A conversation with Drew Burdick on the tips, tricks, and methods he has learned during the process over the years of building design systems.

You'll learn to:

Manage contribution and intake
Manage “snowflake” vs system components
Support multiple brands with a single system
Track and measure the ROI of your system
Perpetuate buy-in
Drew Burdick is a multi-faceted design leader with over a decade of experience. He founded and led a creative agency, led top accounts at Red Ventures, and most recently helped to transform product design at AIG by leading a team to establish their global design system. He is now a leader with the Experience Design practice at Slalom, helping to drive client engagements in the Charlotte market.

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Drew Burdick @drewhburdick
The Honeycomb @thehoneycombpodcast
The UX Icon www.theuxicon.com
IXDA Charlotte  @ixdacharlotte

Building a Mature Design System (w/ Drew Burdick)

A conversation with Virginia Booth on accessibility. When most people hear the term "Accessibility" they think of handicap parking spots or wheelchair ramps. What doesn't often come to mind, though, is how some of these same concepts apply to the web. 

In this introductory-level conversation, we'll talk about:
What is Web Accessibility?
Why is it important?
How you can start incorporating accessibility into your design process
Some resources where you can learn more
Virginia Booth is an Associate User Experience Director at CapTech Consulting in Charlotte. As a strategic-minded UX Architect, she’s passionate about creating accessible, easy-to-use, and delightful experiences for customers while still satisfying the business' objectives. She’s found over 100 four-leaf clovers, proving her keen eye for detail (oh yeah, and that she’s pretty lucky). Outside of the office, you’ll find her brewing beer with her husband or harassing their cats, Mudi and Flike.
 
Connect with us
 Virginia Booth @vafromva
 The Honeycomb @thehoneycombpodcast
The Honeycomb www.thehoneycombpodcast.co
 The UX Icon www.theuxicon.com
 IXDA Charlotte  @ixdacharlotte

Accessibility: A Critical Core Competency for Your Design Toolkit (w/ Virginia Booth)

The Honeycomb Podcast is a series of Conversations with local UX experts about advancing and advocating UX in the Charlotte Metro area.