Search Results for ‘atomic design’
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24 Apr, 2023
Containing multi-site management within a single codebase – Vercel
Containing multi-site management within a single codebase covers how one can apply atomic design principles in a React codebase.
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04 Apr, 2023
The Quest for Meaning in an AI-driven World with Brad Frost – Lean Cast
I had the great opportunity to chat with Behrad Mirafshar on the Lean Cast podcast. We covered a lot of ground about design systems and AI’s impact on the field of digital design. I really welcomed the opportunity to dig […]
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17 Feb, 2023
Thanks, An Event Apart
Late last year, our friends at An Event Apart brought down the curtain of running conferences after an impressive 17-year run. It’s difficult to articulate exactly how An Event Apart changed the trajectory of my life, but it did in […]
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06 Jan, 2023
2022
A pattern is emerging: even years are nightmare years. 2018 was a nightmare year. 2020 was a real fucking nightmare year. And now 2022 was a nightmare year. 2022 was a year of death, organizing chaos, once again putting our […]
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06 Feb, 2022
Structuring your Storybook
Here’s the Storybook team with a post that breaks down how different teams organize and structure their Storybooks. This kind of analysis is great and demonstrates how you can slice things in many useful ways depending on the needs and […]
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03 Jan, 2022
2021
There’s no doubt about it: 2021 was unquestionably better than the nightmare that was 2020. Of course, we’re still in the midst of a global pandemic that continues to throw a wrench into any attempt at living a normal life, […]
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21 Dec, 2020
2020
It’s difficult to put into words just how terrible 2020 has been. It’s been utterly devastating at a macro level, and at a personal level it’s proven to be the most brutal year of my life, shattering me physically, mentally, […]
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19 Mar, 2020
Strange and Surreal Times
These are strange, surreal times. I hope everyone’s staying as healthy and safe as they can be out there. It’s really difficult to process the gravity of the coronavirus outbreak, especially since the situation keeps changing by the day (or […]
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31 Dec, 2019
2019
2019 was thankfully lot different than last year. This time last year I was in the neuro ICU with my dad as he came out of a coma and was fighting off spinal meningitis. I’m so incredibly thankful he’s made […]
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05 Dec, 2019
Making things in December #4: Animated atom SVG
For day 4 of making something every day in December, I made an animated atom SVG on Codepen: See the Pen Animated atom SVG by Brad Frost (@bradfrost) on CodePen. I was feeling pretty tired last night so figured I’d […]
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29 Jan, 2019
My Skillshare Class Is Live!
I’m thrilled to announce my Skillshare class about creating successful design systems is live! Here’s what the course is about: After working with many organizations to develop customized design systems, Brad saw the need for a straightforward approach that anyone […]
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31 Dec, 2018
2018
2018 has been a hell of a year. Usually when I do a year in review, I jump right into fond memories and work accomplishments. But this hasn’t been a normal year. Gramps‘s funeral was on my wife’s due date. […]
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14 Jun, 2018
Tools In The Basement
After putting my daughter to bed last weekend, I crept downstairs to finally hang pegboard and organize the jumble of tools scattered around my basement. And wow, what a therapeutic, enjoyable experience that was! As I was performing this strangely […]
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22 May, 2018
Shop Talk Show: CSS in JS Edition
Chris and Dave weigh in on some of the hot drama that happened after I tweeted a joke about CSS-in-JS. Before I did that, I also hastily linked to a podcast where wrote a few quick thoughts about some of […]
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16 May, 2018
Dumb React
I recently posted about my struggle to learn React. There are a lot of personal reasons for this, which I explain in the post. But I’ve also found it frustrating that many React tutorials, projects, and boilerplates I’ve encountered are […]
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08 Jan, 2018
Brad Frost Web Turns 5 Years Old
On January 1st, 2013, I started my own company. Over the last 5 years I’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of great work with a lot of great people, travel all over the place to talk about the […]
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01 Jan, 2018
2017
Throughout 2017, when people asked how I was doing, I’d say “Great…for the things I can control.” 2017 was a rough year at a macro level for everybody, and I found myself coping with the state of the world in […]
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14 Nov, 2017
Self-Publishing a Book for Fun and Profit
I wrote and self-published a book called Atomic Design, and I’m really pleased with how the whole thing turned out. I want to share my experience largely because I think the process has a lot to offer other authors who […]
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03 Oct, 2017
What’s Next for Pattern Lab
Pattern Lab is an open-source tool for building UI design systems. I’ve been using it to build production-ready frontend code for the last four and a half years, and I’m watched it grow from humble beginnings into powerful software that […]
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21 Jul, 2017
Launching a Campaign Website…Quickly
I had the opportunity to make a website for Brian Forde, who is running for Congress in Orange County, California. Brian got in touch after reading my Designing an Effective Donation Form blog post, and wanted to bring that thinking to […]
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21 Jun, 2017
4 Things I Know About Pattern Libraries
Dave shared some battle-earned insights about working in a pattern-driven manner and creating pattern libraries. I love his thoughts on the topic, and since I’ve seen this play out in my own work I thought I’d share my own thoughts […]
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15 Jun, 2017
The Road to Burnout is Paved With Context Switching
Sophie wrote a great post about a pretty major source of stress: context switching. Having a lot of work on my plate is fine. Meeting deadlines is fine. Planning long term projects is fine. Debugging code is fine. Writing detailed […]
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16 May, 2017
The Workshop and the Storefront
My wife is a jewelry designer. She has a workshop where she spends much of her time hammering, soldering, tinkering, shaping, sawing, buffing, polishing, experimenting, and iterating in order to produce gorgeous designs from a slew of shiny metal materials. Her […]
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09 Jan, 2017
Frost Bytes
The fine folks at An Event Apart interviewed me about my design career, Atomic Design, and what I’m talking about at An Event Apart this year. Here’s a taste: I’ve been fascinated with how teams work together (or don’t work together!). […]
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30 Dec, 2016
2016
2016 was wraps up my fourth year running my own business. Here’s a look at what I did in 2016 by the numbers: Wrote 1 book containing 193 pages and 40,660 words. Wrote 23 posts on my blog. Shared only 11 links on my blog. […]
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30 Dec, 2015
2015
2015 was a whirlwind year full of a lot of great opportunities, travel, and general running around like a crazy person. I’ve completed my third year of running my own business (and finally feel like I’m getting the hang of it!). […]
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14 Dec, 2015
Style Guide Best Practices at Beyond Tellerrand
Last month I was in beautiful Berlin for the wonderful Beyond Tellerrand conference, where I had the opportunity to talk about style guide best practices and all that goes into creating and maintaining successful pattern libraries. Here’s a video of my […]
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13 Dec, 2015
Brian Muenzenmeyer on MS Dev Show
Brian Muenzenmeyer (@bmuenzenmeyer) appeared on the MS Dev Show to talk about Pattern Lab Node and his involvement with the project. He does a great job explaining atomic design, defining the Pattern Lab project, and explaining its benefits to the hosts. […]
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17 Jul, 2015
Style Guide First?
On a recent episode of Shop Talk Show, Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert fielded a question regarding style guides and where they fit into the design/development process. Here was the question: I’m working on a redesign for an old website. […]
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07 Jul, 2015
The Web Platform Podcast
I had a great time talking about atomic design, web components, and trends in modularity with Erik Isaksen and Justin Ribeiro on The Web Platform Podcast.