#design-systems

#design-systems

Over the past six weeks, my colleague and I have been working on a new major update for the Nord Design System.

We created Crany-Frame and Crany-Hairline, these fonts then serve as our base scaffolding...we apply decoration to them to produce new typefaces for each content strand.

I wasted too much time early in my design career sweating the wrong details. Now I ask one question before every UI decision: "Default it, or design it?" This simple heuristic has saved me countless hours and arguments, especially in startup environments where resources are limited and speed matters.

Design systems are often misunderstood despite their benefits, as skepticism persists even among designers, highlighting a gap between perception and reality.

The concept of freedom is often misused to distort reality when things don't go our way, leading to confusion in its true interpretation.

I think I'm also a magician. I became the technical product owner about a year ago.