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Imran Hussain

@imhuyorks.bsky.social
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Love all things collaboration and community. Founder of GovCamp North and Design System Day. Organiser UKGovCamp, Services Week and GovJams. Currently doing community @gdsteam. Site: www.imranhussain.uk

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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
One week left to join this hack day! Be there or be square. 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connecting... #hack #DesignSystem #government
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Connecting Design Systems 'Hack' #2
Join us online in this joint MoJ and GDS hack day, working on 'connecting' governmental design systems.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The GOV.UK Design System is joining up with MoJ Digital to run a second 'Connecting Design Systems' Hack Day. 🗓️ 10 February, 10am-1pm GMT, online Featuring: • Recap of 1st hack • How MoJ built the Reuse Library • Ideation and prototyping 🎟️ Grab a ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connecting...
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Connecting Design Systems 'Hack' #2
Join us online in this joint MoJ and GDS hack day, working on 'connecting' governmental design systems.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I wrote a blog post after running some service pattern hackdays for @govstack.bsky.social. 'A recipe for Service Patterns' imranhussain.uk/a-recipe-for... #UX #UI #ServicePatterns #hack #co-design #Gov
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A recipe for service patterns – Imran Hussain
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The next #DesignSystemChat is on 🗓️ Weds 10 December 2025, 11am-12pm GMT We'll be workshopping the 'Get Feedback' component and seeing if we can improve it. 🎟️ Grab a ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-sys... #DesignSystem #services #UX #design
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Design System Chat: December 2025
Join us for December 2025's Design System Chat. Hosted by the GOV.UK Design System.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
👂 We want to hear from team in wider government about how they use the GOV•UK Design System and GOV•UK FrontEnd. Any feedback will help us support teams better in the future. 💬 Join the discussion here: github.com/alphagov/gov...
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Teams in wider government: How do you use GOV.UK Frontend and the Design System? · alphagov govuk-design-system · Discussion #5001
About this work Since June 2025, we’ve made updates to the Design System to support work on the GOV.UK brand, in line with the GOV.UK brand guidelines. As part of GOV.UK Frontend v6.0.0, the colour...
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Join the Service Patterns Hack Day 2 to co-design and smash (stress-test) service patterns, including: • E-signature • Wallet • Payment 🗓️ Thursday 27 Nov 2025, 2pm-4.30pm GMT 🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/service-pa...
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Service Patterns Hack Day 2 - with Govstack
Join the GovStack UX working group for this hack day event, to co-design service patterns for payment, messaging, e-signature, & wallet!
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I'm helping GovStack plan and facilitate some of their Hack Days. Join the first session to help design the following open-source Service Patterns: • GovChat, Scheduling, and Admin Interfaces 🗓️ Wednesday 19 November 2025, 10am GMT 🎟️ Read more and grab a ticket: www.eventbrite.com/e/service-pa...
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Service Patterns Hack Day 1- with Govstack
Join the GovStack UX working group for this hack day, to collaboratively develop service patterns for GovChat, Scheduling & Admin interfaces
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Hallo! The #GOV.UKDesignSystem team are looking for feedback on adding rounded corners to buttons, which we think will improve the usability of the component. You can see and comment on our proposal on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov... Please take 3 mins to feed back. 🙌Danke, Imran
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Adding rounded corners to buttons · alphagov govuk-design-system · Discussion #4941
Background The Design System team is exploring new styling options, including rounded corners for buttons, following the GOV.UK brand refresh. We want to make sure the changes we make are not purel...
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James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Work in or around the #PublicSector? Fancy a breakfast time natter, and optional co-working day? The last 3 #OneTeamGov North #Manchester meetups of 2025 are on Tuesday: 🐝 21 October, 🐝 18 November, 🐝 16 December. Sign up via www.eventbrite.com/o/hosted-by-...
People sit in rows, smiling for the camera.A bordered square rotated slightly clockwise, inside which are the words, "One Team Gov".
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I was so stoked to finally run something with @claragt.bsky.social . We’ve been looking to work together for ages and I finally got the chance today @sdingov.bsky.social It was such a deliberate, thoughtful and intentional crowd as well. A true pleasure all round!
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Come and join the conversation in our monthly #DesignSystemChat. This month we'll be talking about #ServicePatterns. 🗓️ Tuesday 30 September, 2pm-3pm BST 🎟️ Read more and grab a ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-sys...
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Design System Chat - September 2025
Join us for July 2025's Design System Chat to discuss Service Patterns. Hosted by the GOV.UK Design System.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Have you got 30 minutes in the next few weeks to speak to me about the GOV.UK Design System community. If you do, sign-up for an informal chat here: forms.gle/ASfUpvpgT1yM... Danke 🙌
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Design System Community - insights chat
Hello, Imran from the Design System team is looking to speak to people to find out more about your journey in joining the community. It is just an informal chat, and any information will be used by Im...
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James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
UKGovCamp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) will be in #Birmingham on Saturday 17 January 2026. We need a venue: 1️⃣ for 250 people, 2️⃣ 8 breakout rooms, 3️⃣ wheelchair accessible. @imhuyorks.bsky.social is leading the search. Please share and reply with ideas 🙂
The UK Gov Camp logo, which look like a fireball heading right. The top half is blue and rest is red. In the middle is a white line that looks like the river Thames.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Hi everyone, I’m looking to improve the process of joining the GOV.‌UK Design System community. I’d like to speak to people who have started using the design system in the last year. If you can spare 30 minutes for an informal chat, I’d love to talk! 💬 Sign-up:https://forms.gle/Pr334RMFYUWV8ENP9 .
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Hey all, Sign up for July's #DesignSystemChat, running Weds 16 July, 10.30am BST This month we'll discuss our events/ workshop offer: ▪️ What's our current offer? ▪️ What do you attend? ▪️ What would you like to see more of? 🎟️ You can grab a ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-sys...
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Design System Chat - July 2025
Join us for July 2025's Design System Chat to discuss what events you'd like to see from us. Hosted by the GOV.UK Design System.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Really excited about doing a #Community themed UX talk at #UXScotland tomorrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. 🧑🏽‍💻 I’ll be writing it up after the event, so keep an eye out for post with the fully intended tongue-in-cheek title: “With Great Community, Comes Great Responsibility”
Banner image with headshot of Imran Hussain on the left and headline: I’m speaking at UX Scotland.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Heading up to Edinburgh for #UXScotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 . Gimme a shout if you’re also about in Edinburgh this week!
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
💥 New Blog Post 💥 The psychology of scaling community, featuring: • What do 'diffusion of responsibility' and 'social loafing' mean? • How do they impact team dynamics and communities? • What can you do about them? Read here: imranhussain.uk/the-psycholo... #community #psychology #dynamics
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The psychology of scaling community – Imran Hussain
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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Looking forward to speaking to Content Club folks about considering compounding barriers & intersectionality when we think about accessibility. Thank you @niacampbell.bsky.social @adrianortega.bsky.social @contentdesign.london for organising!
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Book your space – A more holistic approach to accessibility: Priyanca D’Souza – Google Meet
Join us for our next pep- talk, where Priyanca D’Souza talks about how we can take  a more holistic approach to accessibility. ...
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
What’s up Bluesky, I’m starting to look for my next professional opportunity. If you are looking for someone community, co-design or collaboration shaped, please get in touch 💬
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The GOV.UK Design System team running our first install-a-thon on Thursday 24 April 1pm-3pm BST. It’s a new session format where we will support people to upgrade their version of GOV.UK FrontEnd to the latest version (5.9.0). 🎟️ Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/install-a-... Thanks, Imran
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
So I'm starting to line up the talks this year. The next one will be at "Hey! All Day" in Leeds, on Thursday 1 May. I'll be doing a lightning version of my new talk on community ethics: With Great Community Comes Great Responsibility 😜 #talk #community #ethics #Hey!AllDay
Banner image for Imran's lightning talk. There's a black and white image of Imran wearing a fedora, looking at the camera.
Imran Hussain: With great community comes great responsibility
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Had the pleasure of doing a talk with @calvinlau.bsky.social for #ContentClub earlier this week. We talked about spreading content design skills across our team, to enable Calvin to focus on the areas where his expertise can deliver the most value.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I’m doing a talk with @calvinlau.bsky.social for the Content Club tomorrow. We’ll be talking about ‘bringing everyone into content design’. Grab a ticket below 👇
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I'm running some 🗺️ #MapsInServices sessions for #ServicesWeek 2025! Running 17-21 March, there will be 5 sessions, running from 9.30am-10.30am Monday-Friday. We'll be aiming to draft a page of Map Design principles for the GOV.UK Service Manual. 🎟️ Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maps-in-se...
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Maps In Services: Services Week workshops
Join our Services Week workshops and help us create some design principles for the use of maps in public services.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Our next #DesignSystemChat is 🗓️ Weds 26 February 2025 11am-12pm It’s open to anyone wanting to talk public sector design systems and design. Agenda: • Essential component criteria • FrontEnd install-a-thons? • File upload component • Lean Coffee 🎟️ Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-sys...
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Design System Chat - February 2025
Join us for February 2025's Design System Chat, run by the GOV.UK Design System team.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Finally got to write up my thoughts on UK GovCamp 2025, it was a bit of a different vibe for me this year: imranhussain.uk/reflecting-o... #UKGC25 #UKGovCamp @ukgovcamp.bsky.social
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Reflecting on UK GovCamp 2025 – Imran Hussain
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I heard a rumour that the #MapsInServices collab was coming back
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a man whispers something into a woman 's ear in front of a sign that says be best products
Alt: a man whispers something into a woman 's ear and her friend reacts in shock
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The first #DesignSystemChat of 2025, hosted by the GOV.UK Design System team is on 29 January 2025, 11am-12pm. Featuring: • Annual UX/FrontEnd survey • WCAG 2.2 video • Connecting DS hackathon • JavaScript API • 💬 What are you leaving behind in 2024? 🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/d…
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Design System Chat - January 2025
Join us for 2025's first Design System Chat, run by the GOV.UK Design System team.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
At @ukgovcamp.bsky.social, I led a session to design a memorial sticker for @vickytnz.bsky.social, based on a blog she wrote. I've added the ideas from the session to a Padlet board. Feel free to add some thoughts and sticker ideas: govukdesignsystem.padlet.org/ImHuYorks/vi...
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Vicky Teinaki memorial sticker
Add some words to describe Vicky Teinaki and add a sticker idea. Also please heart your 3 favourite sketches.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I'm looking to do more UX and community talks in 2025. Which conferences/events should I go for? Can anyone point me towards any opportunities please? #PublicSpeaking #talks #UX #community
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Caught up with the fab @cathydutton.bsky.social, for the first time in ages today. It’s always great to see a talented practitioner step up into the Senior Civil Service. Gives me a bit of hope when you see some of the good ones make it through.
Imran Hussain and Cathy Dutton catch up in Manchester.
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James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Hello 🙂 I'm looking for my next public sector role and would appreciate your support. Let me know if you hear of anything or wanna catch up. #OpenToWork 💼 Preferably agile delivery manager. 📜 Open to contract, permanent or temporary roles. 🌎 Remote or based in Manchester, London or Sheffield.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I wrote a first draft for a tribute to @vickytnz.bsky.social we're hoping to do at @ukgovcamp.bsky.social 2025. imranhussain.uk/remembering-...
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Remembering Vicky Teinaki – Imran Hussain
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
How do people with multiple areas of expertise navigate professional development and career progression? I’m looking at some courses and plotting my career journey and it’s complicated. Do I do community stuff, L&D lead stuff, facilitation, or org design and culture change? #career #development
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Show and tells done, and the #DSDay24 hack is all wrapped up. You can see some of the ideas from our linking design systems hack on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov... More information on what each group worked on here: govukdesignsystem.padlet.org/ImHuYorks/li... #hack #community #DS
The internal services hack group presents their strategy for adding internal component variationsSally Tolson from the design decisions hack group presents their thought groups findingsZainab from the internal services hack group, presents a pattern they have come up with already
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Work is in full flow during the #DSDay24 hack. Some really nice thoughts coming together #community #DesignSystem #hackday
Hackday group works on making designs systems more searchableHackday group works on design systems for internal servicesA hackday group works from the GDS Whitechapel social space on design decisions Hackday group talks about the two areas of work around making components and patterns more findable
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Some of the #DSDay24 hackers are really cutting loose
Nikin of GDS dresses as a banana. Why? Nobody knows
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The #DSDay24 hackday has been running this morning and the pitches were really exciting 🤩 #hackday #DesignSystem #community
50 designers, developers and leads pitch ideas to the GOV.UK Design System hackday
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Just GDS doing GDS things….
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I wrote a blog about moving the design system’s events strategy to more hackathon type events ahead of the #DesignSystemDay hack this week. Read ‘getting back to making’ here: imranhussain.uk/getting-back... #community #DSDay24 #hackday
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Getting back to making – Imran Hussain
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I made a gate today 🪚🗜️🔨
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Well.. if nothing else, at least the next 4 years is going to bring us a sensational period of collective shitposting 🤣
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
I wrote up a workshop that I delivered for the fabulous @dxw.bsky.social design team last month: imranhussain.uk/workshopping... It was refreshing to get back into consulting and work on new challenges. Hit me up if you need any help with your community 🙋‍♂️ #community #cmgr #culture #CoP #design
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Workshopping dxw’s design community – Imran Hussain
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
I've been talking about building a blog/work site for a few years now. Finally got round to completing a v1: imranhussain.uk Any feedback or help with making it better would be appreciated. Never built a site before. At least I have a place of my own for blogs now 📝
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Imran Hussain – Community Consultant
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
We're running an hackathon for the 3rd #DesignSystemDay. 🔄 We'll investigate 'bringing the GOV.UK Design System closer to other gov design systems'. 🗓️ Thursday 28 November, 9am-5pm Hybrid: Face-to-face in Whitechapel, Online via Zoom 🎟️ Grab a ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-sys... #DSday24
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Design System 'Hack' Day
Join us online and in GDS's London office for a hack day, working on building a 'shop window' for other governmental design systems.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
New blog post from moi: How Design System Day makes our community stronger It’s a #DesignSystemDay write up and a little bit on how it fits with our community strategy. Take a read if you have 4 mins spare: gds.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/31/h... #DSDay24 #community #DesignSystem
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How Design System Day makes our community stronger
Our latest blog post outlines how our GOV.UK Design System Day event makes the community stronger.
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
NL Design Systems Week videos are live, get this on your weekend watch- list 🧑‍💻🍿
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
All the talks from Design System Day 2024 events have just gone live on the GDS YouTube. Check out the playlist here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #DSDay24
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Design System Day 2024 - YouTube
Keynotes from our Design System Day 2024 events. Find out more about the GOV.UK Design System: https://design-system.service.gov.uk/ Sign up to get update em...
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Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
I'm reading "What's the alternative? How to write good alt text" by the Design 102 team: design102.blog.gov.uk/2022/01/14/w...
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What’s the alternative? How to write good alt text
Design102 explains why and how you should be writing good alt text. Alt text helps users to access and consume content by describing in words elements that might otherwise rely solely on visuals.
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