Episode 80: Design Systems Engineering with James Stone
Designing good experiences is hard, but what about bringing your designs to life? This topic has always been my biggest professional frustration. Today our guest is James Stone, an independent design systems engineering consultant. You'll learn how design systems can help alleviate the pain, and how to speed up the development process using frameworks, templates, and starter projects.
UI Breakfast: UI/UX Design and Product Strategy · Jane Portman, James Stone
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Show Notes
Designing good experiences is hard, but what about bringing your designs to life? This topic has always been my biggest professional frustration. Today our guest is James Stone, an independent design systems engineering consultant. You'll learn how design systems can help alleviate the pain, and how to speed up the development process using frameworks, templates, starter projects, and living (coded) style guides.
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Show Notes
- Design Systems Accelerator — James's new project
- Zurb Foundation, Bootstrap — popular front-end frameworks
- Zurb's Youtube Channel
- Zurb's Starter Projects
- Lightning Design System — a design system by Salesforce
- Nathan Curtis (writing for EightShapes) — recommended reading on design systems
- James's website
- CSS Box Model Course, Living (Coded) Styleguide in 60-minutes — James's training products
- Get your special discount on some of James's products
- Take the free Design Systems Crash Course
- Follow James on Twitter: @JAMESSTONEco
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