The blog from design-system firm Function12 explores practical problems in UI design and front-end development, such as why AI tools struggle to turn designs into accurate code. Its recent issues also examine how Toss built its design system and how that system affected the company's productivity and UI consistency.
Website: https://blog.fn12lab.com/
Essays on design systems and how AI agents change their governance, adoption metrics and accountability. Readers get original, experience-based arguments with concrete examples drawn from design system practice.
DZGN.WORK is an essayistic newsletter on brand operations, design systems and how AI agents and organisational drift shape what a brand actually is. Issues offer original conceptual frameworks, such as the 'Brand Diamond' and the gap between authority and permission, grounded in practical observations about teams and tooling.
Practical essays on design systems for designers, covering topics such as reading JSON, explaining MCP and Skills for AI tools, and structuring Figma variable tiers. The writing draws on consulting experience and explains technical concepts through designer-familiar analogies.
A product designer in Berlin writes first-person essays on how AI coding and design tools change the design process. Issues cover context engineering, using tldraw wireframes mapped to design-system components, and the evolving role of the canvas.
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