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7̶ 8 Truths of Running an Illustration Team
7̶ 8 Truths of Running an Illustration Team
Based on like actually just running one illustration team, so rly, what do I know?
Meg Robichaud
May 16
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Locating Polaris
Locating Polaris
How and why Shopify built a style guide for our design system
Amy Thibodeau
May 19
Product Illustration for people who don’t know anything about product illustration
Product Illustration for people who don’t know anything about product illustration
An introduction
Meg Robichaud
May 3
Building Narrative : Shopify’s New Theme for Storytelling
Building Narrative : Shopify’s New Theme for Storytelling
We all know first impressions are important. And even though you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, we’re all guilty of doing…
Guillaume Granger
May 1
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Run your own content clinics
Run your own content clinics
At Shopify, we’re always looking for ways to 10x ourselves and our teams so we can have the greatest impact on our product. The idea behind…
Virginia Start
Apr 25
Designing at leverage points
Designing at leverage points
How to find the right spot in any system to create maximum impact.
Adam Saint
Apr 3
The Two Sides of Research
The Two Sides of Research
Doing great research is hard enough, let alone watching for the potential tradeoffs that follow how we organize ourselves. Awareness is key…
Dylan Blanchard
Mar 27
Revenge of nerdview
Revenge of nerdview
Why insider language is insidious
Ryan Bigge
Mar 17
Building accessible flash messages
Building accessible flash messages
A couple months ago the design patterns team at Shopify set out to rebuild our system for instant feedback in response to user action, or…
Dan Rosenthal
Mar 7
The Art of Faking It
The Art of Faking It
We’ve all been there before — a task was assigned to us, a contract we’ve wanted to bid on, a project around the house — all of which we’ve…
Keyfer Patrik Mathewson
Mar 6
What is Progressive Enhancement and Why Should You Care?
What is Progressive Enhancement and Why Should You Care?
If you’ve been building websites and applications for even a little while, you’ve most likely already heard of progressive enhancement. The…
Tiffany Tse
Feb 28
Icons are little living creatures
Icons are little living creatures
It was around 2010 and I was asking for feedback from colleagues on my web design. The response was positive, they thought the site looked…
Guillaume Granger
Feb 27
Illustration Feedback
Illustration Feedback
(👏Cut👏To👏The👏Chase👏)
Meg Robichaud
Feb 24
How to embrace vulnerability and build better products
How to embrace vulnerability and build better products
We all know from people like Brené Brown that we should embrace vulnerability, but how does it actually make our products better?
Virginia Start
Feb 21
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