

Into Design Systems at G2O - Columbus, USA
βJoin us for an exciting Into Design Systems Meetup at the G2O office on Wednesday, September 17th @ 7pm! π
βSponsored by Nationwide Insurance π
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βββEVERYONE is welcome: designers, developers, POs, PMs, managers, researchers, accessibility specialists, freelancers, founders, professionals, students - anybody! π€
βββποΈ Agenda
β7:00pm Social & Food (20 mins)
ββCome on in, meet new people, grab some food and a drink, and get settled in. Talk with other great professionals in Columbus!
ββ7:20pm Speaker - Noelle Lansford - Space Oddities: Navigating the Nebulous Language of Design Systems
Design systems are meant to create UI solutions that scale. What happens when that solution actually creates more confusion than efficiency? How can you get your DS consumers reliable answers when your design system teammates have different perspectives? How do you continue to sell the design system when the narrative of efficiency is unclear or broken? Noelle will dive into some tools, both philosophical and practical, that gets the to heart of these divides and how to start fixing them!
ββ7:50pm Q&A Panel Discussion
βJoey Banks - Founder & CEO of Baseline Design
βBrian Greene - Director of UX Design & Research Operations at Nationwide Insurance
βBurton Smith - Technical Lead, Design Systems at Microsoft
βNoelle Lansford - Owner & Founder of Shep, who will also be our speaker for the evening
βHosted by Ben Callahan, Founder of Sparkbox
ββ8:15pm Networking
ββNetworking will give you the opportunity to meet more people from the Columbus design system community!
βββπ Your friendly hosts
βNoelle Lansford: Owner & Founder of Shep + Design Systems Lead at Alaska Airlines
ββBen Callahan: Founder of Sparkbox + Creator of The Question and Redwoods + Principle Consultant of Learning Mode
βββWe can't wait to see you there!