Katie Langerman
@katielangerman.com
Design Technologist at Atlassian. Previously GitHub.
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Katie Langerman
@katielangerman.com
· May 10
What a week! So grateful for the opportunity to speak at #Config2025 alongside @lukasoppermann.com. Our talk "Connecting code with craft" is now up on YouTube, check it out! youtu.be/6l6El4xqIZ4?...
I'm particularly proud of this last minute slide edition.
I'm particularly proud of this last minute slide edition.
For our last episode of 2025, Anthony and I each brought some famous design phrases to discuss.
Thanks to all our listeners this year! We'll be back in January with more interface design topics. Let us know if there's a topic you want to hear.
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Thanks to all our listeners this year! We'll be back in January with more interface design topics. Let us know if there's a topic you want to hear.
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72: Famous design phrases by Complementary
Anthony and Katie each bring some famous design phrases to discuss. Hosts:Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
For our last episode of 2025, Anthony and I each brought some famous design phrases to discuss.
Thanks to all our listeners this year! We'll be back in January with more interface design topics. Let us know if there's a topic you want to hear.
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Thanks to all our listeners this year! We'll be back in January with more interface design topics. Let us know if there's a topic you want to hear.
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Got my copy! So excited to read this ☺️
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Got my copy! So excited to read this ☺️
If you'd like to hear Anthony Hobday explain why all interfaces are made of plastic, check out this week's episode of Complementary.
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71: The materials interfaces are made of by Complementary
Sometimes interfaces mimic physical materials like paper or metal. Anthony and Katie discuss why this might be, what kinds of materials seem most common and how this has shifted over time.Hosts:Anthon...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If you'd like to hear Anthony Hobday explain why all interfaces are made of plastic, check out this week's episode of Complementary.
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Obsessed with Turnstile and MSPAINT this year. Who else should I be listening to?
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Obsessed with Turnstile and MSPAINT this year. Who else should I be listening to?
Today I’ve reached testing a box of old light bulbs level of deep cleaning 🧘♀️
November 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Today I’ve reached testing a box of old light bulbs level of deep cleaning 🧘♀️
I purchased every layout many years ago and I still reference it at least a few times a year. Great time to pick it up!
Oh I forgot to mention on here, Every Layout is doing the annual 50% discount too! every-layout.dev
Relearn CSS layout
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November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I purchased every layout many years ago and I still reference it at least a few times a year. Great time to pick it up!
After 4 years, today's my last day at GitHub. It's hard to describe just how much I've learned working on Primer alongside a best in class team. I'm leaving with a sense of confidence and clarity in the work that we do, and I'm so excited to share what's next soon! 🙌
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
After 4 years, today's my last day at GitHub. It's hard to describe just how much I've learned working on Primer alongside a best in class team. I'm leaving with a sense of confidence and clarity in the work that we do, and I'm so excited to share what's next soon! 🙌
Turns out when you try to make a list of things that are easy vs. hard to design, most things just seem hard. Anthony and I had a fun time comparing lists this week on Complementary.
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70: Things that are easy vs. hard to design by Complementary
Anthony and Katie compare things that feel easy to design vs. hard.Hosts:Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Turns out when you try to make a list of things that are easy vs. hard to design, most things just seem hard. Anthony and I had a fun time comparing lists this week on Complementary.
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This week Anthony shares some ways he's using AI in his design practice which lean much less technical than my own methods. This conversation was a good reminder for me that designers should work with code if they *want* to, not as a requirement.
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69: Practical Uses of AI for Designers by Complementary
Anthony and Katie share ways to use AI in your design practice that don't involve code or generative images.Hosts:Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter....
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November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This week Anthony shares some ways he's using AI in his design practice which lean much less technical than my own methods. This conversation was a good reminder for me that designers should work with code if they *want* to, not as a requirement.
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So are all systems people as obsessed with perfectly packing/unpacking or just me?
November 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
So are all systems people as obsessed with perfectly packing/unpacking or just me?
So my partner just explained baseball to me. We don’t watch baseball. But he knows all of the rules and terminology, apparently.
We are a baseball household now.
We are a baseball household now.
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
So my partner just explained baseball to me. We don’t watch baseball. But he knows all of the rules and terminology, apparently.
We are a baseball household now.
We are a baseball household now.
Anthony and I shared our favorite design assets on Complementary this week. After trying to define what a design asset is, of course.
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68: Interface Design Assets (typefaces, imagery, icons) by Complementary
Anthony and Katie share some of their favorite design assets.Links mentioned:https://blush.design/https://nucleoapp.com/https://tabler.io/iconshttps://feathericons.com/https://thenounproject.com/https...
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October 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Anthony and I shared our favorite design assets on Complementary this week. After trying to define what a design asset is, of course.
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Any friends going to Schema IRL next week?
October 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Any friends going to Schema IRL next week?
Someone needs to build a MacroFactor but for project management
October 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Someone needs to build a MacroFactor but for project management
Another guest this week on Complementary! We had a fun chat with @andreasmoller.dk from @nordcraft.com about design tools based on code vs. vector. I (obviously) love the idea of designers working closer to production ❤️
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67: Vector vs. Code Based Design Tooling with Andreas Møller by Complementary
Anthony and Katie are joined by Andreas Møller, co-founder of Nordcraft. Nordcraft aims to bring design and development closer together, and as you can imagine Andreas has a unique perspective on desi...
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October 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Another guest this week on Complementary! We had a fun chat with @andreasmoller.dk from @nordcraft.com about design tools based on code vs. vector. I (obviously) love the idea of designers working closer to production ❤️
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Today's Complementary episode is a very special one. We were joined by Virginia Howlett, Microsoft's first interface designer and author of Visual Interface Design for Windows. She's also known for the Verdana and Georgia typefaces! Highly recommend her book.
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September 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Today's Complementary episode is a very special one. We were joined by Virginia Howlett, Microsoft's first interface designer and author of Visual Interface Design for Windows. She's also known for the Verdana and Georgia typefaces! Highly recommend her book.
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You need to read this thread. The whole thread. I have found ASCII somewhat intimidating but now I just want to play with these tools!
The public preview of Github Copilot CLI launched today, and if you install it, you'll be welcomed by little ASCII art welcome banner that I animated. Creating it ended up being great example of how vibe-coding has entered my toolbelt. Nerdy deets in 🧵...
September 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
You need to read this thread. The whole thread. I have found ASCII somewhat intimidating but now I just want to play with these tools!
I find myself reaching for this kit more and more lately. It has ALL THE THINGS. Seriously next level, check it out!
If you missed my @inclusivedesign24.bsky.social talk, the GitHub Annotation Toolkit is now open source! Download it from the Figma Community or our open source repository.
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Open sourcing the GitHub Annotation Toolkit - GitHub Changelog
GitHub’s Annotation Toolkit is now available as an open source Figma library. This comprehensive annotation system helps you organize your design canvas, diagram your UI anatomy, and annotate accessib...
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September 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I find myself reaching for this kit more and more lately. It has ALL THE THINGS. Seriously next level, check it out!
TIL about ::details-content and interpolate-size for details/summary animations 😍
September 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
TIL about ::details-content and interpolate-size for details/summary animations 😍
Sometimes you just need a cat snuggle work break
September 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sometimes you just need a cat snuggle work break
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Focus rings! Plural! I wrote for @piccalil.li about how to create a branded double ring focus effect that is dynamically generated based on the interactive element's text color. piccalil.li/blog/taking-...
Taking a shot at the double focus ring problem using modern CSS
A double focus ring is really useful in general but especially so with complex, themed systems. Eric Bailey shows us how to develop a really smart system, using modern CSS.
piccalil.li
September 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Focus rings! Plural! I wrote for @piccalil.li about how to create a branded double ring focus effect that is dynamically generated based on the interactive element's text color. piccalil.li/blog/taking-...
Reposted by Katie Langerman
Publishers Weekly reviewed my book!
Very cool to see it's resonating with a major trade magazine outside our Big Brother bubble!
"It's a penetrating and persuasive take on why viewers continue to be enthralled." #BB27 #RHAP
www.publishersweekly.com/9781464224539
Very cool to see it's resonating with a major trade magazine outside our Big Brother bubble!
"It's a penetrating and persuasive take on why viewers continue to be enthralled." #BB27 #RHAP
www.publishersweekly.com/9781464224539
September 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Publishers Weekly reviewed my book!
Very cool to see it's resonating with a major trade magazine outside our Big Brother bubble!
"It's a penetrating and persuasive take on why viewers continue to be enthralled." #BB27 #RHAP
www.publishersweekly.com/9781464224539
Very cool to see it's resonating with a major trade magazine outside our Big Brother bubble!
"It's a penetrating and persuasive take on why viewers continue to be enthralled." #BB27 #RHAP
www.publishersweekly.com/9781464224539
Design adjacent fields are so cool and exciting and fun. I hired a structural engineer to teach me about my house and it was maybe the greatest 2 hours of my life?
September 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Design adjacent fields are so cool and exciting and fun. I hired a structural engineer to teach me about my house and it was maybe the greatest 2 hours of my life?