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From canvas to code: building design systems, together
- Theme:Dev & code
- Topic:Design systems
- Topic:Scalability
Jake Albaugh
Developer Advocate
Figma
Chad Bergman
Designer Advocate
Figma
Strong designer-developer collaboration is crucial for successful design systems, but aligning their motivations, incentives, and skills can be challenging. In this talk, Figma’s Chad Bergman and Jake Albaugh will share best practices for breaking silos, aligning on intent, and creating a shared language to improve designer and developer collaboration from ideation to handoff when building a cohesive design system, together.
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About the speakers
Jake Albaugh
He/theyDeveloper Advocate
Figma
Jake is Figma's first developer advocate, and spent the prior 12 years working as a software engineer on both sides of web applications. Jake loves to walk the line between design and code, bridge gaps in communication across product development, and bring as much fun and creativity to the work that they can manage to cram in along the way.
Chad Bergman
He/himDesigner Advocate
Figma
Chad is a designer advocate at Figma where he collaborates with the design system community to share best practices and gather feedback for our product and teams. He has led and supported multiple scalable design systems, including single-brand, multi-brand, and private labeled systems, throughout his career. Outside of crafting digital assets he enjoys spending time with his family, making music, and exploring new pizza spots.