What comes after the infinite canvas? with Robin Cannon
From On Theme: Design Systems in Depth by Elyse Holladay
March 16, 2026 · 55 min · Season 2 · Episode 3
About this episode
Elyse Holladay discusses the future of design systems with Robin Cannon, exploring the obsolescence of the infinite canvas and the integration of design and code.
Y’all know I am fully bought in on design-with-code tools, so I loved this episode with Robin Cannon, VP of Product at Knapsack and former IBM Carbon and J.P. Morgan Salt design system exec, on why he thinks the infinite canvas is obsolete, and what we...
People in this episode
Host: Elyse Holladay
Guest: Robin Cannon
Topics covered
- design systems
- design with code
- infinite canvas
- software design
- product development
Keywords
- design systems
- infinite canvas
- design with code
- software design
- Robin Cannon
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Knapsack, IBM Carbon, J.P. Morgan Salt
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