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The vast majority of design systems work is busywork
I would like to take a stand against “design systems” as standalone work; meetings to “officialize” components and designers building three tier token…
Overindexing on the system
Have you ever seen the LEGO documentary on Disney+? It talks about the history of LEGO and if you’ve seen it, you might be familiar with a phrase that’s…
Success through openness in digital design
Two weeks ago, I gave a talk at Open Belgium 2021, titled “Success through Openness in Digital Design”. The slides are now up here. A recording of the…
Our deliverable sometimes makes us obsolete (and that’s okay)
Here’s two separate things I heard last week: Using the design system, another team [in the company] created a whole new app without your involvement…