359: Design Systems and Creativity

<p>This week, we discuss a listener question about the tension between design systems and creativity. Do design systems destroy creativity, or simply get the boring parts of our work out of the way? In The Sidebar, we discuss the challenges in sharing North Star design visions across teams.</p><hr /><h3><strong>Golden Ratio Patrons:</strong></h3><p>Did you know that teams in more than 150 countries around the world use Float for the resource planning? Float is the #1 rated resource management software on G2. Learn more at <a href="https://www.float.com/?utm_source=designdetails&utm_medium=specfm">float.com/designdetails</a></p><hr /><h3><strong>Latest VIP Patrons:</strong></h3><p>Huge shoutouts to our latest <a href="https://www.patreon.com/designdetails">Very Important Pixels</a>!</p><ul><li>Thomas Eckert</li><li>Sören Gröbke</li><li>Sveta Goldstein</li><li>Juliana S</li><li>Farfama Hargaaya</li><li>Christopher Woodside</li><li>Danni Hu</li><li>Jatin</li><li>Sanket Pathak</li><li>Tin Kadoic</li><li>Christopher Drakeford</li><li>Agnese</li><li>David Luft </li><li>Jeremie Michaels Lim</li><li>Matt Harney</li></ul><hr /><h3><strong>The Sidebar:</strong></h3><p>The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to full episodes going forward! Sign up at <a href="https://patreon.com/designdetails">https://patreon.com/designdetails</a>.</p><p>In this week's Sidebar, we discuss the process of creating and distributing North Star vision work across teams and organizations.</p><hr /><h3><strong>Follow up:</strong></h3><ul><li>It's now possible to disable wallpaper tinting in macOS dark mode (in the latest Big Sur beta). To do this go to System Preferences → General → Allow Wallpaper Tinting in Windows</li><li>Last week's episode was edited using <a href="https://www.descript.com">Descript</a>, a pretty awesome audio editing tool.</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/pawsys/status/1291632303144407046">Pawel Sysiak</a> pointed out that the method for