Oct 30, 2020Design system team weeknotes issue 6The design system team is part of one web following our overarching vision of: Coherent and cost-effective user experiences for Co-op. The design system team provide the solid foundational tools, resources and standards to enable other teams to work fast — with quality baked in from the start. Design system meet-up We hold…Design Systems5 min read
Oct 23, 2020Design system team weeknotes: Issue 5The design system team is part of one web following our overarching vision of: Coherent and cost-effective user experiences for Co-op. The design system team provide the solid foundational tools, resources and standards to enable other teams to work fast — with quality baked in from the start. Show and tell We’ve not…Design4 min read
Oct 23, 2020Design system team weeknotes: Issue 4The design system team is part of one web and contributes to the overarching vision of: Coherent and cost-effective user experiences for Co-op. The design system team provide the solid foundational tools, resources and standards to enable other teams to work fast — with quality baked in from the start. Accessibility in our user journeys …Design3 min read
Oct 14, 2020Design system team weeknotes: Issue 3The design system team is part of one web following our overarching vision of: Coherent and cost-effective user experiences for Co-op. The design system team provide the solid foundational tools, resources and standards to enable other teams to work fast — with quality baked in from the start. We presented at the digital All hands. This week…Design3 min read
Oct 5, 2020Co-op design system team weeknotes: Issue 2The design system team is part of one web following our overarching vision of: Coherent and cost-effective user experiences for Co-op. The design system team provide the solid foundational tools, resources and standards to enable other teams to work fast — with quality baked in from the start. Continuing with our work on accessibility This week…Design Systems3 min read
Oct 5, 2020Co-op design system team weeknotes: Issue 1Welcome to the first official weeknotes from the newly formed design system team! The design system team is part of one web following our overarching vision of: Coherent and cost-effective user experiences for Co-op. The design system team will provide the solid foundational tools, resources and standards to enable other…Design Systems4 min read
Feb 12, 2020I caused a mini Twitter storm – because of some job adverts I postedIt’s taken me a few weeks to get round to writing this. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t angry or upset and I had had enough time to reflect and weigh up all the facts. I understand what happened fully now and, why people were upset. But it was…Design Leadership4 min read
Jan 13, 2020I’m a Principal Designer – what do I do?I’m a Principal Designer at Co-op digital. I work in the web platform team. Our mission is to create a consistent web experience for both users of the platform (digital teams and content publishers) and give Co-op customers a seamless user centred experience online. As a new year started we…Design6 min read
Jan 6, 2020Writing is for clever people with thoughtful opinions — not silly people like meThat’s a crap title. Or maybe it’s a good title? I don’t know. Already, I want to give up. It’s hard to writing things down. Especially if you’re surrounded by peers who do an excellent job of writing. That’s really intimidating. Especially when you’ve been treading water professionally for a…Writing3 min read
Oct 11, 2016BalanceThe universe hands out balance pretty rarely. Although, and this is the important bit - that rarity is based on your personal perspective. We live on Earth. A planet that to us, has balance. Sat in the ‘Goldilocks zone’, we live in that that lovely area where everything is just…UX3 min read
