Done With Components, by @donnie:
Done With Components, by @donnie:
Design System Documentation Is Essential—as Long as It’s Good, by @pjonori.com:
Explore how AI is changing the way we build systems—from design tokens to delivery pipelines. A blueprint for the new UI stack.
“At enterprise scale, consistency and efficiency demands make a design system indispensable…” #designsystems
https://medium.com/@alperenbekci/how-should-a-design-system-be-e88e2dc0e49e
Just a couple of tickets left now for my Writing design systems documentation session at 10am-1pm next Thursday, 29 May.
If you're available and want to learn how to create docs people can find, understand and use, I'd love to have you.
Tell your friends!
Explore how AI is changing the way we build systems—from design tokens to delivery pipelines. A blueprint for the new UI stack.
Design systems are product operating systems. They are more than just design tools, the span all aspects of your organization.
#ux #ai #webdev #designsystems
https://medium.com/design-systems-mindset/design-systems-are-product-operating-systems-9559d1c4e0c9
“A scalable design system can become the backbone of the user experience. It helps both designers and developers make faster, more consistent decisions.” #designsystems
https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/when-speed-isnt-enough-you-need-a-system-03df24a807f1
You use accessible components but your designs still have accessibility issues. Sound familiar?
I published a 2-part series exploring why these issues persist and how to solve them with a set of design system annotations that can capture critical accessibility details.
#accessibility #annotations #github #designsystems #a11y #inclusivedesign
How do you showcase your design system? Like automobile manufacturers, build a "concept car" a POC that demonstrates everything your system can do.
#frontend #designsystems #history
https://medium.com/design-systems-collective/your-design-systems-concept-car-6aebec8162c5
Bias in Design Systems, by @bencallahan.com:
🌟 Need help with your design system?
🌟 Struggling with design tokens?
🌟 Looking for a front-end developer?
✅ Let’s tackle it together!
🌐 www.alwaystwisted.com
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What if your design system didn't need to ship components in a component library?
If using AI agents, component libraries break free of framework and style constraints by generating components at build time from prompts and generator functions.
What are your thoughts on AI-integrated design systems and what would you like to see them do? How do you use AI in your system?
#DesignSystems #SoftwareArchitecture #FrontendDevelopment #SystemsThink
“Design systems aren’t about blocking creativity. They’re about reducing waste, increasing quality, and scaling trust.” #designsystems
#Design #Analyses
Figma Dreamweaver · “Figma Sites brings back memories of the early 00s.” https://ilo.im/163sga
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#Figma #WYSIWYG #Semantics #DesignSystems #UxDesign #UIDesign #WebDesign #Development #WebDev #Frontend
Any of my design systems friends know of a good chart/data viz Figma plugin that can be tied to a variable library (without the variables having to live in the same file)?
Boosts appreciated 🚀
“You’re not just following a formula, you’re building one that fits.” #designsystems
Do design system component libraries still need components? Not handcrafted framework-specific components. The future is AI integration and build-time generated components. Read about it for free on Medium. Github links to a POC in the story.
Fresh on my #blog "Are we really still just giving developers pictures of websites?"
#design #ux #DesignSystems #FrontEndDev
thomasrigby.com/posts/are-we-really-still-just-giving-developers-pictures-of-websites/
Altijd al eens NL Design System willen uitproberen? Wij hebben een tutorial die je helpt het lokaal aan de praat te krijgen:
https://developer.overheid.nl/kennisbank/front-end/nl-design-system/aan-de-slag-met-nl-design-system
Wat vinden jullie van NL Design System? Mochten jullie fan zijn, 22 mei is er een meetup waarbij Robbert van NL Design System vertelt over het project:
#nl-design-system #opensource #publictech #designsystems #figma