DSP 136. Are Design Systems Still for People? A Conversation with Elyse Holladay

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Chris Strahl talks with Elyse Holladay about the evolution of design systems and the impact of AI on product development.

Send us feedback or episode suggestions. In this episode, Chris Strahl talks with Elyse Holladay—staff design engineer at Color Health and host of On Theme—about the evolution of design systems and how AI is reshaping the way we think about abstraction, collaboration, and contribution. They explore what it means to maintain relevance in a landscape where LLMs increasingly influence product development, and reflect on whether design systems are still for people—or for machines. Elyse shares a ...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Strahl

Guest: Elyse Holladay

Topics covered

• design systems
• AI
• product development
• collaboration
• abstraction
• relevance

Keywords

• design systems
• AI
• collaboration
• product development
• Elyse Holladay

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Organizations: Color Health, On Theme

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