This is my lightning talk for the Design Systems Coalition NYC Meetup on May 11, 2017.
/ˈlaŋɡwɪdʒ/lan·BROADER IMPLICATIONS OFguageIN DESIGN SYSTEMS
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what is theP U R P O S Eof language?
W A N T SV.N E E D S
G OA L S
E XP E CT AT I O N S
M ET R I C S
“make this lookP R E T T Y,okay? thanks.”
fledgling& new
what is design?
D ES I G NI S . . .
jar·gon obscure and oftenpretentious languagemarked bycircumlocutions andlong words
S U FF E RI N G
why do weC R E A T Edesign systems?
S U FF E RI N GY E S,A G A I N
wasteful reproduction ofseemingly important, butultimately insignificant +unsustainably madedesign artifacts.!
inefficientTHIS IS CLEARLY
can we pleaseB U I L Dsomething?
systemsthinkingproblem solving thatattempts to balanceholistic thinking &reductionisticthinking.
common languageF O C U S O NC O L L A B O R A T I O N
implementconstraints
D O T H I SN O T T H I S
removecognitiveoverload
move towardsbigger problems
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