Donnie D'Amato

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Design Systems Architect in New York. Author of gridless.design.
Websitehttps://donnie.damato.design

It's finally here! ๐ŸŽ‰

I wrote a post years ago about the ondark virus. Tokens named for how they look instead of what they mean. That post started something I couldn't stop thinking about.

Two years of research. Two years of writing. And apparently, it's delicious ๐Ÿ˜‹

Get the book at mode.place.

"If youโ€™ve ever felt restricted by a design system [...], you may be up against common psychological phenomena that limit your thinking."

Check out @donnie's article "Design systems donโ€™t kill creativity โ€“ our biases do": https://zeroheight.com/blog/design-systems-dont-kill-creativity-our-biases-do/

Design systems donโ€™t kill creativity โ€“ our biases do - zeroheight

Donnie D'Amato looks at the cognitive biases that go into the way we frame design systems, and how to make sure they don't creep into our work

๐Ÿš€ Excited to announce my first book: Mise en Mode โ€” an approach to adding creative expression into design systems! ๐ŸŽ‰

First debuted at Clarity 2023, the strong interest led me to expand it into a full book.

๐Ÿ“– Be the first to know when itโ€™s available: mode.place

Check out Clarity Conf online this week - look at that lineup!

https://www.clarityconf.com/event/2024

2024 ยท Events ยท Clarity

The event page for Clarity 2024 Online.

Interesting read by @donnie: https://blog.damato.design/posts/truly-semantic/ on what truly #semantic #designTokens are.

Interesting take is that a semantic token should not include a scale (expectations are ordinal scales). This makes a lot of sense to me, but how about you? Do you agree with that idea?

Truly Semantic

Let us not throw this term around and pin down what it means precisely.

๐ŸŽ‰ I'm announcing the launch of Wireframe! A podcast about about design, development, and disambiguation in our digital world. Hosted by
yours truly. ๐Ÿ˜

Check out the pilot episode at http://wireframe.fm ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

Wireframe.fm Design Podcast

Transparent design talk

Design Systems House

Excited to announce Design System Events calendar is now live! https://DS.events ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ

Discover the best events around the world, and easily stay up to date by subscribing to the iCalendar and RSS feeds.

Release announcement:
https://x.com/donniedamato/status/1704155589130015119?s=20

#design #designsystems

Design Systems Events (ds.events)

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I want to encourage folks to submit a talk. They're short (up to 15min) and a great way to give yourself space and time to deep dive on a topic. https://cssclub.nyc/cfp/
CSS Club NYC - A joyful meetup for people who style.

CSS Club NYC is a monthly meetup focused on CSS and related web technology.

โ€œThis lawsuit against Adrian Roselli impacts every person who cares about including disabled people in the digital world. It impacts all of us who speak, write, and advocate for digital accessibility that is fair, equitable, and ethical.โ€

A software vendor sued a prominent accessibility consultant for (soundly) criticizing their product. Hereโ€™s @LFLegal on why that matters: https://www.lflegal.com/2023/07/adrian-roselli-slapp-lawsuit/

#accessibility #a11y

Case is Over! New Low in the Accessibility "Industry:" Overlay Company Sues Globally-Recognized Accessibility Expert

This is an article about a lawsuit filed by AudioEye, a multi-million dollar accessibility company, against Adrian Roselli, a long-time leader in the global digital accessibility community. Adrian has been a vocal critic, as have I, against one-line of code software that claims to make websites acce

Law Office of Lainey Feingold

Colors don't solve problems. Your breakpoints are pointless. T-shirt sizing isn't semantic. Something something Tailwind. If these hot takes are your jam, join me and the Design Systems Field Guide hosts live next week to weigh in!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WwV17-BYvQ

Design Systems Field Guide #2

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