2024 Design System Vibes

• 04 January 2024
• design systems

OUT: Pattern Police
IN: Empathic Sherpas OUT: An overstuffed design system library
IN: A thoughtful, layer-cake design system ecosystem OUT: Unnecessarily verbose documentation
IN: Just enough, just-in-time documentation OUT: Single discipline-focused design systems
IN: Cross-disciplinary design systems that serve the entire org OUT: Rushing design system work to meet breakneck product deadlines
IN:Establishing pace layers that allow product to move quickly and design systems to prioritize quality over speed. OUT: Design systems as an off-to-the-side cost center
IN: Design systems as critical UI infrastructure powering business-critical product initiatives OUT: Ad-hoc, lop-sided, and fragile releases
IN: A thoughtful, transparent, and formal governance process OUT: Protectiveness and ego
IN: Curiosity, collaboration, partnership, and support

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