State of UX in 2020

Invisible design systems

We see the term Design System everywhere: conferences, articles, tweets, courses, capabilities slides. While a design system is a powerful way to scale a product, our focus on its output (the pattern library itself), rather than outcome makes us miss the invisible value of its systematic approach.


A design system is not (just) a UI library

Design system, design governance, and design library are three different projects with three different approaches. One won’t solve for all.

A design system is a reflection of a company’s values

Before revisiting which color to use for calls-to-action, we first need to revisit the values our company holds.

No wonder every gender dropdown starts with ”Male” — and in many cases excludes non-binary people. (Source: image from the Building Socially Inclusive Design Systems presentation by Tatiana Mac)

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Fabricio Teixeira

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Designer at Work & Co, Founder of UX Collective — http://fabricio.work

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