Design Systems Rodeo #1: Consistently Inconsistent
Episode 1: Consistently Inconsistent with guest host Daniel Henderson-Ede
March 21, 2024
We’re back with another new podcast! This time hosted by the incredible Kevin Muldoon, we bring you Design Systems Rodeo, where Kevin and guests will be tackling problems faced with design systems. This first episode is titled Consistently Inconsistent with guest Daniel Henderson Ede.
What’s New:
• Diana Wolosin of Indeed.com who was recently interviewed by Romina Kavcic as a part of her Design System Masters Series, creates Design System Ignition, a website of Events/Resources Design.
• Nate Baldwin published When semantic tokens are no longer semantic, on Medium. Talks about a ‘Goldilocks zone where token names are not too precise but not too generic either.’
• Brad Frost published a follow up article on his concept of a Global Design System called what’s next for a global design system, where he clarifies a few points.
About Design Systems Rodeo
A new podcast where Kevin Muldoon and guests wrangle with the big common problems that design systems face. Every episode, they’ll hogtie a challenge, give it a good once over, and share the best techniques they’ve found to conquer them, from dealing with inconsistency to naming to white-label systems.
About the hosts
Kevin Muldoon
He/him; Design Technologist for Design Systems at Dow Jones
Kevin is a programmer, designer, writer, and speaker who specializes in Design Tokens and how they intersect with Games, Culture, and Language. He created the Genome Color Tool palette generator and Figma plugin as well as the Univers Color Palette and CTI+ token naming taxonomy.
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Daniel Henderson-Ede
He/him; Design Systems Accessibility Specialist
Daniel loves working alongside designers, engineers, and leaders to advocate for accessibility at scale, with the aim of creating equitable experiences for disabled users. Most recently, he created a collection of Figma accessibility annotation kits for iOS and the Web.
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