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Collaboration
How Abstract helped Banner Health navigate a future no one planned for
Tripling outputs while working remotely
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Kasey Fleisher Hickey
A crowd-sourced UX design book, born out of a pandemic
UX designer and design leader Tom Greever shares the inspiration behind his new book.
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Open Design
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Kasey Fleisher Hickey
How Abstract helped Fifth Beat accelerate new project ramp times by 20%
Head of Design Francesco Vetica shares how Abstract helps the Fifth Beat team reduce costs, refine workflows, and mentor clients.
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Customer Stories
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Kasey Fleisher Hickey
How DocuSign uses Abstract to build a culture of thoughtful collaboration
A people-first approach helps the DocuSign team make design decisions together
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Customer Stories
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Kasey Fleisher Hickey
A new normal for design
News you can use from Design Twitter
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Open Design
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Alison Harshbarger
How to run a remote design sprint
Geographic differences don’t need to be an impediment to creativity and collaboration.
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Design Ops
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Sarah McIlwain
How to build and re-build trust in a remote environment
How curiosity and compassion cultivates trust
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Product News
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Mia Blume
How to lead a 100% remote design team
Remote leadership requires good tools, good communication, good documentation, and plenty of empathy.
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Hannah Shadrick
Flawless App joins Abstract
Plus: Kelly Watkins, former Slack and GitHub marketing executive, joins Abstract board
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Josh Brewer
How to understand your impact in the brave new world of product design
If you design products, you have more power and influence than you realize. This is a call for awareness and change in a time when Everything is Design.
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Open Design
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Josh Taylor
Generous design is the way forward: 3 keys to transparency
To build superior products at scale, combine a classic business toolset with a design-thinking mindset.
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Open Design
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Scott Welliver
Expect change in your design career. Choose growth.
No one works in a future-proof field, designers included. But if you recognize that change is coming and help others along the way, you can future-proof yourself.
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Open Design
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Tim Van Damme
How we redesigned the Abstract blog with Abstract
Go behind the scenes with an Abstract brand designer to see how we collaborated on our blog design, across teams and timezones.
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Inside Abstract
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Vince Joy
8 critical skills of effective design leaders
In an increasingly collaborative design world, hard and fast rules don't necessarily apply. But traits like emotional intelligence, future-obsession, and ability to trust rise to the top.
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Open Design
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Amy Schroeder
Why version history is not version control
Bring order to the chaos with a Branch-based workflow.
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Product News
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Josh Brewer
Introducing the Quick Jump and inline editing for Collections
There’s a new, faster way to locate that Branch you’ve been looking for.
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Product News
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Ben Erez
Build your design system with these 8 real-world lessons
From treating it like a product to defining principles and 'A.B.U.,' here are key things to remember along the way.
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Open Design
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Jordan Staniscia
7 ways to lean into an open design process
From ditching silos and workarounds to embracing purple squirrels and remote work, here's how to navigate the changing world of modern design.
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Open Design
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Amy Schroeder
5 things you didn’t realize you could do with Collections
Design Advocate Andrea Burton shares tips for using one of Abstract’s most versatile features.
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Product News
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Andrea Burton
Big Little Updates: The Project Collection Gallery
No more Slack conversations to locate “that one Collection.”
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Product News
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Ben Erez
5 things you can do in Abstract that you didn't realize
Design Advocate Andrea Burton shares a few of her favorite ways to streamline your design workflow.
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Product News
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Andrea Burton
Make the case: How to get buy-in for building a design system
How to start the conversation with stakeholders and get a design system off the ground.
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Open Design
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Jordan Staniscia
Introducing: Public Sharing
It’s never been easier to collaborate in Abstract.
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Product News
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Ben Erez
Giving UX writing a seat at the design table
Effective UX writing can turn a good user experience into a great one.
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Open Design
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Kasey Fleisher Hickey
How content design is helping Intuit build regional customer experiences
Intuit content designer Simon Alovisi's team is crafting bespoke, end-to-end experiences for the UK market.
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Customer Stories
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Kasey Fleisher Hickey
How open source technology inspired a modern design workflow
The value of design ultimately hinges on process. If we can improve the workflow, we can improve the output and perceived ROI.
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Product News
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Josh Brewer
The end of the celebrity designer
A more open approach to design helps build better products and demystifies the process for the rest of the company.
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Open Design
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Tim Van Damme
How to collaborate with non-designers in Abstract
Feedback is key to making better products, when it's given in the right place, at the right time.
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Open Design
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Alden Spence
Why design needs version control
Version control is communication, transparency, and consensus
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Open Design
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Josh Brewer
Introducing Review Requests and Comment History
A scalable, lightweight workflow for collaborative design reviews.
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Product News
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Heather Phillips
Making Sketch collaboration better with Abstract
Stop asking, "What’s in this file? Why is it different than the current file? Where’s the final version?”
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Product News
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Alden Spence
Introducing Inspect: Where the file is the design spec
No more exporting files, Inspect provides one place to access the information needed to implement any design with easy-to-access design specs!
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Product News
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Andrew McCloud
Introducing comment replies & email notifications
Staying on top of conversations in Abstract just got a lot easier.
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Product News
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Tim Van Damme
Design reviews using Abstract Collections, now with Night Mode
Abstract Collections allow you to organize, share, and present your design work.
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Product News
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Tim Van Damme
Collaborative design in Fanduel's globally distributed team
How the fantasy sports tech company uses Abstract to manage a remote crew of designers and engineers
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Customer Stories
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Kasey Fleisher Hickey