Design System Office Hours

Nov 15 2024 69 ep. 33 mins 24

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Davy and PJ, design system practitioners talk about design-led product ownership, scaling and adoption, community and engagement, design system team models, and much more.

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Ep 67: Medium-ish Sized Teams

Nov 15 2024 33 mins

While we touched on teams of one, which is quite common in our community, how do we function in medium size teams of 3+ designers, and how can we effectively, and intentionally scale.

Ep 66: a11y Again

Oct 30 2024 31 mins

In our second episode dedicated to accessibility in design systems, Davy and PJ talk about the surface level explorations of color contrast, then learning more about how to better design for screen readers, for a better web experience.

Ep 65: DS POV from Engineering w/ Matt Petitt

Oct 15 2024 44 mins

We start our series with learning about how design systems interact and help our other team members from different disciplines. We start with Matt Petitt, Engineering Manager at Dayforce.

Ep 64: Efficiency x Velocity

Oct 03 2024 29 mins

Davy and PJ talk in depth about the perils of chasing efficiency, and how we approach measuring effort and time-saved. And does this tie into velocity at all?

Ep 63: Shifts in Priorities

Sep 17 2024 42 mins

In the tough market of design team contractions, Davy and PJ talk about how to maintain focus and stability as a horizontal design practice.

Ep 62: Diving Into Figma's REST API

Sep 06 2024 33 mins

On this episode, PJ talks about his time using Figma's REST API and how with so much data collected, we just need it to do a little more for us.

Ep 61: Where Design Systems Sit, w/ Nico from Zeplin

Aug 27 2024 48 mins

These have become some of our favorites, and tend to cover more ground than a typical ep. Nico, community manager for Zeplin joins as a co-host for this special ep.

Ep 60: Federated Help

Aug 14 2024 31 mins

Happy episode 60! Davy and PJ talk about a popular design system topic when we start out, Contributions and Federated Help. While this all sounds good, what are some of the pitfalls of relying too heavily on contributions and help from external design resources.

Ep 59: Adoption Again

Jul 30 2024 38 mins

Is system adoption the only measure of success? Davy and PJ talk about adoption metrics we tend to tie ourselves to, and how it may not always paint the most complete picture.

Ep 58: World of Colour

Jul 17 2024 27 mins

Or aptly named, Color Complexity in Design by our GPT pal, Davy and PJ discuss the use or rather overuse of color in product design. When thinking about color in design systems, once again, less is most appropriate.