Design Systems Podcast
Design Systems Podcast interviews industry leaders and product makers to share best practices and explore the areas where design and development come together.
Episodes
120 episodes
#120 From Designer to Design System Leader: Insights from Allison Shaw's Career Journey
On today's episode of The Design Systems Podcast, Allison Shaw, Director of Design at Adobe, shares insights from her expansive journey in design systems. From her early days modernizing Yelp’s desktop experience to her pivotal roles at Zendesk...
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#119 - Rethinking Design Consistency: Debating Tokens vs. Components with ADPs Alice Preisler
Are components a necessary part of a design system? In this episode of The Design Systems Podcast, Alice Preisler, the Product Owner of Design System at ADP challenges the idea that all design systems start with a component library. Alice and h...
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#118 - Reusability, Collaboration, and Empathy: Catalina Manea on Bridging Design and Development to Build Applications with Design Systems"
On today's episode of the Design Systems Podcast, we hear from Catalina Manea, Senior Designer at Spelunk, about the crucial intersection of design and development. Catalina shares her journey from graphic design to product and systems design, ...
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Why Kate Moran Thinks Humans Are Essential to the Future of Generative UI and AI.
What does the future of UX look like? In today's episode, our host, Chris Strahl, sits down with Kate Moran, the VP of Research and Content at Nielsen Norman Group. They explore the promise of hyper-personalized experiences, the challenges of r...
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116 - Designed for success: How Guy Segal Built a Design System that Product Teams Want to Use.
In this episode of The Design Systems Podcast, Chris Strahl welcomes Guy Segal, the director of digital ecosystem and design systems at Thomson Reuters. Guy shares his experience of building a design system that serves over 150+ brands and the ...
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115 - Design System Sources of Truth: Transparency and Collaboration with Dropbox’s Mark Shuster
It’s all just opinions, man! In this episode of the Design Systems Podcast, Mark Shuster talks about the shift away from enforcing strict guidelines through design systems towards enabling good design and production practices in a more transpar...
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114 - Design Systems and Ways of Working: Nick Hahn on Collaboration, Adoption, and AI
This week we are joined by Nick Hahn to explore how designers, engineers, product managers, and entire organizations have changed the way they think about and work with design systems. Nick shares insight from his experiences at IBM, InVision, ...
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113 - Config 2024: Highlights and Hot Takes with Jina Anne and Adekunle Oduye
Recording during Config 2024, this bonus episode of The Design Systems Podcast features long-time friends of the Pod, Jina Anne and Adekunle Oduye. They share their fresh takes on the latest Figma keynote, including the buzz around AI-genera...
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112 - Creating Effective Design Systems for Small and Mid-Size Companies: Apiture’s Journey
Today’s episode features Ashley Willard and Sarah Kimball (Skim) from Apiture, a smallish fintech company with big enterprise ambitions for its design system. Host Christ Strahl chats with Ashley and Skim about the challenges and opportunities ...
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111 - How AI is Revolutionizing Design Systems and Customer Experiences with Dave Calleja
Chris Strahl welcomes Dave Calleja back to the podcast to discuss the changing nature of design systems, integrating AI into the human creative process, and how to use behavior data for real-time design adaptations. Dave shares his views on the...
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110 - The Evolution of ServiceNow's Design System with Meredith Van Lier
Today on the podcast, we talk to Meredith Van Lier, the director of product management at ServiceNow. Chris and Meredith discuss the unique evolution of ServiceNow's design system and its shift towards a more flexible and user-centric design ap...
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109. Making Design Systems Inclusive with Accessibility Specialist Daniel Henderson-Ede
Welcome to another episode of The Design Systems Podcast! In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we're thrilled to have Daniel Henderson-Ede, an accessibility specialist, here to discuss the need for and challenges of making inclusive ...
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108. U.S. Bank’s Beau Ulrey on Building Trust Through Design Systems
On this episode of the Design Systems Podcast, we're thrilled to have Beau Ulrey, the Design System Manager at U.S. Bank, join host Chris Strahl live at the Kiln space in Portland. Today’s episode deep dives into the intricate world where desig...
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107. The Evolution of IBM's Carbon Design System with Scott Strubberg
Join host Chris Strahl as he welcomes our guest Scott Strubberg to the Design Systems Podcast. Scott is a product manager and a key figure behind IBM's Carbon Design System. Today’s conversation unravels the complexities and innovations of inte...
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106. Brad Frost on Adaptable Design Systems
We sit down with Brad Frost, a leading voice in design systems. Together, we explore the critical intersection between adaptable design systems and brand identities, unveiling the secrets to creating components that not only function seamlessly...
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105. Ranjeet Tayi from Informatica: AI-Driven Design
Informatica's design and AI director, Ranjeet Tayi doing us on the Design Systems Podcast to discuss AI's transformative impact on design systems, elucidating the shift from static products to dynamic, personalized AI-driven experiences. Chris ...
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104. Shawn Cheris from Adobe: Spectrum 2 Design System and AI’s Role in the Future of Design
Chris and Shawn explore how design tools shape final products, emphasizing the crucial role of managing elements like forms and tables. Shawn shares insights on uniting Adobe departments for greater cohesion and how Spectrum 2 reflects organiza...
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103. Nate Baldwin from Intuit: Multi-Brand Theming in Complex Organizations
In this episode of the Design Systems Podcast, we explore the intricate world of theme management in complex design systems at Intuit. Nate Baldwin, Principal Designer at Intuit, shares a revolutionary framework for design tokens, enhancing gov...
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102. David Müller: Intentional Breakpoints and AI Insights
In this episode of the Design Systems Podcast, we invite you to join us as we engage in a conversation with David Müller, a product designer and design systems lead at one of the world’s top financial institutions. Together, we dive deep into t...
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101. PJ Onori of Pinterest/Disney: Design Systems Shifting the Productivity Paradigm
PJ Onori, a design systems veteran since 2011 and a driving force behind Pinterest's Gestalt system, talks about the transformative impact of design systems on product development, potentially reshaping the job landscape in design and engineeri...
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100. Brian Dorsey on Design and Engineering Synergy at Mastercard
Join us for a milestone episode of The Design Systems Podcast, featuring Brian Dorsey, a key contributor to Mastercard's groundbreaking design system MADE. Explore how integrating designers into infrastructure teams has revolutionized collabora...
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99. Jackie Lai, Lead UX Designer at OPIS Dow Jones, on Creating Future-Proof Systems
On this episode of DSP, we welcome guest Jackie Lai, a lead UX designer at OPIS, a Dow Jones company, with a rich background in interactive and product design. Explore Jackie's diverse design journey from web to physical products and the transf...
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98. Exploring Alexandrian Patterns in Design Systems with Kevin Muldoon at Dow Jones
In this episode of The Design Systems Podcast, we’re joined by guest Kevin Muldoon, Lead Design Technologist/Design Systems at Dow Jones, to discuss the concepts of alexandrian patterns and their application in design systems. We explore the id...
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97. Curt Schreiber, CCO at VSA, on Building Global Design Systems for Scale
Curt Schreiber, Chief Creative Officer at VSA Partners, joins us for a compelling conversation on the multifaceted nature of design systems. We explore how these intricate frameworks must cater to a diverse array of users and stakeholders, high...
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96. Jina Anne and Adekunle Oduye: Navigating Career Pathways in Design Systems
Jina Anne and Adekunle Oduye join host Chris Strahl in a candid conversation that explores career pathways within the evolving realm of design systems amidst the latest market conditions. They share valuable insights on how the key to thriving ...
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