Monthly Archives: October 2024

The vast majority of design systems work is busywork

- Posted in design design-systems process productivity

I would like to take a stand against “design systems” as standalone work;  meetings to “officialize” components and designers building three tier token systems that most likely will just get ignored by other team members. I believe that for some teams, the design systems pendulum has swung too far. We have people spending days and […]

Obra Studio: a global design agency

- Posted in aspirations build-in-public entrepeneurship professioneel - 1 comment

Yesterday was my last day at Doccle, and I’ve been asked what I’m going to do now. Over the past few months I’ve been thinking about this. As I talked about in my “choose your own adventure” blog posts, different options were in my head: a full-time position at a US company; an agency; founding […]

What goes up, must come down

- Posted in road-biking

Het is me al wel een fietsweek geweest. Vorige week dinsdag ben ik voor de eerste keer “Bosques” gaan doen, dat wil zeggen: gaan fietsen in Bosques de las Lomas. Vandaag was ik er opnieuw en ik moet zeggen: damn, dit is toch wel de eigen grenzen verleggen. Hier in Mexico-Stad heb je een aantal […]