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E12 | A Conversation about Design Systems | Matt Felten


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In this episode, I have a great converstaion all about design systems with my guest Matt Felten, a design technologist currently working at the intersection of design and code tools for ServiceTitan.

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Questions Asked

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  • Tell us about your design background.
  • Have you coded before or mostly focused on design?
  • What is a design system?
  • How are design systems different from style guides?
  • Does the design system dictate the tools the designers will use or the other way around?
  • Tell us what components, deisgn paterns and experiences are in design systems?
  • Tell us why you create components both in Figma and React?
  • How do you keep the Figma and React components in sync?
  • How do you balance updates to the design system verus speed to market?
  • When is a right time for a company to create a design system?
  • What are some popular design systems?
  • What makes Shopify's Polaris your favorite Design System?
  • Does a design system take into account the different delivery channels such as Amazon Alexa?
  • Are there open source design systems companies can use as a base to start creating their own?
  • Who are the stakeholders involved in the creation of a design systems?
  • What are some tools for creating design systems?
  • How are component changes incorporated?
  • Do you remove or deprecate components from the design system?
  • Do design systems address the delivery of content to components?
  • Do you think design systems should address content delivery to components in the future?
  • Tell us about ServiceTitan's Anvil Design System.
  • Tell us about Contentful's Design System, Forma36.
  • Should a Design Systems address localization, peronnas, etc?
  • Would design system components change based on the personna?
  • What's the future hold for design systems?
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    Reference Links

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    • Google Material Design Design System (https://material.io/design)
    • SalesForce Lightning Design System (https://www.lightningdesignsystem.com/)
    • Shopify Polaris Design System (https://polaris.shopify.com/)
    • ServiceTitan Anvil Design System (https://anvil.servicetitan.com/)
    • Storybook JS (https://storybook.js.org/)
    • Framer (https://www.framer.com/)
    • Matt Felten at Twitter (https://twitter.com/mattfelten)
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