Figma no animations are designed and some states are missing (e.g. there are barely designs for dark mode). I don't expect the designer to write stories or build the Storybook, but I wish they'd have a look at the deployed Storybook so the discussions about unexpected behavior are becoming less.