Episode 44 - Should we care about consistency?

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of consistency in design systems.

Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF (back for season two!), where Luke Murphy and Michelle Chin attempt to combat all the amazing wtf in design systems. In each episode, they answer a single question around design system troubles with a Q&A from the live audience. A bit of a deep topic this week – how important is consistency as a concept to be aiming for with design systems? Obviously, it's one of our design systems' selling points, but in a world where we're mov...

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke Murphy, Michelle Chin

Topics covered

• design systems
• consistency
• Q&A
• live recording
• season two

Keywords

• design systems
• consistency
• Q&A
• live podcast
• season two

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