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I had a fantastic time traveling to nearby Dayton OH to talk about atomic design as part of Sparkbox’s Build Right: Maker Series. It was a really fun day largely in part because the Sparkbox crew set it up to […]

@benbrignell asked me to give 14 reasons why he should attend my upcoming responsive design workshop at UX London. So here are 14 reasons why you should attend one of my upcoming workshops: Unlimited pancakes New car smell Responsive design […]

My wife’s cousin suffers from debilitating migraines. She’s done everything to reduce the migraines’ frequency, from dramatically altering her diet, to trying every available medical treatment, to even moving several times to different climates. Because of her condition, she has to minimize […]

Katie Kovalcin and Tim Kadlec started a podcast all about web performance. Consider me sold!

John Allsopp‘s beautiful A List Apart article A Dao of Web Design is turning 15. To celebrate, A List Apart asked folks to reflect on the John’s wise words. Of course I submitted my thoughts too late (hey, that hole in the backyard isn’t […]

I had a great chat with Martin Wolf about my path, my career, my book, and a bunch of other web design-related topics. I think it turned out really well!

So I recreated the Space Jam website using flexbox. Because Eric Meyer told me to.

I had a great chat with David Mannheim about atomic design and a pattern-based design and development workflow.

Note: I’m going to start posting some of my email responses to people here on my blog. I think a lot of people’s questions are valuable and think they’re worthy of a broader discussion. And I hope the advice I’m […]

I got a chance to talk about atomic design on The Dirt podcast. I had a blast! For the fourth chapter in our series on Designing a Successful Product, we sit down with Mr. Brad Frost to discuss Atomic Design and […]

Disruption will only accelerate. The quantity and diversity of connected devices—many of which we haven’t imagined yet—will explode, as will the quantity and diversity of the people around the world who use them. Future friendly It’s been three and a […]

When discussing a pattern-based design workflow, one knee-jerk reaction I hear from visual designers is that a design system will stifle creativity, leaving everything looking homogeneous and bland. I think there is some validity to this concern, and this sentiment can’t […]

Despite the doom-and-gloom title, this is a good article explaining how important it is to settle on a vocabulary that makes sense for the team. I will say one thing in defense of the naming structure of atomic design. Atoms, […]

Recently, design and all-around great guy Andy Pratt reached out looking for soft-skill advice for designers. Here’s what I had to say: The most important skill everyone should strive to master is to learn how to learn. No one person has […]

My wife Melissa appeared on AIGA Pittsburgh’s Creative Briefs podcast, talking about launching her new jewelry studio, Frost Finery, working on the Pittsburgh Food Bank’s website in the open, working on a redesign of Time Inc., and a whole lot more. I’m […]

I just sent out the second edition of the Atomic Design newsletter, where I’m posting progress on the book as well as resources related to style guides and pattern libraries. If you’re interested, you can sign up here. You can […]

I’m thrilled to announce that Anna Debenham and I making a podcast dedicated to all things related to style guides and pattern libraries. Why We’re Making It Anna and I are firm believers in style guides and think they’re essential […]

Two days ago, I got a call from a friendly guy from Microsoft. He told me they were planning on announcing a new browser at their big Windows 10 unveiling event. We had a long chat about the new browser, […]

Pattern Man is an atomic-design-style approach to Middleman, brought to you by those brainiacs at Bearded. I really like the nested include approach that allows you to keep your patterns DRY, although I think I still very much prefer how […]

I’m really excited to be the opening keynote speaker at Generate Conf in New York City. I’ve been thinking a lot about how not to drown in a sea of devices, technologies, and opinions, and hope to dive into that […]