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Main Topic:This week, we talk about who actually leads UI design within an organization, teasing apart questions like: who should design a team’s visual style guide? Who should break a tie in subjective aesthetic arguments? And more!
itaydre asks on GitHub:
It's been challenging to develop a new design system without an existing visual style guide, so I'm trying to explore more about the work behind designing UI when you're not a sole designer.
I've got a feeling that designing UI is quite hard to do collaboratively, as taste is very much subjective to each and every individual.
Byeee!
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