Designing Systems: Theory, Practice, and the Unfortunate In-between
As our lives grow increasingly reliant on digital products, designers are asked to deliver coherent experiences across a multitude of platforms, all without sacrificing development efficiency and maintainability. To answer this need, our industry has looked to style guides, pattern libraries and front-end frameworks. Yet, without considering the audiences that will use them, they could do more harm than good.
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