Nodes of Design#28: Building design systems at scale by Jason Blackheart

Jason Blackheart is a Design Leader, Culture Builder, and storyteller with over two decades of experience building design systems at Microsoft—setting the vision, defining strategy, and delivering impact. Jason also holds two patents in his name. In this episode, Jason sharted his experience in building and maintaining the fluent design system at Microsoft with his team and shared the process and strategy on how to build design systems at scale and keep it evolving as per needs. We also discussed how to define these systems to make people across various teams, following the common usability factor and building the design system's culture as a product rather than a service. Takeaways: What are the design systems? How to build a culture of Design Systems, Maintaining the design system, and scaling it. Books recommended by Jason Blackheart. Why we make things and why it matters - Peter Korn Daring Leadership - Brene Brown The User Illusion - Tor Norretranders - Designer Tales by Designers- Design Warp Medium Publication - https://medium.com/design-warp If this episode helped you understand and learn something new, please share and be a part of the knowledge-sharing community #Spreadknowledge. This podcast aims to make design education accessible to all. Nodes of Design is a non-profit and self-sponsored initiative by Tejj.