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Five areas Figma need to improve on to stay a step ahead

Figma are dominating the product design tools space, but here are five areas I think they need to work on to maintain their market lead.

15 min readSep 7, 2022

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A beginner’s guide to Design Tokens

Learn the basics of what design tokens are, how they’re used, their benefits, and some tools and resources to get you started.

9 min readSep 6, 2022

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A list of design tokens, showing content, background, and border colors

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My year in gaming / 2023

My own personal “wrapped” for the games I played this year.

9 min readJan 2, 2024

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My year in gaming / 2023

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A taxonomy for alerts and notifications

Is it an Alert, Toast, Callout, Popup, Snackbar, or Notification?

5 min readMar 6, 2023

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Three callouts, one blue information one saying “Heads up”, an orange warning saying “You sure?” and a red error saying “Sorry.”

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Personalizing your own web experience

Exploring the tension between standardised and tailored experiences

7 min readMar 2, 2023

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A futuristic litestep theme, showing an integrated clock/menu/media player along the top of the screen, with shortcuts and running tasks along the bottom. It’s styled to look like metal and plastic, with 45 degree angles everywhere.

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Design system breakdown: select

Part 3 of a deep dive series on specific design system components

9 min readFeb 13, 2023

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A select box showing 3 options, one of which is focussed

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Build Habits to Plan and Track Your Goals on the Job

Reflect regularly and leverage 1:1’s to help demonstrate impact and hit your goals.

5 min readFeb 1, 2023

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A notepad with crossed off goals: Nudge 30 rectangles, check. Name layers, check. Set week goals, check. Consider life choices.

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A brand is more than a logo or word-mark

Pushing back a little on criticisms of homogenization in modern brand design

5 min readJan 26, 2023

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Two batman logos, black on white, that look very similar

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You are not the Rick Rubin of design

What we can, and what we shouldn’t learn from Rick Rubin’s approach to his craft

5 min readJan 23, 2023

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A web designer wearing a Rick Rubin costume

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Design system breakdown: checkbox & radio

Part 2 of a deep dive series on specific design system components

6 min readFeb 13, 2023

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Checkbox and Radio components in unselected and selected states

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Steve Dennis

Steve Dennis

Senior Design Manager @ Onfido, writing about design systems, product design, leadership, and tech @ clipcontent.substack.com.

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