DSP 132. The Evolution of Digital Production: TJ Pitre Talks Flash, Figma, and the Future of Dynamic Design
Patterns Podcast29 Huhti 2025

DSP 132. The Evolution of Digital Production: TJ Pitre Talks Flash, Figma, and the Future of Dynamic Design

Send us feedback or episode suggestions. In this episode, TJ Pitre, founder of South Left, joins the podcast to trace the real evolution of digital production — from the early days of Flash and Fireworks to today's dynamic, system-driven workflows. TJ shares his journey bridging design and development, reflects on the rise of modern tools like Figma, and explores the shift toward more connected, production-ready design. Along the way, he breaks down the growing role of the design engineer, th...

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31. Maya Hampton from REI: Pattern-based thinking on all levels

31. Maya Hampton from REI: Pattern-based thinking on all levels

Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Maya Hampton and Chris discuss why design systems need to be flexible, the role of a product manager in a design system, and viewing design systems as products...

3 Touko 202144min

30. Jehad Affoneh from Splunk and Scott Mathis from VMware: Schrodinger's tokens, open-source, and components

30. Jehad Affoneh from Splunk and Scott Mathis from VMware: Schrodinger's tokens, open-source, and components

Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Jehad Affoneh, Scott Mathis, and Chris discuss the advantages of open-source, the role of content in design systems, the pattern-based approach to building app...

12 Huhti 202141min

29. Dave Calleja from Isobar: How agencies build design systems

29. Dave Calleja from Isobar: How agencies build design systems

Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Dave Calleja and Chris discuss getting clients to sign off on design systems, strategies for getting executive buy-in, and the role of designer as evangelist. ...

29 Maalis 202137min

28. Matthew Ström from SimpleHealth: Using design tokens to standardize deliverables

28. Matthew Ström from SimpleHealth: Using design tokens to standardize deliverables

Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Matthew and Chris discuss what’s exciting about design tokens, how APIs streamline communication, the magic of standardized files, and how to spend less time c...

15 Maalis 202136min

27. Jennie Yip from Atlassian: Storytelling to drive design system success

27. Jennie Yip from Atlassian: Storytelling to drive design system success

Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Jennie and Chris discuss the critical role of storytelling for your design system, using learning moments to drive adoption, what comes next after launching yo...

2 Helmi 202136min

26. Avery Oldt from Blermph: Embracing intentionality and creating trust

26. Avery Oldt from Blermph: Embracing intentionality and creating trust

Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Avery and Chris discuss lessons learned from design and development partnering up vs. making work an “us vs. them” thing, embracing intentionality and viewing ...

19 Tammi 202143min

25. Eric Lobdell from Facebook: Anticipating deviation to drive adoption and contribution

25. Eric Lobdell from Facebook: Anticipating deviation to drive adoption and contribution

Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Eric and Chris discuss how and why Facebook’s design system has evolved over time, anticipating deviation and its positive impact on adoption and contribution,...

5 Tammi 202136min

24. Nick Cochran from ExxonMobil: How to make doing the right thing the easy thing

24. Nick Cochran from ExxonMobil: How to make doing the right thing the easy thing

Send us feedback or episode suggestions. Nick and Chris discuss standing up a design system in 2016, serving development teams that didn’t have access to designers at the time, accelerating and amplif...

15 Joulu 202038min