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Nathan Curtis in EightShapes

Jul 17

Crafting Component API, Together

How to unify anatomy and props across code and design tools

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Nathan Curtis in EightShapes

Oct 14, 2020

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Naming Tokens in Design Systems

Terms, Types, and Taxonomy to Describe Visual Style

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Nathan Curtis in EightShapes

Sep 10, 2020

Visualization depicting support case types flowing through channels and — when needed — a ticketing system.

Design Systems Support

Operating a Workflow to Resolve Designer and Developer Needs

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Nathan Curtis in EightShapes

Feb 11, 2020

Design System UI is More Expensive Than a Product Team’s UI

Higher Quality and More Engagement Require…

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Nathan Curtis in EightShapes

Feb 6, 2020

Design System Subtasks, by Step

Decompose Your Workflow into Checklists

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Nathan Curtis in EightShapes

Jan 23, 2020

Stewarding Design System Contributions

Giving What They Need, When Needed, To Keep Them On Track

Keep ’em on track with what they need, when they need it

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Nathan Curtis in EightShapes

Jan 14, 2020

Defining Design System Contributions

Time to Separate the Small-and-Quick from Larger Things

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Nathan Curtis in EightShapes

Jan 6, 2020

Why Contributions Matter

8 Reasons Design Systems Invest in Contributions

Why Design System Contributions Matter

Everyone — designer, developer, leader, anyone else — contends that contributions are essential to legitimize a…

Nathan Curtis in EightShapes

Apr 3, 2019

Component Testing Plans

Building a Quality Base, One Criteria at a Time

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Nathan Curtis in EightShapes

Oct 15, 2019

Design System Communications

Leveling up a design system’s multi-channel approach to messaging…

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