Tag
design-systems
6 posts
The unglamorous work that makes design real →
2y agoFive years into product design at a fintech, the majority of my work is documentation, edge cases, and maintenance. This is what senior design actually looks like.
8 minWhen your company pivots and your design work stops mattering →
2y agoAfter 4 years as VALK's sole designer, a major pivot taught me what happens when the product you built quietly gets deprecated - and how to stay.
8 minAccessibility in fintech is legally required, not optional →
3y agoLessons from implementing WCAG 2.1 AA compliance in regulated financial software - data tables, chart contrast, focus management, and the institutional sales reality.
9 minDesigning Merlin for 5 million Ledger Live users →
3y agoHow I redesigned Merlin by VALK for the Ledger Live integration - two audiences, two design systems, and a compressed timeline.
9 minDesigning financial UI for 15+ countries →
3y agoWhat I learned designing VALK's platform across 15 countries - date formats, RTL, regulatory UI rules, and how to structure Figma for regional variants.
9 minWhy your design system probably does not work →
4y agoAfter 2 years maintaining a solo design system at VALK, I found the real problems are organizational - not technical. Here's what I got wrong.
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