The Business vs Design Gap
Yesterday we posted about how draining it is to do the work and fix a place at the same time.
Here's the part that makes it worse: most leaders can feel that something's off, but can't quite name it. So issues go unaddressed, and everyone assumes the dreaded 'it's just how things are here'!
Doing + Fixing = Exhausting
Leading a corporate design function means owning responsibility for delivering the roadmap: the work has to launch on time, and it has to be great.
How To: Design Language
We posed a question asking to reflect about whether your products truly reflect your brand, or just apply its color palette.
👉 Here's part 2: How you actually build a system that answers that with a YES!
6 questions for your next design review
Quick Tip: A few questions to ask before I kicking off any design review.
The magic of the moment in time.
In most meetings I ran with my teams I would remind them that in the history of humanity, the people around that table, at that moment had never happened.
Design Language Rationale
Weeks into a new leadership role, as I was getting familiarized with the company's product portfolio, I kept wondering why nothing made sense.
The birth of OutSight
After 30 years leading product design teams, Demetrius Romanos launches Outsight Design Group - a design strategy consultancy for consumer brands.