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Jan 2022
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Episode 230: Design Systems for SaaS wit...

JANE PORTMAN
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How can design systems help us build products more efficiently? Our guest today is Pek Pongpaet, founder of Impekable, an award-winning agency. You'll learn the importance of design systems, why documentation for these systems is important, how to organize design components, and more.

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