May 27, 2020Design System Vol 3: How Design tokens are changing our workflow?When we design a digital product we capture its personality through visual patterns such as colors, fonts, sizing, animations and spacing. We use this visual attributes to create components and layouts, and tools like style guides or design systems to share them. …Design System3 min readDesign System3 min read
May 14, 2020Designing for accessibility & inclusionDid you know that according to WHO over a billion people are estimated to live with some form of disability which makes 15% of the world’s population. To this data add people who is experiencing temporary or situational disability. That means that there is a large group of users that…Design For Humans3 min readDesign For Humans3 min read
Apr 28, 2020Building an experimentation culture with Lean UXWhat is Lean UX When we started developing digital products we worked on an Agile framework to deliver. However, during the development cycles most of the time was consumed on the design process, gathering user requirements, researching and finally documenting everything. …Lean UX3 min readLean UX3 min read
Apr 27, 2020Design System Vol 2: Methodologies to organize a design system.This article is part of a design system series that we will be publishing. On this publication we are sharing some methodologies we use when we establish an organization for a design system. Approaching to system methodologies. All design system is founded under a set of key principles to unify a common language between…Plastic Tips4 min readPlastic Tips4 min read
Apr 27, 2020How microinteractions improve user experienceSome thoughts and tips on how we approach microinteractions and how important is for the user experience. Even everyday things are interactions. There are thousands of interactions in our everyday life which we are not aware. For example, pushing the button to start toasting, setting the time in the microwave, the beeping sound of the…Microinteractions4 min readMicrointeractions4 min read
Apr 27, 2020Design System Vol. 1: Our initial approach defining a design systems scopeThis article is part of a design system series that we will be publishing. On this first publication we are sharing how we define an initial scope when we build a design system. When is design system useless? Never. No matter how small it is, even not depending on if we develop it. Design systems…Plastic Tips3 min readPlastic Tips3 min read
Apr 27, 2020How collaboration tools are changing the way we work in Plastic.Work in a collaborative way is what makes us learn from each other everyday and evolve all together as a team. Don’ t say remote, say collaborative. All of us meet software that let us work remotely, but we wonder what this tools bring to our team. …UX Design2 min readUX Design2 min read
Aug 26, 2015Imagine a full shopping experienceOmnichannel: a case study — The minute we received the Arvind briefing we knew it was an interesting project. Arvind is a leading company in the retail business, besides being regarded as a reference in the fields of fashion and lifestyle in India. The corporate goal was to raise online presence and, despite the fact…UX6 min readUX6 min read
