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The Design system podcast - Inside Pinterest's Gestalt System, a community-centric approach
In this episode I joined my coworker (and friend) Kate Halovorsen to share a little bit about our work at Gestalt, the Pinterest Design Systems.
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Making Pinterest More Inclusive Through Design Systems
On axe-con (2023), I got to chat about my experience working as a color-blind designer working with design systems at Pinterest, share about the accessibility training for designers I built on Pinterest, and how design systems can set inclusive design principles and contribute to a more accessible product.
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Does your design conform with WCAG accessibility guidelines — or does it comply?
On axe-con (2024), I discussed the “blurred” line between accessibility conformance and accessibility compliance, sharing examples of how it is essential to strive for accessibility conformance, going above and beyond basic compliance standards to prioritize all users’ needs truly.
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Design system office hours - accessibility and design system
I had the pleasure to chat with my design friends (and hosters) about some of the accessibility projects I led and share some challenges I had.
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Building inclusive design systems
On Detach Design System Conference (2024), I will share best practices and considerations to build inclusive design systems from the accessibility perspective.
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Automating Design System conformance to elevate adoption
On Into Design System Conference (2024), I had the opportunity to share insights and tips about automating tools design system teams can use to elevate component adoption.
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Gestalt @Pinterest
My work at the Pinterest Design System team creating assets, training and documentation to support teams on designing experiences that inspire people to create the life they love.
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Emerald @Delta Dental
I supported the Design team to build a collection of adaptive and accessible UI components to allow designers and developers to deliver a great user experience, keeping consistency across applications. It included establishing design guidelines, patterns, best practices and launching a component library.
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Methods to Tell Compelling Stories in a Design Critique
In this article/interview post format, I shared tactics for unblocking problems & generating ideas – enabling cross-functional collaboration and diverse perspectives in a design critique.
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Interview - Pinterest Careers
A blog post for the Pinterest Careers website where I shared my journey at Pinterest in making our product more accessible to all audiences, and of course an opportunity for you to see my cute dog Sherlock!
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Interview - The design system guide
I had the honor to be interviewed for the Design Systems Guide, a project that I admire and I'm always impressed by all the resources.
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Baking accessibility into your everyday design process
As designers, we must ensure that everyone can access what we create, despite their background, knowledge base, or ability. In this article I shared accessibility best practices to support including accessibility earlier on into the design phase.
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Accessible design is easier than you think
A Pinterest Design Blog article I wrote to provide easy-to-follow steps to include accessibility as part of the design process.
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Accessibility in Design Systems - A Comprehensive Approach Through Documentation and Assets
I wrote this article for Supernova to share my documentation approach to help develop an accessibility mindset that can be scaled effectively through design systems.