Big Medium’s Brad Frost invented the Atomic Design methodology for creating, maintaining, and evolving design systems. In this talk, Brad reflects on the past, present, and future of design systems—sharing bumps, bruises, and best practices along the way. He explores the current design system ecosystem, dives into best practices and common pitfalls, and peeks into the exciting future of design systems. (Spoiler: Atomic Design is going stronger than ever.)
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When will AI Replace Us?
Kevin Coyle addresses and subdues fears about AI taking out jobs. (Spoiler: This isn’t a new problem.) Instead, he shows how your new robot colleagues can help you do your job even better—right now, today.
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ShopTalk: Brad Frost on a Global Design System
On the TalkShop podcast, Big Medium’s Brad Frost answers questions like: What is a global design system? Are two design systems ever the same? How would this slot inside atomic design? What has been the response from the web community to global design system as an idea? And what’s Frostapalooza?
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Scaling Digital Strategy in Complex Organizations
On The Design Systems Podcast, Big Medium’s Josh Clark shares why complex organizations struggle to scale digital design and delivery—and why solving that is more important than ever in a period of economic uncertainty.
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Can AI Bridge the Dev/Design Gap?
Big Medium’s Kevin Coyle explores how AI can improve collaboration between product management, frontend and backend development, and design. Kevin shows how AI can bring us together instead of replacing or isolating us.
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Is Atomic Design Dead?
Brad Frost explores today’s design system ecosystem and peeks into the exciting future of design systems. (Spoiler: Atomic Design is going stronger than ever, thank you very much.)
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A.I. Is Your New Design Material
Discover the opportunities to use machine-generated content, insight, and interaction as design material in your everyday work.