Ep 43: Complexity

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We are back in your lives with a normal 1:1 with Davy and PJ about design system complexities, and how you might want to consider a system with less tokens, variants, and what it's like for Davy to manage 149 components on web alone.

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Ep 43: Complexity

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#Arts #Graphic Design #Davy Fung + PJ Onori

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Ep 69: Design System Crits 36:43

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Ep 67: Medium-ish Sized Teams 33:36

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While we touched on teams of one, which is quite common in our community, how do we function in medium size teams of 3+ designers, and how can we effectively, and intentionally scale.

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Ep 66: a11y Again 31:55

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In our second episode dedicated to accessibility in design systems, Davy and PJ talk about the surface level explorations of color contrast, then learning more about how to better design for screen readers, for a better web experience.

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Ep 65: DS POV from Engineering w/ Matt Petitt 44:25

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Ep 64: Efficiency x Velocity 29:10

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Davy and PJ talk in depth about the perils of chasing efficiency, and how we approach measuring effort and time-saved. And does this tie into velocity at all?

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Ep 63: Shifts in Priorities 42:23

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In the tough market of design team contractions, Davy and PJ talk about how to maintain focus and stability as a horizontal design practice.

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Ep 62: Diving Into Figma's REST API 33:59

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On this episode, PJ talks about his time using Figma's REST API and how with so much data collected, we just need it to do a little more for us.

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Ep 61: Where Design Systems Sit, w/ Nico from Zeplin 48:52

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These have become some of our favorites, and tend to cover more ground than a typical ep. Nico, community manager for Zeplin joins as a co-host for this special ep.

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Ep 60: Federated Help 31:25

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Happy episode 60! Davy and PJ talk about a popular design system topic when we start out, Contributions and Federated Help. While this all sounds good, what are some of the pitfalls of relying too heavily on contributions and help from external design resources.

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