Principal at Big Medium, design system consultant, web designer/developer, speaker, writer, musician, and artist
Friendly reminder: names/architecture/conventions/syntax matter. The specifics matter less than you might think, but it's crucial to make decisions, stick to them, document them, and cultivate shared understanding.
#frontend#uxdesign#designsystems#uidesign#digitaldesign#development
Friendly reminder: names/architecture/conventions/syntax matter. The specifics matter less than you might think, but it's crucial to make decisions, stick to them, document them, and cultivate shared understanding.
#frontend#uxdesign#designsystems#uidesign#digitaldesign#development
React stands out as my top choice for building dynamic user interfaces! 🌟 Its component-based architecture allows for seamless reusability and efficient updates, making development faster and more intuitive. 🚀 The vibrant community and rich ecosystem of libraries keep us at the forefront of innovation.
Let’s connect and discover how React can enhance our projects! 💻✨
#React#WebDevelopment#UI#TechCommunity
Principal at Big Medium, design system consultant, web designer/developer, speaker, writer, musician, and artist
💡 Make design systems a priority by attaching the effort to other priorities.
In order for a design system to be successful, it must be a priority. If it's not, it will die. But design systems are a means to an end; the trick is to make a design system a priority by making it a critical component of accomplishing other priorities.
- The checkout redesign/rebuild is a priority => the design system provides many of the checkout UI components
- Rolling out the rebrand is a priority => the design system's token architecture is the vehicle of rolling out the rebrand
- Replatforming to the new CMS is a priority => the design system's components power the UI layer of the new CMS
It takes careful work to strike a balance between advancing product work while simultaneously establishing critical design system infrastructure. That's what our team at Big Medium has been helping clients do for the last decade. It's an artform!
#designsystems#design#uxdesign#frontend
Considering composable but worried it's complicated, expensive, or time-consuming? 🤔 Think again!
To give consumers the best online experience, businesses need the flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness that composable commerce provides.
Check out @commercetools's latest guide outlining 9 reasons why adopting composable architecture is not only simpler than you think but also the best choice for businesses aiming to deliver an exceptional user experience: https://ow.ly/yUX930sGBSH
If you’re trying to sell others in your organization on your design system vision, challenge yourself to sell the same vision without using “design system“ and all the other jargon that makes it feel like a new priority instead of an accelerator to others.
Principal at Big Medium, design system consultant, web designer/developer, speaker, writer, musician, and artist
💡 Make design systems a priority by attaching the effort to other priorities.
In order for a design system to be successful, it must be a priority. If it's not, it will die. But design systems are a means to an end; the trick is to make a design system a priority by making it a critical component of accomplishing other priorities.
- The checkout redesign/rebuild is a priority => the design system provides many of the checkout UI components
- Rolling out the rebrand is a priority => the design system's token architecture is the vehicle of rolling out the rebrand
- Replatforming to the new CMS is a priority => the design system's components power the UI layer of the new CMS
It takes careful work to strike a balance between advancing product work while simultaneously establishing critical design system infrastructure. That's what our team at Big Medium has been helping clients do for the last decade. It's an artform!
#designsystems#design#uxdesign#frontend
Having a proper design system might seem like an Everest to climb, there is a practical way of implementing design systems and keeping them alive and healthy.
The analogy of washing dishes can be apt here. Just as letting dishes pile up can turn what is a manageable task into an overwhelming one, neglecting the gradual integration of a design system can similarly make its implementation seem daunting and prohibitively expensive. If we approach design system implementation like we do with washing dishes (hopefully)—tackling them one at a time, as soon as they're used—we can maintain a cleaner, more useful, more pleasant situation.
In the context of design systems, this means integrating and prioritizing design system components and principles as we go, rather than waiting for a "big bang" overhaul. Brad Frost outlines in this post great ideas for how to take on your design system a bit at a time like when a checkout redesign is seen as an opportunity to implement and refine checkout UI components from the design system, we're effectively washing our dishes immediately after use. When rolling out a rebrand, leveraging the design system's token architecture allows for a smoother transition, akin to cleaning up as we cook. And when replatforming to a new CMS, using the design system's components to power the UI layer ensures that we're keeping our workspace tidy and efficient. #designsystem#userexperience#uxdesign#designsystems
Principal at Big Medium, design system consultant, web designer/developer, speaker, writer, musician, and artist
💡 Make design systems a priority by attaching the effort to other priorities.
In order for a design system to be successful, it must be a priority. If it's not, it will die. But design systems are a means to an end; the trick is to make a design system a priority by making it a critical component of accomplishing other priorities.
- The checkout redesign/rebuild is a priority => the design system provides many of the checkout UI components
- Rolling out the rebrand is a priority => the design system's token architecture is the vehicle of rolling out the rebrand
- Replatforming to the new CMS is a priority => the design system's components power the UI layer of the new CMS
It takes careful work to strike a balance between advancing product work while simultaneously establishing critical design system infrastructure. That's what our team at Big Medium has been helping clients do for the last decade. It's an artform!
#designsystems#design#uxdesign#frontend
Excited to share a game-changing concept: the Atomic Design Architecture. It revolutionizes UI development by organizing components into atoms, molecules, organisms, and templates. This approach promotes reusability, maintainability, and scalability, leading to better user experiences and streamlined development.
#atomicdesign#ui#webdevelopment#cleanarchitecture
Considering composable but worried it's complicated, expensive, or time-consuming? 🤔 Think again!
To give consumers the best online experience, businesses need the flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness that composable commerce provides.
Check out @commercetools's latest guide outlining 9 reasons why adopting composable architecture is not only simpler than you think but also the best choice for businesses aiming to deliver an exceptional user experience: https://ow.ly/cQNq30sGIOh
