What if we expanded design thinking to encompass the entire product development process? Design systems have done wonders for helping organizations build digital products. With a design system in place, visual consistency is easier to maintain,... read more
Hello, Black Mirror-ish version of yourself. Welcome to your new job! Many are nervous during their first day at work, but don’t worry. It’s easy, and with minimal effort you will excel at your new career. You’ve... read more
I think of modular design as a practice or a philosophy—with Atomic Design being just one way to do it. I’ve found that I’m able to benefit from Atomic Design concepts without always adopting its classification metaphor. A... read more
The more I build for the web, the more the term ‘device-agnostic’ endears itself to me. I used to think it merely dealt with basing responsive breakpoints on content rather than particular devices, but there’s more... read more
Progressive enhancement has proven to be such a great strategy for the technical side of the web that I think we should take a similar approach for its personal side as well. Just as we assume... read more
Process is often shaped by how teams are organized. In the context of designing for the multi-device web, the high level of iteration and communication required to build a modern website is rendering the assembly line... read more
When making the transition to building responsive websites, the hardest part can be getting started. I get my fair share of questions about how to choose a direction and chart out the first few steps from... read more
Responsive or not, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t all be designing and building sites on flexible foundations. This concept is nothing new, having been prophetically outlined in Jon Allsopp’s 2000 article, A Dao of Web... read more
