17 Life-Learnings from 17 Years of The Marginalian – The Marginalian
There is so much beautiful wisdom in this: 17 Life-Learnings from 17 Years of The Marginalian. I’ve been following Maria Popova for years, and have always love the way she’s used hyperlinks to weave...
View ArticleThe World’s Writing Systems
This web site presents one reference glyph and basic information for each of the world’s writing systems. Source: The World’s Writing Systems
View ArticleIt’s 2023, here is why your web design sucks.
I don’t know how else to answer this, besides: the gendering of design as women’s work is why people don’t use the title “web designer” anymore. It’s been belittled and othered away. It’s why we’ve...
View ArticleRetired country maths teacher Robert Martiensen created thousands of artworks...
This is freaking wild: Retired country maths teacher Robert Martiensen created thousands of artworks in secret. Dude created over 7,000 works of art without telling anybody. That blows my mind.
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A Global Design System
TL;DR: This is a call to action to create a Global Design System that provides the world’s web designers & developers a library of common UI components. A Global Design System would improve the...
View ArticleThe Gulf Between Design and Engineering / Design Systems International
The most crucial mistake in the collaboration between designers and engineers happens when we conflate this division of tools with a need for a strong division of labor. Treating design and engineering...
View ArticleIntroducing the “A Little Big Medium” newsletter
Exciting news! My Big Medium colleagues and I are launching a newsletter called “A Little Big Medium”. The website does a good job explaining what it’s all about: Love email? Neither do we! But we...
View Article601: Brad Frost on A Global Design System + Frostapalooza – ShopTalk
Hooo boy, this is great! I had a fantastic time on the ShopTalk Show talking about the need for a Global Design System. It was a great conversation with two people that I feel fundamentally get it; so...
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Come to Frostapalooza!
Woohoo! I am so incredibly excited to announce that Frostapalooza is now live! The show is on August 17th at Mr. Smalls Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA, and you can see the event on Mr. Smalls’ website and...
View ArticleAre Design Systems a zero-interest rate phenomenon? | daverupert.com
I love this entire post from Dave, which matches my experience helping scores of organizations navigate their design system efforts. Design systems are a hard sell on their own, as Dave explains:...
View ArticleThoughts on a Global Design System – Chris Coyier
Here’s Chris with some excellent thoughts on the idea of a Global Design System. Between this post and our ShopTalk Show conversation, there’s some great stuff to respond to! Chris spells out a lot of...
View ArticleCan Apple Win Back Music | Vulf Opinion
I love me some Vulfpeck. Especially the music. But also the aesthetic and really the whole package. This piece of commentary is great for a number of reasons, including his sensible proposed change in...
View ArticlePeriodical 15 – Christopher Butler ☼
And then she asked an interesting question: Is it art if it wasn’t your idea? I was glad to answer “yes,” and explain to her why — that all art is a copy of something — though I wish I’d had the...
View ArticleAI and Design Systems
We’ve all watched with simultaneous fascination and trepidation as a flood of AI-powered tools continues to wash over the digital landscape. At Big Medium, we help complex organizations design at...
View ArticleWhat is Utility-First CSS?: HeydonWorks
What’s this? Some Heydon Pickering commentary on utility-first CSS? Allow me to fetch my popcorn.
View ArticleBetter Apps: Delivering Universal UI Patterns as Web Components – Microsoft...
Why do we see so little reuse of web UI across organizations? Web projects freely use countless open libraries from npm and elsewhere, but it’s rare to find high-quality web UI code which is flexible...
View ArticleEvolving design systems | A free Webflow resource
As organizations race to deliver best-in-class digital experiences to their customers, the ability to innovate has become essential. Building a strong foundation is no longer the end-all-be-all to...
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What’s Next for a Global Design System
I recently published an article outlining the need for a Global Design System. In my post I stated: A Global Design System would improve the quality and accessibility of the world’s web experiences,...
View ArticleDesign Systems: From Atomic Design to a Global Solution
I was recently a guest on the CodingCatDev podcast, where we covered a lot of ground around design systems, including the design system ecosystem, the idea of a Global Design System, and many of the...
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