
Design That Scales

Component libraries rely mainly on copying and pasting, whereas design systems maintain a connection to the original source.
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
What do these events have in common? These are points where the organization has already committed to a large company-wide change.
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
Using a design system spawns innovation.
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
Put yourself in the shoes of the people trying to use the design system by trying to make something close to what they’d be making.
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
Add three events to your calendar:
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
design system practices need to effectively fit within the context of Agile.
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
This is a design system at its zenith.
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
have yet to find an article that better describes the product creation narrative than his article “Stables and Volatiles.”13
Dan Mall • Design That Scales
In the previous two examples, the designer “tells” the computer to make something. What’s even better about doing this with another person instead of an artificial intelligence is that the engineer could reply, “Ooh, I have a different