# About

Telescope is a collection of reusable user interface assets guided by clear standards that can be assembled together to build coherent digital experiences at Pleo

Tabs: [Overview](/about/about.overview.md) · [Values](/about/about.values.md) · [Principles](/about/about.principles.md) · [Sharing](/about/about.sharing.md) · [Growth](/about/about.growth.md)

## Mission

We strive to obtain a cohesive and consistent user experience across Pleo’s products, while facilitating efficient workflows and collaboration between designers and developers.

## Approach

We help identify and capture design decisions in order to standardise our user interfaces and then aim to help designers and developers adhere to those decisions (without “policing”).

## Consumers

Telescope is consumed in Pleo applications to various degrees. Based on our internal observations and the general knowledge we have, usage currently looks something like this:

## Roadmap

Read [what's new](/changelog) for released updates, or ask the [Design Systems team](https://getpleo.slack.com/archives/CPCFSJK1R) about planned work.

## Team structure

The direction for Telescope is set by the central Design Systems team at Pleo. Product teams also contribute to the evolution of the system through our [contribution model](/contributing/contributing.overview).

## Get involved

- Join our [Slack channel](https://getpleo.slack.com/archives/CPCFSJK1R) to have a chat
- Join our weekly [Office Hours](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MWw3OXEzY3ZtcnFva3A3cmtkazZwZWxuYTdfMjAyMzA1MDRUMTIwMDAwWiBjaHJpc3RpYW4ua2FzdGJqZXJnQHBsZW8uaW8&tmsrc=christian.kastbjerg%40pleo.io&scp=ALL) to share design system ideas and/or get assistance