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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