XD Ideas / Perspectives / Leadership InsightsLeadership InsightsValuable perspectives and tips from design leaders that help teams do their best work. Read about new ways of working, leadership advice and what it takes to be a great leader. Design SystemsDocumentation—the Key to a Successful Design SystemBy Jerome de LafargueDesign systems, like zeroheight, are a foundational part of how design gets communicated and delivered at companies. Leadership Insights5 Principles for Better Designer-Developer CollaborationBy Fabricio TeixeiraIn product design, the only certainty is change. 5 timeless principles for improving designer-developer communication & collaboration. SoDA SeriesIntroducing the SoDA Series on XD IdeasBy Tom BeckThe Society of Digital Agencies is a global, member-based community for digital agency founders on a mission. Leadership Insights20 Levers for Communicating the Business Impact of DesignBy Enrique AllenAfter investing in multi-billion dollar companies across industries and advising hundreds of design leaders at Designer Fund, one of the biggest opportunities I’ve seen for designers to increase their influence is to demonstrate how their work aligns w Leadership InsightsWhat Are Major UX Trends For 2020?By Emily StevensWith the year 2020 upon us, there’s never been a more exciting time to work in UX. Every new technological advancement has the potential to transform the way people experience the world around them, which in turn creates some major challenges and oppor Leadership InsightsThe Design Trends and Technologies That Will Define 2020By Patrick FallerTo be on the cutting edge of design means embracing the dual nature of design itself; successful designers are constantly called to embrace new technologies while staying grounded in their mission to solve the very human problems we face. As innovators Design SystemsManaging, Maintaining, and Governing Design Systems for Success – Part 5By Linn VizardMaintaining and evolving a design system is a significant undertaking. Fundamentally, design systems are meaningless if they don’t get adopted and used by people. As Brad Frost called out in a recent talk, “A design system needs to help build real soft Design SystemsLessons from Brands Setting Up and Driving Adoption of Design Systems – Part 4By Linn VizardPart 4 of our 5-part series on design systems explores how to drive adoption of a design system. Design SystemsBuilding Accessibility into Your Design System – Part 3By Linn VizardImagine going about your online activity — paying bills through your bank, buying tickets to go to your favorite band’s show, or scrolling through your social media feed. Now imagine that, as you’re doing this, the website gets stuck in frustrating de Design SystemsThe UX Designer’s Role in Design Systems – Part 2By Linn Vizard“A design system is like a pet. It’s easy to like the idea of having one but if you do go ahead and pull the trigger you are taking on a big responsibility,” says Apurv Ray, a design strategy lead. “When it’s a young design system it’s great to play wi Design SystemsGetting Started with Design Systems – Part 1By Linn VizardDesign systems are everywhere these days. It seems that every leading technology organization has published a design system, including Salesforce, Shopify, Airbnb, Spotify, Google, and Microsoft. Design systems are even spawning their own specialized U Leadership InsightsFacilitating Structures: Toward a New Way of Working and Learning TogetherBy Stephen AndersonWhat does it mean to be a designer at this time in history? Think about that for a second. Or several days. At the risk of speaking for all designers, I’ll say we’ve moved beyond just surface and tactical concerns, at least in our discourse. I still se Leadership InsightsThe Biggest Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in UX Design: Takeaways from Adobe MAX 2019By Patrick FallerUX design is at a pivotal point in its development as an industry; never before have the contributions of designers been so highly valued, and you can see designers playing key roles in the development of every kind of product and service imaginable. B Leadership InsightsHow to Speak “Computer” While Still Speaking “Human”—According to John MaedaBy Liz StinsonJohn Maeda exists in a Venn diagram of disciplines. Part designer, part computer scientist, he bends steadfastly into the oddly shaped middle loop of overlap. When Maeda started out in the design and technology fields more than two decades ago, his col Load More
