Julie Tait

Canvas Design System Lead Scotiabank. Part-time professor @Humber College. Mom to 2 littles. Tweeting about UX/IA design.

[Figmalion @figmanewsletter]

Issue #156

• Multi-edit tutorials
• Multi-edit and freeform design (@negativespaceca)
• Everything to Know About Multi-edit (@joeyabanks)
• Making of true multi-brand design system
• Aurora effect (@designloomco)
• Variables to JSON

https://t.co/ClCL8AeVKY

[Jan Toman @HonzaTmn]

Another one from the edition of @figma features wishes: variable/style swap property for components

[Hamish O'Neill @hamishoneill]

Had great time last night presenting my UI kit at a @riddacademy Q&A. Inspired by engaging in insightful chats with fellow designers immersed in the systems space and in awe of @ridd_design's knowledge & facilitation skills. Grateful for the opportunity! #UI #DesignCommunity

[Julie Tait @onetwin]

“They will care about strategy, how much money you’ll bring, and how difficult it is to work with you for others to move the needle.” — @nikitisza https://t.co/MTnbhsd7jN

[Sam I am 🫶 @SamIam_Designs]

👀 Min/Max Sizing Tokens Are HERE! 🤩 How much effort does it change to swap your sizing tokens to the new type?

Just a couple clicks and less than 1 min...
#tokensstudio

Watch me refactor the CTA buttons from my "dusk mode" personal design system library.

[Nate Baldwin @NateBaldwinArt]

Omg I got a script drafted that posts Tokens to Figma as variables, supports multiple themes, updates the tokens if they already exist, etc. This is one huge step closer to automation 😍

I feel like a superhero

[Carbon Design System @_carbondesign]

The Carbon Design System team is excited to announce the full release 2.0.0 of Carbon Web Components!

https://t.co/gduJVM17we

#webcomponents #designsystems #webdev @buildWithLit

[Ilya · イリア @ilyamiskov]

Designers these days are expected to:

• Be good at creating beautiful UIs
• Know about the double diamond UX processes
• Have knowledge on typography and color theory
• Design for accessibility
• Make their stuff responsive
• Know how to build scalable design systems
• Be team players
• Be great copywriters
• Manage and direct other people
• Be great mentors
• Be awesome at public speaking
• Have experience with animation and human interaction
• Have basic coding skills
• Be great researchers
• Be spectacular at user/stakeholder interviews and competitive analysis
• Be successful salespeople
• Be good at accounting, perhaps even running a business
• Name their layers

All of these are possible expect for one.

[Julie Tait @onetwin]

Accept my invite & Get 3 freebies!
https://t.co/VTlxiGdWoQ

[Ross Hatton @RossHatton]

Designers are ascending into mind-blowing game devs using @figma variables.

Here are 7 unbelievable masterpieces you need to see, made entirely inside Figma (genius):

[Marco Christian Krenn @KrennMarco]

Tokens Studio v1.37 supports Figma Variables from day one! Manage your design-to-code workflows more efficiently. Check it out!

https://t.co/Cr2I7WQvJc

#tokensstudio #figmavariables #designtokens

[Sam I am 🫶 @SamIam_Designs]

I'm sharing a ton of resources with the community! Like this Airtable template of things to discover, I use when I self-onboard onto a new team.

https://t.co/cWKTWIWG0z

[Julie Tait @onetwin]

@SamIam_Designs @intodsconf Woot woot! Systems lead designer here at Scotiabank. Always building connections and trying to defend and advocate for product designers to use. My question would be to the community here: what steps do you take to educate your consumers of the DS?

[Sil @svorklab]

Some of the best #DesignSystem experts & pioneers united at @intodsconf - pushing #DesignTokens, Headless, Multibrand .. systems forward! The Future of #DesignSystems is coming in 4 weeks! 🚀

[Toronto Maple Leafs @MapleLeafs]

ABSOLUTE SCENES BACK HOME!! 😍😍

[Eluna AI @ElunaAI]

BREAKING: Mark Zuckerberg just announced Meta is open sourcing one of their AI tools called DINOv2.👇🏽

Meta is doubling down on open sourcing a vast range of AI tools they are developing.

[Anima @AnimaApp]

Introducing design system automation

[Figmalion @figmanewsletter]

THREAD: This morning we’re announcing that Figmalion has entered into an agreement to be acquired by @figma!

With access to Figma’s deep expertise and technology, we believe Figmalion will be able to achieve our vision of “making design education accessible to all” even faster.

[Julie Tait @onetwin]

Yesss ladies 😂🤯😛

[caroline baniewicz @carolinebano]

hustle mindset @meg_bano

[Julie Tait @onetwin]

@DairyQueen 🫴 pls ;)