How to (properly) break your design system
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“In the early days of my career in digital product design, I saw a lot of designers around me getting frustrated. They saw themselves as artists, as creators. As if design was about channeling a higher force to generate ideas — that may or may not see the light of day. But what the work was asking them to do was quite different. Ninety percent of the job of a digital product designer is to think systematically about how a product will work: the rules, the requirements, the edge cases, the annotations, the hard work.”
How to (properly) break your design system →
Talk by Fabricio Teixeira for Adobe Max. The video player has a closed-caption (cc) option, but you can also check the visual transcript if you prefer.
The UX Collective is an independent ad-free design publication that elevates unheard design voices, reaching over 400k+ designers every week. Curated by Fabricio Teixeira and Caio Braga.
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The start of a new era for Responsive Web Design →
Tools and resources
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