Patterns Podcast

98. Exploring Alexandrian Patterns in Design Systems with Kevin Muldoon at Dow Jones


Listen Later

Send us feedback or episode suggestions.

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 idea of themes as reusable objects to solve specific design problems, discussing the challenges and potential solutions in creating composable and scalable design systems. The conversation dives deep into the evolution of design methodologies and the democratization of the creative process.

View the transcript of this episode.

Check out our upcoming events.

Guest
Kevin Muldoon is a designer, programmer, writer and speaker on Design Systems and a Lead Design Technologist at Dow Jones. He created the Genome Color Tool palette generator and advocates the study of Game Design to create Design Systems at scale.


Host
Chris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of Knapsack, host of @TheDSPod, DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as @chrisstrahl and on LinkedIn.

Sponsor
Sponsored by Knapsack, the design system platform that brings teams together. Learn more at knapsack.cloud.


...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Patterns PodcastBy Knapsack

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

29 ratings


More shows like Patterns Podcast

View all
Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,726 Listeners

99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,247 Listeners

Pivot by New York Magazine

Pivot

9,636 Listeners

The a16z Show by Andreessen Horowitz

The a16z Show

1,107 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,279 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,636 Listeners

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats by Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

987 Listeners

Design Better by The Curiosity Department

Design Better

321 Listeners

Today in Focus by The Guardian

Today in Focus

1,002 Listeners

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg by All-In Podcast, LLC

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

10,205 Listeners

Hard Fork by The New York Times

Hard Fork

5,554 Listeners

Beyond UX Design by Jeremy Miller

Beyond UX Design

49 Listeners

Design System Office Hours by Davy Fung + PJ Onori

Design System Office Hours

10 Listeners

Design Systems WTF by zeroheight

Design Systems WTF

3 Listeners