Bias in Design Systems - bencallahan.com
Thoughtful analysis from Ben (as always).
Designing design systems | Clearleft
I know I’m biased because I work with Jerlyn, but I think this in-depth piece by her is really something! She suveys the design system landscape and proposes some lo-fi governance ideas based around good old-fashioned dialogue.
Developing a design system takes collaboration between the makers of the design systems and the different users of the system. It’s a continual process that doesn’t have to require a huge investment in new departments or massive restructuring.
It can start small.
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What would HTML do? - The Cascade
Whenever I confront a design system problem, I ask myself this one question that guides the way: “What would HTML do?”
HTML is the ultimate composable language. With just a few elements shuffled together you can create wildly different interfaces. And that’s really where all the power from HTML comes up: everything has one job, does it really well (ideally), which makes the possible options almost infinite.
Design systems should hope for the same.
Patternsday 2024 – Photos by Marc Thiele
Lovely photos by Marc from Patterns Day!
Patterns Day Patterns | Trys Mudford
Trys threads the themes of Patterns Day together:
Jeremy did a top job of combining big picture and nitty-gritty talks into the packed schedule.
Breadcrumbs, buttons and buy-in: Patterns Day 3 | hidde.blog
A nice write-up of Patterns Day from Hidde.
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Composability in design systems
There’s probably a Pace Layer analogy in here somewhere.
UX London 2024, day three
A veritable feast of outstanding talks and workshops on design systems and design ops.
Patterns Day
It’s all about the people.
The schedule for Patterns Day
Eight talks on design systems in one fun day.
Patterns Day and more
The Patterns Day conference, the workshop the day after, and an Indie Web Camp on the weekend.