John Lee at a podium beside a giant projected screen. Text on screen: WHY DESIGN SYSTEMS? Not all design systems are trying to solve the same problem Teams build design systems in service of different goals, and those goals shape every decision that follows. Design and experience consistency Faster iteration and development Make rebrands / refactors easier Drive external adoption Theming Alignment on patterns

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John Lee talking about Design Systems... giving a good primer on what they are and why they matter. Also how important naming conventions are. #wiadla #design4meaning

Richard Aragon The Architecture of Understanding How humans organize information from grocery stores to LLMs and what happens when no one's thinking about how it all fits together. #Designing4Meaning #wiad26

Text on slide: THE INSTINCT We organize to survive. Long before software, humans were already sorting the world into patterns we could use. Categorize Label Retrieve "Before we speak, we sort."

Richard stands at a podium. A projector screen shows a presentation slide.

Richard Aragon talking about IA (Information Architecture) and AI (You know this one) and how they intersect and run off one another. #wiadla #design4meaning