
Jules Mahé
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Tips on organizing your design files for zeroheight
Building a design system isn’t just about having a UI library. While documentation is the cornerstone of a design system, it can appear burdensome because it takes time and effort to write and it...
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Things developers wish design system designers remembered
One of the key benefits of design systems is helping designers and developers work together better, more efficiently and with better communication. But that’s only theory; in real life, it’s not al...
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How to measure the dev side of a design system
Measuring a design system is both essential and challenging to ensure its longevity and success. There are already some ways to measure it, but mainly from a design point of view. Still, developers...
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How to conduct office hours for your design system and help with adoption
You put in a lot of hard work to make a design system available, but it’s all for nothing if there’s no adoption. A design system without the people behind it or those who use it is pointless. Buil...
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How to write good documentation
A common saying goes, "if it is not written down, it does not exist"; and this is especially true for design systems. You're just using a component library as long as you don't have documentation e...
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The role of a Design System Product Manager in a design system
Design system teams are often defined by designers and developers. Although the How We Document survey showed that most successful design system teams have product management in their team we still...
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How to define your design system's flexibility
If you’re reading this, you are probably already convinced that not all design systems need to ensure strict consistency across all projects. If not, here is our blogpost about finding the right ba...
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Why and how to make your design system public
It is in our nature and our roles as designers and developers to display our work because we are proud of it and want to share it with others. However, when it comes to your design system, you may ...
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How to prioritize your components
So that's it, you're finally getting started with your design system, and it’s exciting! You've probably convinced your boss, conducted an audit, or started building a team to begin, and now, you’r...
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Naming conventions for your design system
After covering off how to structure your Figma files, we thought we'd get on to naming... Naming conventions can be very hard and messy if you don't do it correctly. It is one of the foundations th...
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