37. Josh Cusick from Microsoft: Imagining design system utopia

<p><b><em>Want to help the design systems community learn more about adoption?  </em></b><a href='https://knapsack-cloud.typeform.com/ds-adoption-21'><b><em>Take our four-minute survey</em></b></a><b><em>.</em></b><br/><br/>Microsoft’s Josh Cusick and Chris discuss how to convey intent when working with a design system, the importance of buy-in for a successful design system culture, and whether or not your design system will ever be finished.</p><p><b>Guest: </b>Josh Cusick is a product designer at Microsoft, working on Microsoft’s Fluent Design System and <a href='https://www.adplist.org/mentors/josh-cusick'>mentor at ADPList</a>. You can find Josh on <a href='https://medium.com/@joshcusick'>Medium</a> and <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshcusick/'>LinkedIn</a>, and you can check out his portfolio website <a href='https://josh-cusick-portfolio.webflow.io/'>here</a>.</p><p><b>Host: </b>Chris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of <a href='https://www.knapsack.cloud/'>Knapsack</a>, host of <a href='https://twitter.com/thedspod'>@TheDSPod</a>, DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as <a href='https://twitter.com/chrisstrahl'>@chrisstrahl</a> and on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisstrahl/'>LinkedIn</a>.</p><p><b>Sponsor: </b>Knapsack is a design system platform rooted in code for shipping consistent apps in half the time. Design once, build once, use everywhere. Learn more at <a href='http://knapsack.cloud'>knapsack.cloud</a></p><p><b>Links: </b>View the transcript for this episode.</p><p><br/></p>