Design Systems WTF

What's with the emotional baggage with design systems?

Design system folks seem to be prone to burnout, arguments, and generally feeling underappreciated within their organizations. What makes design systems folks so prone to being loaded with additional ...

6 Tammi 37min

Are we reducing complexity with design systems??

Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF (back for season two!), where Luke Murphy and Michelle Chin attempt to combat all the amazing wtf in design systems. In each episode, they ...

23 Joulu 202532min

Episode 44 - Should we care about consistency?

9 Joulu 202546min

Are we finally at the point of contextual documentation?

Season 2 Episode 1 Design Systems WTF is the fortnightly podcast where Luke Murphy and Michelle Chin attempt to combat all the amazing wtf in design systems. In each episode, they answer a single ques...

25 Marras 202539min

Can you actually measure the ROI of a component?

Selling the value of your design system to folks who don't necessarily understand it is a difficult and thankless task. But are we trying to sell in the right things? Is it possible to put the value o...

2 Kesä 202524min

Should designers know how to code?

The age old question – should designers know how to code? Or more specifically, how much should designer know when it comes to code? Considering it's the medium that we're designing for, it's still su...

19 Touko 202529min

Are accessibility guidelines enough to be inclusive?

Making your design system as inclusive as possible is something that I think we all agree on. However, for most systems teams, this means creating some accessibility guidelines and then ticking it off...

5 Touko 202525min

Are design systems a dead end?

Inspired by Luke's article on the death of design systems, Michelle and Luke dive into whether design systems have a future... are we at a natural point of evolution or are design systems going to go ...

21 Huhti 202531min