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The BluePrint SeriesEp.8 - Inside Chowdeck's Design System with Ruth "Rue" DouglasIn this episode of The Blueprint Series, David sits down with Ruth (Rue), a product designer at Chowdeck, to explore the company’s design approach. They dive into Chowdeck’s product structure, how its lean design team manages multiple apps, and the evolution of its design system. Ruth (Rue) also shares practical insights on workflows, from Figma organization to developer handoffs, offering a behind-the-scenes look at design at scale.To Contact Me(Host): @KingFayemi 🛠️ This podcast was powered by PLLUGG —Free AI powered content creation and repurposing tool.As a creator trying...
2025-08-2344 minThe BluePrint SeriesEp.7 - Inside Raven Bank's Design SystemIn this episode of The Blueprint Series, Emmanuel, a product designer at Raven Bank, shares how a small design team built a powerful system across personal, business, and enterprise banking.From playful to professional, learn how they scaled a style guide into a full design system in just four months — with smart workflows, rotating teams, and a focus on accessibility, primitives, and dev collaboration.To Contact Me(Host): @KingFayemi 🛠️ This podcast was powered by PLLUGG —Free AI powered content creation and repurposing tool.As a creator trying to repurpose content, use pllugg.com for free.
2025-06-2653 minThe BluePrint SeriesEp.6- Inside Edenlife Design system with Joshua Oyedepo.In this episode of The Blueprint Series, we sit down with Joshua Oyedepo, Lead Product Designer at Eden Life, a lifestyle services company on a mission to be the OS for everyday living. From food delivery to home cleaning, Joshua walks us through what it’s like designing real-world services that people rely on daily. We explore how Eden Life's design system Lumina was built, evolved, and maintained by a lean team designing for scale, trust, and delight. If you’re curious about building design systems in service-based companies, onboarding into legacy systems, or just surviving as a one-man design...
2025-05-0951 minThe BluePrint SeriesEP.5 - Inside Bigcabal/Techcabal/Zikoko Design systemDavid Fayemi chats with Osas, product design lead at Big Cabal Media (the powerhouse behind publications like Zikoko and TechCabal), about their exciting design system journey. This isn't your typical design system story it's a vibrant evolution! Osas reveals the driving force behind revamping their existing system: eliminating repetitive tasks, empowering junior designers, and fostering a culture of experimentation. Learn how Big Cabal's unique structure, with its diverse publications and events, influences their design approach. Discover the secrets to maintaining brand consistency while allowing flexibility for each outlet.🛠️ This podcast was powered by PLLUGG —Free AI powered content cre...
2025-04-1055 minThe BluePrint SeriesEP.4- Inside Globus Bank Design system with Gideon.In this episode, David Fayemi talks to Gideon, Lead UX designer at Globals Bank, about how they created their design system, called Globus One.Globals Bank isn’t your regular old bank, they’re changing how design works in finance. Gideon shares how his team is building tools not just for customers, but for every department in the company.In this episode:What worked when convincing leadership to support itHow they keep things consistent while still giving designers freedomTheir smart solution to the "detach component" problemTips fo...
2025-03-2856 min
The BluePrint SeriesEp.3- Inside Cowrywise Design SystemIn this episode, Adimchi Oka a product designer of Cowrywise, gives us insight on the structure of the cowrywise design system. We also discuss how designers infuse their creativity and explore different concepts and ideas in building and maintaining the design system. We gain insights on the Web and mobile sector of Cowrywise design system and the challenges encountered in terms of consistency in implementing the designs, and we got Feyi the lead designer jump on the call to share his thoughts as well.🛠️ This podcast was powered by PLLUGG —Free AI powered content creation and repurposing tool.To contac...
2024-08-1649 min
The BluePrint SeriesEp.2- Inside Kuda's Design SystemIn this episode, we dive deep into Kuda design systems. Mano (Kuda lead designer) shares how Kuda's design system helps create consistent and efficient user experiences across various platforms and how they work with Kuda Bussnies. We talk about the challenges they face, how they adapt and update their systems,Timestamp:00:00 - Introduction to the podcast01:56 - Recap of the previous episode.02:18 - Advertisement.02:50 - Return to the podcast.03:00 - brief introduction of the guest, Mano04:00 - Mano introduces himself and shares his journey to the present.
2024-07-1250 min
The BluePrint SeriesEp.1- Inside Eversend Design SystemIn this episode, I'll be talking to Michael Shumaker from Eversend. We talk about his influence on how Eversend developed their design system, Stakeholder Influence to make it happen, and what he has learned from the experience. We'll also touched into how he names files within the design system you know more in depth things all about design systems, covering aspects of design systems specific to small teams and a few large corporations.Timestamp:00:52 - Why was the Blueprint started?01:35 - Broader explanation on the objectives of the Blueprint series: The Blueprint...
2024-05-2748 min
NotjustdesignEp7 The low key life of design agba with David FayemiLearning and keep learning like you are a newbie
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Guest info: David Fayemi [https://twitter.com/KingFayemi]
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2023-02-0358 min
The Business Exchange: How Business WorksThe Imperatives Of Peace For A Successful EconomyOne of the indicators that drive foreign investments is the perceived stability of the desired Country for investment and the current heated polity in Nigeria may have cast a shadow on investors' confidence in the country.
Across the African Continent, various groups have sprung up due to economic, social, political, and environmental factors and have led to armed conflict.
Listen to Maggie discussing with revered political activists such as Prof Pat Utomi and Nimah Arigbabu, share their perspectives on how peace and economic growth go hand in hand and the role of the private sector and Federal Government in creating...
2021-10-1336 min
GovLove - A Podcast About Local GovernmentMonuments & Racial Justice in Newark, NJPublic memory and public art. Three guests joined the podcast to talk about the process the City of Newark, New Jersey went through to replace a Christopher Columbus statue with a monument to Harriet Tubman. The City conducted a national open call for artists to replace the statue and artist Nina Cooke John was selected to begin working on the monument. Fayemi Shakur is the Arts and Cultural Director for the City of Newark and David Andersson and Tracey Knuckles are part of the Arts Team at Bloomberg Associates. This episode was recorded live at the #ELGL21 A...
2021-10-0632 min