Design Systems Podcast
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Episodes: 136
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Design Systems Podcast interviews industry leaders and product makers to share best practices and explore the areas where design and development come together.
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136. Are Design Systems Still for People? A Conversation with Elyse Holladay
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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135. The Infrastructure Behind Digital Production: A Conversation with Steve Dodier-Lazaro
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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134 Modernizing a Legend: Catherine Dubut Builds the Future at Ford Pro
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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133. Garth Braithwaite on Design Tokens, Governance, and Scaling Spectrum at Adobe
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May 27, 2025 |
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132. The Evolution of Digital Production: TJ Pitre Talks Flash, Figma, and the Future of Dynamic Design
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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131. DSP Rewind | Rick Rodriguez on Building an Adaptable and Scalable Design system
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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130. Jon Warden on How GSK Uses Design Systems to Balance Scale, Flexibility, and Innovation
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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129. DSP Mashup | The Future of AI and Digital Production
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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128. DSP Rewind | Emily Campbell: Design and code convergence
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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127. Building a Unified Design System for Instacart’s Multi-Product Ecosystem: Lessons for Success from Miranda Bouck
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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126. Scaling Avalara's Design System to Support a Growth-By-Acquisition Strategy
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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125. Inside H-E-B’s Digital Transformation: Adriana Morales on Design Systems That Empower Teams
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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124. From Ideas to Impact: Chris Strahl and Evan Lovely on Five Years of Design Systems Innovation
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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123. Adoption, Efficiency, and Value: insights from KickstartDS’s Jonas Ulrich and Daniel Ley
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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122. Creating Cohesion from Chaos: The Role of Language and System Design with Ben Callahan
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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121. The Intersection of Urban Planning and Design Systems: Insights from Andii Hei
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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120. From Designer to Design System Leader: Insights from Allison Shaw's Career Journey
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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119. Rethinking Design Consistency: Debating Tokens vs. Components with ADPs Alice Preisler
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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118. Reusability, Collaboration, and Empathy: Catalina Manea on Bridging Design and Development to Build Applications with Design Systems"
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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117. Why Kate Moran Thinks Humans Are Essential to the Future of Generative UI and AI.
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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116. Designed for success: How Guy Segal Built a Design System that Product Teams Want to Use.
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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115. Design System Sources of Truth: Transparency and Collaboration with Dropbox’s Mark Shuster
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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114. Design Systems and Ways of Working: Nick Hahn on Collaboration, Adoption, and AI
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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113. Config 2024: Highlights and Hot Takes with Jina Anne and Adekunle Oduye
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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112. Creating Effective Design Systems for Small and Mid-Size Companies: Apiture’s Journey
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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111. How AI is Revolutionizing Design Systems and Customer Experiences with Dave Calleja
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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110. The Evolution of ServiceNow's Design System with Meredith Van Lier
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May 28, 2024 |
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109. Making Design Systems Inclusive with Accessibility Specialist Daniel Henderson-Ede
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May 14, 2024 |
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108. U.S. Bank’s Beau Ulrey on Building Trust Through Design Systems
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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107. The Evolution of IBM's Carbon Design System with Scott Strubberg
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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106. Brad Frost on Adaptable Design Systems
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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105. Ranjeet Tayi from Informatica: AI-Driven Design
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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104. Shawn Cheris from Adobe: Spectrum 2 Design System and AI’s Role in the Future of Design
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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103. Nate Baldwin from Intuit: Multi-Brand Theming in Complex Organizations
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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102. David Müller: Intentional Breakpoints and AI Insights
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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101. PJ Onori of Pinterest/Disney: Design Systems Shifting the Productivity Paradigm
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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100. Brian Dorsey on Design and Engineering Synergy at Mastercard
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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99. Jackie Lai, Lead UX Designer at OPIS Dow Jones, on Creating Future-Proof Systems
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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98. Exploring Alexandrian Patterns in Design Systems with Kevin Muldoon at Dow Jones
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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97. Curt Schreiber, CCO at VSA, on Building Global Design Systems for Scale
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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96. Jina Anne and Adekunle Oduye: Navigating Career Pathways in Design Systems
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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95. Matt Weinberg, Sr. Product Designer at Angi: Empathy-First Approach to Evolving Design Systems
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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94. Josh Clark, Founder of Big Medium: Scaling Digital Strategy Within Complex Organizations
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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93. Nathan Curtis, Co-founder of EightShapes: Balancing reuse and customization in UI Design
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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92. Lisa Apers Independent Designer and Researcher: Tailoring UIs with brainwaves for personalized user experiences
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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91. Designing diversity: Crafting tiered systems for a global market with Tim Banker at Slalom Consulting
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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90. The innovation triad: Needs, coverage and adoption with Alex Wilson and Jon Reidy at T. Rowe Price
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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89. Metrics matter: Harnessing usage data for adoption, coverage, efficiency, and quality with Maya Hampton at REI
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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88. Beyond isolation: Harmonizing products in a design ecosystem with JJ Rogers at Watermark
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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87. Designing success: Crafting principles for passkey adoption with Kevin Goldman and Sierre Wolfkostin at FIDO Alliance
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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86. From consistency to contribution: How design systems grow trees with Jay Smith at REI
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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85. Driving speed and consistency: The power of design systems in startups with Jamie Totten at Klue
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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84. Digital typography: Suggesting, not dictating with Juli Sombat at Spotify and Jason Pamental at Chewy
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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83. Breaking silos and enhancing teamwork in design systems with Tony Pantello and Chris Henke at Accutech
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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82. Design system revamp: Unpacking Monster's UX odyssey with Billea Breen
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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81. Embracing change with Mark Reynolds, Design System Consultant: How design and engineering roles are evolving in design systems
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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80. Bridging Code & Creativity with Kevin Broich at Cisco
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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79. Inside Pinterest's Gestalt System with Product Designers, Kate Halvorsen and Cintia Romero: A community-centric approach
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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78. Bridging the design-code gap at Meta, a multidisciplinary approach with Sriram Ramasubramanian
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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77. Robin Cannon, Executive Director and Head of Design System at J.P. Morgan: Creating an environment that encourages and builds trust with design systems
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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76. Christophe Coutzoukis Design System Lead: Building Thriving Design System Communities
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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75. Adam Sedwick Senior Product Manager: Harnessing the power of design systems to unify your team
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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74. Richard Banfield, Advisor & Recovering CEO: What does iterative work look like in design systems?
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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73. Sheryl Cababa Chief Strategy Officer at Substantial: Using system thinking to make informed decisions
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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72. Danielle MacDonald Creative Head, Digital Product Design: Designing to scale
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May 31, 2023 |
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71. Chris Deluca Senior Front-End Developer: People are the heart of design systems
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May 23, 2023 |
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70. Pinata's Kendall Totten interviews Knapsack CEO Chris Strahl: Design with code and AI
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May 16, 2023 |
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69. The single source of truth mentality: Meta Part Two
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May 09, 2023 |
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68. Driving Consistency Across Systems with Meta Part One
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May 02, 2023 |
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67. Design Token Takes Part Two: Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent and Darren Simons
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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66. Design Token Takes Part One: Amber Stickel and Taylor Cashdan
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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65. Morgane Peng Managing Director & Head of Design at Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking: Is a design system a business asset or a technical asset?
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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64. Evan Lovely CTO & Co-Founder of Knapsack: Source of truth should be the user experience
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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63. Jennie Yip Principal Design Architect from Atlassian Design System: Building design systems, following the path of least resistance
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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62. Avery Oldt Head of Design and Research from Amazon: Scaling ideas to systems
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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61. Jack McCloy Engineering Manager from Amplitude: The Purpose of Design Systems
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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60. Adekunle Oduye from Plaid: Systems and solving problems for its users
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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59. Jennifer D’Amato, Senior UI/UX Designer and Donnie D’Amato, Senior Engineer: Design systems reflect those who use, maintain and are a part of it
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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58. Michael Jeter, Creative Director from Zapier: Systems have always been a part of solving design problems
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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57. Francesco Cutolo from Klarna: Start from scratch, or build on existing design systems, which is more viable?
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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56. Smith Schwartz, Product Design Manager & Tyce Clee, Engineering Manager at Spotify discuss their design system, Encore
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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55. Todd Wilkens from Remote: The experience is the product
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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54. Nick Hahn founder of Creative Liberation: Design systems are going to reduce the need for early career designers by 75%
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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53. Dana Lawson from Netlify: Bridging the gap between engineers and designers
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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52. Kathryn Gonzalez from DoorDash: Localize your design system
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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51. Evan Lovely, Chris Bloom, Jake Love, and Brittany Smart from Knapsack: Hot Takes on the State of Design Systems
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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50. Stephen Gates: What makes a good design leader?
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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49. Vojtech Miksu from Uber: Next-gen tooling for developers
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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48. Meghan Rosatelli and Saejin Choi from Capital One: Navigating design system convergence, adoption, and contribution simultaneously
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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47. Nick Dorman and Ellis Capon from News UK: Bridging old and new media with News UK’s design system, NewsKit
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May 16, 2022 |
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46. Davy Fung from Disney+/Hulu: Spicy takes on design system nuances
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May 02, 2022 |
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45. Una Kravets from Google Chrome and Chris Bloom from Knapsack: The internet’s dirty secret
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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44. Corey Greeneltch from Compass: Why design systems should be part of your company’s DNA
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Special announcement: Patterns, the design systems conference for leaders
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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43. Matt May and Veda Rosier from Adobe: Building an accessible, inclusive design system
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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42. Neva Corbo-Hudak and Rogin Farrer from Wayfair: The long evolution of a web design system
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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41. Mike Bowser from Vista: The past, present, and future of design systems
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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40. Zach Hendershot and Aaron Stone from Crux Digital: How agencies solve difficult technical problems for Fortune 1000 clients
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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39. Stephen Gates from WW: Culture, design methodology, and design system ROI
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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38. Gina Calcaterra Bhawalkar from Forrester: Lorem ipsum won’t help your design system
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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37. Josh Cusick from Microsoft: Imagining design system utopia
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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36. Deep Dive: Design System ROI with Robin Cannon from IBM iX and Danny Phillips from Procore
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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35. Leonardo De La Rocha from Intuit: Using one design system to manage dozens of products
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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34. Audrey Tan from Xero: Creating a long-lasting design system vision
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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33. Jess Clark from LinkedIn: Old tech, new tech
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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32. Deep dive on tokens with Adam Argyle from Google: How do you codify composition?
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May 17, 2021 |
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31. Maya Hampton from REI: Pattern-based thinking on all levels
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May 03, 2021 |
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30. Jehad Affoneh from Splunk and Scott Mathis from VMware: Schrodinger's tokens, open-source, and components
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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29. Dave Calleja from Isobar: How agencies build design systems
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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28. Matthew Ström from SimpleHealth: Using design tokens to standardize deliverables
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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27. Jennie Yip from Atlassian: Storytelling to drive design system success
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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26. Avery Oldt from Blermph: Embracing intentionality and creating trust
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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25. Eric Lobdell from Facebook: Anticipating deviation to drive adoption and contribution
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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24. Nick Cochran from ExxonMobil: How to make doing the right thing the easy thing
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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23. Vidya Nayak from SoFi: Leading design systems across teams
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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22. Demian Borba from Adobe: Understanding and harnessing the power of design tokens
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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21. Jina Anne from Clarity: A design system origin story
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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20. Rick Rodriguez from Walmart Labs: Creating design systems that scale
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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19. Morgane Peng from Societe Generale: The right level of complexity for the right people
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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18. Jason Lengstorf from Netlify: Failure, finding your way, and helping others adopt a new way of working
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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17. Varun Vachar from Rangle: The design graph and computational design
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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16. Adam Argyle from Google: Making your design system freeing vs. constraining
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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15. Stephen Gates: What are you doing about the people and trust aspects of your design system?
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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14. Mina Markham: Building shared culture and better collaboration between designers and developers
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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13. Micah Godbolt: Design and code meeting in the middle with Fluent UI at Microsoft
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May 20, 2020 |
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12. Ethan Marcotte: Design systems and the evolution of how we work
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May 11, 2020 |
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11. Brad Frost and Evan Lovely: Code is the source of truth
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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10. Jeremy Keith: Overcoming entropy and turning chaos into order
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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9. Charles Hall: Accessibility is good for your products and great for your business
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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8. Salem Ghoweri: Bolt Design System and front-end architects
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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7. Skip Newberry: Technology and design in government
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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6. Marco Suárez: Buying into design systems
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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5. Tatiana Mac: Design and inclusivity
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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4. Dan Mall: How do design systems work in enterprise organizations?
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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3. Emily Campbell: Design and code convergence
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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1. Evan Lovely: What are design systems?
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Dec 09, 2019 |