Beyond Code Generation: Where Design Systems Can Go Next In the Age of AI
Jina Anne Senior Director of Architecture Microsoft
Many discussions around AI & design systems focus on reducing effort in design & developer jobs easier, by generating design/code. But let’s go beyond that.
In this presentation, Jina will discuss how AI can improve user experiences by creating personalized and adaptable UIs. They will also address ethical considerations and share examples of how AI could make our design systems more meaningful. And they will share a few things that we should do now to get us there.
This talk is for designers, developers, and anyone interested in AI’s impact on design systems.
Design Systems Everywhere Else
Dan Mall Founder Design Systems University
As a design system consultant, Dan has had the privilege of seeing how hundreds of design systems teams work. The first question almost every team asks him is, “Is this how it works everywhere else?”
Design system work can be lonely, and it’s difficult to know if you’re doing it right. He’ll share his top findings for what most teams are doing—and what things they’re not that they should be.
Creating Your Own Design Career Path
Val Head Design Advocate Adobe
Leading a team isn’t the only way to be a design leader. Being a top-level individual contributor makes you a design leader too, but there are far fewer resources out there about this path.
In this talk Val will share her take on leading as a Principal Designer, plus what worked and what didn’t in her own experience navigating the individual contributor career path. (Hint – it’s not about being the loudest person in the room.) She’ll also share insights on what effective senior individual contributor design leadership looks like from the Principal Designer handbook project created for Adobe Design.
Lunch and learn
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Queer Systems: Systems Thinking through the Lens of Queer Theory
John Voss Designer, Co-founder Queer Design Club
Queer theory is a school of critique grounded in LGBTQ+ identities’ power to challenge norms. From sex and gender to societal definitions of success, queerness lets us look from the outside in at the norms governing our lives and how they came to be.
What if we looked at design systems with a queer eye? What norms govern our work and why do we privilege them over the alternatives? At a time when designers and engineers alike are questioning the future of our crafts, this talk explores the possibilities queerness might open up for us.
Getting Design Systems Done. Organization Strategies for Teams of All Sizes
Amy Lee Senior Manager Design Systems
You have too many details to manage. You are constantly context-switching. Your stakeholders need to know the status of your work. How do you create rational ways of communicating what's happening with your company's design system?
Whether you are a member of a design system team, a leader of design system teams, or even the lone "team of one", you need strategies to manage the growth of your design system. Amy dives into various techniques that have worked for her at large companies, startups, and also as a solo implementer of a design system.
Symmetry: Three Challenges from a Unique Design System Experience
Ben Callahan Founder Sparkbox
In this presentation, Ben Callahan (founder of Sparkbox and The Question) dives into the genesis of Symmetry (a recent community-driven in-person design system event in Pittsburgh) and shares three big picture challenges issued to the community. From ants to architecture, this session will push you to think a bit differently about the industry, our practice, and our roles inside organizations.