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About
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Founder & Chief Architect of Design Systems House; a consultancy dedicated to the future of design systems.
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Moderator of the Slack, Twitter, and Mastodon design system communities.
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Author of gridless.design; a thesis on mismatching the design grid to the web medium.
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Instructor for User Research and Interaction Design at Parsons School of Design.
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Currently, the engineering lead for the UXCore library at GoDaddy
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Previously, the first UX Engineer at Compass.
Speaking
Jen, Donnie and Chris discuss how design systems reflect the people a part of it, who use it and who maintain it; and the importance of collaboration, that systems are built for and with people.
There's a few projects out there that are HTML preprocessors (Haml, Pug) which have their own (sometimes CSS-like) syntax. I wondered if we could get closer to just writing CSS to produce HTML. With the new nesting specification and the power of postcss, it looks like we can!
The Design Tokens Community Group has been working towards a formal standardization about how tools expect tokens to be delivered. How might we enhance the format to transform tokens from static values to support dynamic needs? This talk introduces the idea of “token operations” a recommendation for the DTCG specification to meet the needs of the most complex systems.
Explore how emerging tools like Token Studio and Figma Variables are reshaping the design and dev workflows. In this session, we'll dive into the evolving perspectives on theming in complex ecosystems, and discuss shifts in the way design and engineering collaborate.
One question we see pop up regularly, what does a UX architect do? And when a companies or projects need to get one to improve the design process?
What are the limitations with designing on the grid but also why these are the current norms; how to start implementing this methodology to your current design systems; and why gridless design is the designing for the future of your products.
Writing
Placement in mode, the practical application of form following function.
Design spacing tokens semantically.
Get rid of the grid!
Education
Certifications
Confidently ship well-architected production ready React apps like a pro.
Explore the principles of inclusive teaching and learn how to apply them in your classroom to support diverse learners.
Get a strong foundation in digital accessibility to make your websites and apps work well for people with disabilities, meet international standards, and provide a better user experience for everyone.