Resources and insights

Mia Ward on building a design system people want to use

Our Head of Design on tokens, naming, saying no, and why DrumKit’s own system is its first customer.

Written by

Caitlyn King

Published on

22 Sep 2026

File under

• Interviews
• Design

Design

Mia Ward on building a design system people want to use

Our Head of Design on tokens, naming, saying no, and why DrumKit’s own system is its first customer.

Caitlyn King22 Sep 2026

5 posts tagged Research

• 

  Design

  UX review presentations

  How do you create compelling presentations that wow your colleagues and impress your managers?

  

  Alisa Hester11 Aug 2026
• 

  Product

  Mental models for product managers

  Mental models are simple expressions of complex processes. Here are the six we use most.

  

  Lana Steiner14 Jul 2026
• 

  Design

  What is wireframing?

  Introduction to wireframing and its principles. Learn from the best in the industry.

  

  Megan Sims7 Jul 2026
• 

  Design

  How collaboration makes us better designers

  Collaboration can make our teams stronger and our individual designs better. Here’s how we do it.

  

  Mia Ward30 Jun 2026
• 

  Design

  User research on a small budget

  Five interviews, one survey and a spreadsheet. How we learn fast without a research team of ten.

  

  Alisa Hester19 May 2026