UI Designer driven to add a human touch to everything, especially digital interfaces. Addicted to learning (and maybe one day mastering) new languages.
Did you miss the @zeroheight webinar where @soysaucechin, @lurkmoophy, and I talked about what makes for happy design system teams? Have no fear: you can catch the recording! https://t.co/TtOUa8tSBd
I’m wondering if it’s necessary to make disabled states accessible. My main issue is when increasing contrast for accessibility, I’m struggling to make a button look disabled to most people. The goal is to make it look inaccessible.
If you work on design systems and feel exhausted and deflated a lot of the time: it’s not you
As an industry we mis-label design systems as products (or worse, projects) and fund/structure teams accordingly
What they actually are is large-scale organisational change programmes
it turns out yes, absolutely, 100% yes.
ultimately you’re designing for other people, and learning what they want and how they think first-hand is a superpower. no more guessing games
2. Build a culture of written, asynchronous communication
This will save so many meetings, avoid people feeling left out if they weren't in the meeting, and protect focused work.
Your team will also be forced to clearly articulate and refine their ideas.
A typical website visit in 2022
1. Figure out how to decline all but essential cookies
2. Close the support widget asking if I need help
3. Stop the auto-playing video
4. Close the “subscribe to our newsletter” pop-up
5. Try and remember why I came here in the first place
I feel so bad for my husband at times, for being married to a designer.
Him: We need a new couch.
Me: Say more about that. What problem are you trying to solve?
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