Jina Anne and Micah Godbolt — The State of Design Systems

Jina Anne and Michah Godbolt are back on the show, but together for the first time, to talk about design systems, how they are using design systems at their respective jobs, and what is the state of design systems. This episode of Non Breaking Space Show is sponsored by: CSS Dev Conf — Conference dedicated to CSS and its super friend technologies like JavaScript, Sass, npm, and more. A limited supply of Early Bird Tickets now on sale. Register now! UX Design Newsletter — A weekly free newsletter containing a collection of tutorials, articles, and videos about front-end design and development, plus tips on how to bring better engagement to the multi-device world curated by Christopher Schmitt. Sign up now! Time Jumps 2:10 What are design systems and what is the state of design systems? 7:25 History of implementing a design system in place at Salesforce. 11:01 What types of things can get stored in design systems? 15:00 What’s Micah’s history with design systems? 20:15 Design systems help build apps and projects that might not even be created yet. 23:20 Does Microsoft Fabric distribute components or is their one repo in use? 25:20 How beneficial is it for small companies to use design systems? 27:10 What are some good tests for determining a good design tool? 30:13 What do you see for the future of design systems? 37:00 Join the Design Systems Slack group. Links: Christopher Schmitt Christopher Schmitt on Twitter Jina Anne Jina Anne on Twitter Non Breaking Space Show №20 with Jina Bolton Micah GodBolt Micah Godbolt on Twitter Non Breaking Space Show №48 with Micah Godbolt Non Breaking Space Show №74 with Micah Godbolt Pattern Lab Style Tiles Sparkbox Salesforce Lightning Design System Microsoft Fabric Figma Sketch Adobe Experience Microsoft Fluent Design Systems Design Systems Slack Group Clarity Conference Frontend Architecture for Design Systems Non Breaking Space Show on TuneIn Non Breaking Space Show for Android Non Breaking Space Show on Google Play Non Breaking Space Show on iTunes Non Breaking Space Show on Facebook 📺 Non Breaking Space Show on YouTube Non Breaking Space Show Newsletter