Let's Work Together!
summary
Argues teams get alignment by shipping concrete artifacts: start with user interviews and a kickoff workshop that produces a sticky-note priority heat map, then define company values, design principles and design tokens (colors, radii exported as CSS/JSON via Theo or Brand AI). Build patterns in a workshop tool like Pattern Lab, enforce front-end conventions with a short codepen exercise, and iterate in the browser so teams (500 devs and 2 designers example) deliver faster, consistent UI components.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:30Perfect Work Environment
- 2:18How We Work Together
- 6:04Principles Guidelines
- 8:13Company Values
- 8:52Company Culture
- 10:34Brand Guidelines
- 11:39Voice Tone Guidelines
- 14:34Design Systems
- 18:20Code Style
- 23:01Designing Systems
- 25:16Gathering Consensus
- 33:23Design Tools
- 39:57Environment
- 45:08Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- 47:44Design Tokens
- 48:53Design Attributes
- 55:15Final Thoughts
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