Brandon Templar
@brannytempy.bsky.social
Product Design Manager, Design systems at Smartsheet. Previously Segment/Twilio, The Washington Post. Video Game nerd. He/him. Northern Virginia & Upstate NY 🏳️🌈
Posting about #designsystems #videogames #design #productdesign #frontend
Posting about #designsystems #videogames #design #productdesign #frontend
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To Create More Accessible Outcomes, We Need Better Design Tools.
Nik Jeleniauskas explores some interesting ideas on how Figma could improve to help designers build more accessible products.
Nik Jeleniauskas explores some interesting ideas on how Figma could improve to help designers build more accessible products.
To create more accessible outcomes, we need better design tools
Visual design tools can bias designers into less accessible results. So how can these tools help improve these outcomes?
uxdesign.cc
January 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
To Create More Accessible Outcomes, We Need Better Design Tools.
Nik Jeleniauskas explores some interesting ideas on how Figma could improve to help designers build more accessible products.
Nik Jeleniauskas explores some interesting ideas on how Figma could improve to help designers build more accessible products.
Reposted by Brandon Templar
"It’s counterintuitive but the design part of a design system is less important than the establishment of a design system and its adoption." #designsystems
Design is the last thing you should focus on when starting a design system
When building your design system, focus on process over pixels.
medium.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"It’s counterintuitive but the design part of a design system is less important than the establishment of a design system and its adoption." #designsystems
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"Scalable design systems are the key to harmony, they provide a shared language, tools, and principles that unify teams and streamline workflows." #designsystems
Scalable Design Systems: Avoiding Team Chaos
As teams grow and projects become more complex, maintaining design consistency across multiple platforms, products, and contributors can…
medium.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Scalable design systems are the key to harmony, they provide a shared language, tools, and principles that unify teams and streamline workflows." #designsystems
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“When accessibility is built into your design system from the outset, it transforms how teams work and how users experience your products.” #designsystems #accessibility
Accessibility as a first-class citizen in your design system
Great design isn’t just about aesthetics or functionality – it’s about inclusivity.
murphytrueman.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“When accessibility is built into your design system from the outset, it transforms how teams work and how users experience your products.” #designsystems #accessibility
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“According to the Nielsen Norman Group’s report released in 2022, companies with well-defined design systems could reduce the variations to 40% while improving the design-development process by 40%.” #designsystems
Design System governance
Models for consistent User Experience
medium.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:58 PM
“According to the Nielsen Norman Group’s report released in 2022, companies with well-defined design systems could reduce the variations to 40% while improving the design-development process by 40%.” #designsystems
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Here’s an excellent piece about the cultural impact we have to make, the stuff way beyond just visual cohesion.
We have to change how people get to the visual cohesion.
Really worth a read for my #designsystems folks!
We have to change how people get to the visual cohesion.
Really worth a read for my #designsystems folks!
A tiring conversation I’ve had 10,000 times is about using the Design System to skin garbage. Here’s something about that.
iknowdavehouse.medium.com/behavioural-...
iknowdavehouse.medium.com/behavioural-...
Behavioural consistency is the bigger win for design systems
I often get met with confused frustration when I say this in a room of designers, but I believe the absolute biggest win for design system…
iknowdavehouse.medium.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Here’s an excellent piece about the cultural impact we have to make, the stuff way beyond just visual cohesion.
We have to change how people get to the visual cohesion.
Really worth a read for my #designsystems folks!
We have to change how people get to the visual cohesion.
Really worth a read for my #designsystems folks!
Reposted by Brandon Templar
Reminding you all that aria-label overwrites.
<span aria-label="Price">€30</span>
This changes the accessible name to "Price". It does not concatenate.
<span aria-label="Price">€30</span>
This changes the accessible name to "Price". It does not concatenate.
December 4, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Reminding you all that aria-label overwrites.
<span aria-label="Price">€30</span>
This changes the accessible name to "Price". It does not concatenate.
<span aria-label="Price">€30</span>
This changes the accessible name to "Price". It does not concatenate.
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Naming things is hard. If you don’t know what to call a component in your design system, you can start by looking at what other teams are doing.
Component Gallery is a great resource for this: component.gallery/components/
…But don’t assume that something is correct, just because it’s popular.
Component Gallery is a great resource for this: component.gallery/components/
…But don’t assume that something is correct, just because it’s popular.
December 3, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Naming things is hard. If you don’t know what to call a component in your design system, you can start by looking at what other teams are doing.
Component Gallery is a great resource for this: component.gallery/components/
…But don’t assume that something is correct, just because it’s popular.
Component Gallery is a great resource for this: component.gallery/components/
…But don’t assume that something is correct, just because it’s popular.
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How do you talk to your family about Web Components on Thanksgiving? 🦃
November 28, 2024 at 3:17 PM
How do you talk to your family about Web Components on Thanksgiving? 🦃
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Hello Bluesky! I hear you’re much friendlier over here
November 13, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Hello Bluesky! I hear you’re much friendlier over here