26. Avery Oldt from Blermph: Embracing intentionality and creating trust

Send us feedback or episode suggestions.Avery and Chris discuss lessons learned from design and development partnering up vs. making work an “us vs. them” thing, embracing intentionality and viewing all decisions through that lens, focusing on reuse and trust to help your design system gain traction across your organization.Guest:Avery Oldt is Founder & Chief Design Officer at Blermph, a creative studio that helps organizations build the great teams and great culture that produce great products. He has led design, product, and engineering teams at MTV, Restoration Hardware, LendingHome, LVMH, and Bank of the West BNP Paribas. You can find Avery at blermph.com, @designbeardo on Instagram, @designbeardo on Twitter, and on LinkedIn.Host:Chris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of Knapsack, host of @TheDSPod, DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as @chrisstrahl and on LinkedIn.Sponsor:Knapsack — Design once, build once, use everywhere. Knapsack is a design system platform rooted in code that enables teams to ship better, more consistent apps in half the time. Learn more at knapsack.cloud.Links:View the transcript for this episode.