04.15.20
Andrew Couldwell wrote a book about design systems called Laying the Foundations. The book is packed full of experience and practical advice for creating, documenting, and maintaining a design system. Including advice for how design and engineering teams can work better together, an introduction to what design system are, and how to get stakeholder buy-in at your company to work on a design system. The book is available in paperback and eBook.
P.S. This is our first attempt at print design, so go easy on us ;) - Andrew Couldwell
Learn more and buy the book at: designsystemfoundations.com
The book brand features a simple yellow, black, and white color scheme. Yellow because of its connections to the construction industry and building sites, which works well with the construction analogies used in the book; relating to building design systems and 'laying the foundations'. The shapes are a mixed bag of construction analogies; be it building blocks or the shapes of construction signs. And the monospace typeface is a contemporary play on the font used in construction signage.
A simple responsive website to promote and sell the book was also created.
I love reading biographies because I love to know how individuals can break the status quo and go from ordinary to becoming truly extraordinary. A few weeks ago I finished reading one that has become my favorite, at least until I find a new one.
Every new year comes with new resolutions, among them at least for me there's always one that is always there at the top of the list, which is to read more books.
The book suggestion of this week is about design and how it has helped products to be more than just useful but also pleasant to use. Well-designed products create a emotional bond with the user and therefore distance themselves from the competitors.
Good design is timeless, Massimo Vignelli said that once and Dieter Rams reassured use with Good design is long-lasting. If you look back to 5 years ago you can see some of the trends but you can also see this saying working.