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Design tokens manage and store User Interface (UI) decisions such as spacing, color, typography, and motion. These decisions are stored in a config-like format to support the needs of any platform (Web, mobile OS, etc). In this blog post, I'll demonstrate how you can leverage design tokens and SCSS mixins to capture a system's design language. The final output will be a collection of SCSS mixins that map to design tokens and can help to reel in messy CSS inconsistencies amongst dev teams and close the gap between designers and developers with great success.
The design and technology landscape and how they’re used to build digital products has transformed in the past decade. As times have changed, so have the needs of companies recruiting designers. The explosive growth of the tech industry means that traditional universities have struggled to keep up with the pace of change when it comes to how designers work. And so, short intensive courses known as Bootcamps have emerged to fill the void.
On July 19th, the 2nd annual undefined conference was held in Toronto. The conference is aimed at exploring the intersection between design, technology and digital transformation with analytics and technology practitioners. If you weren’t lucky enough to attend, here are my 4 key takeaways.
Having a co-op placement is a crucial part of deciding what path you want to take after you graduate. At Rangle we're lucky to have more co-op students than ever spanning across our software development, design, marketing and operations teams. We make it a big priority to provide an exceptional experience of learning, mentorship and real-world experience so that all of our co-op students are set up for success, whatever field they are in.
Attention digital marketing writers/UX writers/technical writers! Have you spent your happy days writing product descriptions, promotional emails, or button copy—and suddenly someone has asked you to write for a design system? Maybe you smiled nervously and said, “Yeah, sure, I can do that. Absolutely. You betcha.”
Online payments have made tremendous advances in the past five years. As easy as they may seem today, even the simplest checkout experience is still supported by a complicated financial system. Every time you sign up for a new streaming service or click “purchase” in your shopping cart, you’re interacting with a complex web of payment gateways, card networks, bank servers - and legal bodies that oversee it all. Recently, Europe has introduced new legislation that will add to that complexity and could cost European businesses up to €57 billion.
Across industries, the shift to digital solutions has exponentially increased the amount of data that’s generated - estimated at more than 2.5 quintillion bytes per day and growing. As a result, the way that organizations define, create and measure value has changed, along with the speed at which they use that data to drive innovation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. However, AI is often discussed in theory or in a futuristic manner which can make it difficult to understand. So, how can AI be applied in a practical way to help your organization innovate right now? In this post (and podcast) we’ll dive in and demystify AI to help you better understand how it can be applied to your business.