Hi,

Design Systems have been a hot topic for more than a decade now. However, they often end up in year-long implementation and migration projects and end up blocking new initiatives.

How about going one up the abstraction ladder?
Instead of going Design System first, then embrace a Design Pattern first approach.

Read more about it in the worthy read of the month below.

Here's a couple of interesting things for you to consider right now: 

• Join the OKR masterclass by Christina Lange in October this year. 
• Join the next Product Loop meetup - exploring the interesection between design and product management.

Below my round-up of the most important stories at the intersection of UX, design, psychology, and building great products.