57. Francesco Cutolo from Klarna: Start from scratch, or build on existing design systems, which ...

Опубликовано: 01 Июль 2026
на канале: Knapsack
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Francesco and Chris discuss the importance of foundational concepts like code, that help secure buy-in and  prove value within an organization. Thus, supporting Francesco's current thoughts that building on existing design systems proves to be more viable for his work at Klarna.


View the transcript of this episode here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v...) .


Guests


Francesco Cutolo is a Design Manager (currently leading the design system) at Klarna. Born in Pompeii,  he moved to Sweden after spending 10+ years building digital products for desktop and mobile systems across Europe.




Host


Chris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of Knapsack (https://www.knapsack.cloud/) , host of @TheDSPod (  / thedspod  ) , DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as @chrisstrahl (  / chrisstrahl  ) and on LinkedIn (  / chrisstrahl  ) .


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