Design Systems Coalition
NYC
A community for people who build design systems to share and learn from each other
Exploring Design Systems
Sept 25 @ Justworks
In this meetup we'll explore different aspects of design systems. From trade-offs, to adoption within your organization, and how approaching design systems as tools might inform the way you build them.
Speakers
Rune Madsen
Rune is a designer, artist, and educator who uses programming languages to create things with the computer. As a co-founder of Design Systems International, he specializes in code-based design projects including non-trivial interfaces, custom design tools, design systems, and dynamic branding projects. He is also the author of the book Programming Design Systems.
Chelsea Otakan
Chelsea is a product design manager at Stripe, supporting the design systems team. When not managing, designing, or writing code, she’s probably doing karaoke. Sometimes goes by Chex.
Max Haarhaus
Max is a Software Engineer at Justworks on the Design System Team, where he builds and maintains a library of components, design tokens, and developer utilities, and obsesses over editor color schemes.
Chris Carbo
Chris is a Senior Product Designer at Justworks on the design system team. Chris believes the key differences between any good and great design system are designing for the right reasons, trusting the system, being vulnerable and pizza.
We’re looking for speakers for future meetups!
Past Events
DSL x NYC: Design Systems at a global scale
May 28 @ Condé Nast
In collaboration with DSL (Design Systems London). DSL x NYC design systems meetup gathers designers and engineers to share experiences, ideas, and approaches on how to design, build and maintain design systems.
Designing for Scalability
April 24 @ Reaktor
Join us for this meetup with lightning talks focussed on designing for scalability—how do you prioritize, collaborate, design for different platforms, and build a design system that works for different needs and provide a great developer experience.
Happy Hour!
March 27 @ The Winslow
Join us for a happy hour and meet other design systems professionals and enthusiasts. This event will give folks the opportunity to meet up in a casual setting.
Happy Hour!
Jan 23 @ The Winslow
Join us for a happy hour and meet other design systems professionals and enthusiasts. This event will give folks the opportunity to meet up in a casual setting.
Shaping design systems
December 5 @ Datadog
Featuring talks by Derek Howles from Datadog, Nicole Yeo from Artsy, and Carl Nelson.
October happy hour sponsored by Reaktor
October 25 @ The Storehouse
A social event for us to chat over drinks and make new connections in the design systems community.
Putting your design system into practice
Sept 27 @ MongoDB
Featuring talks by Deep Shah from MongoDB, Marissa Christy from Paperless Post, and Laura Hahn from Priceline.
July happy hour sponsored by MongoDB
July 26 @ The Winslow
A social event for us to chat over drinks and make new connections in the design systems community.
Design system APIs and the developer experience
June 20 @ Betterment
Featuring talks by Arielle Sullivan & Connor McNabb from Betterment, Stephanie Manwaring from XO Group, and Jenn Creighton from ClassPass.
May happy hour
May 23 @ The Winslow
A social event for us to chat over drinks and make new connections in the design systems community.
Bridging the gap
April 19 @ ustwo
Featuring talks by Pedro Sepulveda from ustwo, Mike Perrotti from Meetup, and Fabian Perez from GitHub.
Tools for collaboration
March 8 @ Meetup
Featuring talks by Noah Levin from Figma, Natalya Shelburne from The New York Times, Brent Jackson from Priceline.com, and Chesley Andrews from Betterment.
February happy hour
Feb 7 @ The Winslow
A social event for us to chat over drinks and make new connections in the design systems community.
Defining design principles
Oct 4 @ The New York Times
Featuring talks by Orr Shtuhl from Wirecutter, Caitlin Osbahr from Buzzfeed, Michael Jovel from the F.D.A., and Magera Holton from Related Works.
Empowering product growth with design systems
Aug 17 @ DoSomething
Featuring talks by Una Kravets from Digital Ocean, Luke Patton from DoSomething, and Jina Anne—consultant and community builder.
Documenting design systems
May 11 @ JustWorks
Featuring talks by Tom Takigayama from Justworks, Adekunle Oduye from Nasdaq, and Amélie Lamont from The New York Times.
Brand design systems that scale
March 23 Etsy @ HQ
Featuring talks by Sophie Shepherd from GitHub, Will Miner from 2U, and Marco Suarez from Etsy.
Sharing design systems journeys
December 15 XO @ Group
Featuring Emily Brick from Buzzfeed, Silvia Tueros-Cossio and Philip Kelly from XO Group, and Diana Mounter from GitHub.
Host or speak at our next meetup!
Organizers
Diana Mounter
Design Operations Manager at GitHub
Chesley Andrews
Product Design Manager at Betterment
Matthew Ström
Design Lead at Bitly
Tom Takigayama
Product Design Manager at Justworks
Brent Jackson
Software Developer at Gatsby