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Accessibility, design systems, and UX

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Your documentation is still in your Mum's filing cabinet

It's kind of wild that we're still organising knowledge like it's sitting in a 1970s filing cabinet. People and AI don't think in folders. They find information through search, context and connections.

Documentation foundations for humans and AI

Before we rush to optimise our docs for AI, we need to get the foundations right.

Making product documentation work for humans and AI

Companies are investing heavily in AI. This feels like our chance to quietly make documentation better for everyone.

AI is accidentally making documentation more accessible

Writing documentation for AI retrieval improves accessibility for humans too.

Can AI write accessibility specs?

I wrote a prompt to help me write accessibility specs for components. Then had an existential crisis.

Add an Accessibility Nutrition Label

I've just completed an app audit for an iOS accessibility nutrition label. Here's what I learned.

Turns out I'm not ready to write a book

Sometimes the universe puts wise people in your path to point out the obvious. Like maybe start with a blog before committing to 50,000 words.

Designing for dyscalculia and low numeracy

Reflections on dyscalculia and practical ways to make numbers more accessible.

WCAG for designers

A practical, jargon-free guide to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Foundations for the BPP design system

How we set up the core styles and tokens for BPP’s education-focused design system.

Leaving NewsKit

What I worked on as lead designer for NewsKit, News UK's design system.

How to write an accessibility statement

A practical guide with examples and resources to help you write an accessibility statement.

Designing an Accessible Future

I did a talk at WDC exploring WCAG 3.0, Web3, and the future of inclusive design.

Scaling accessibility with a design system

Designing accessible components and scaling their impact through a design system.

5 things I learned building Constellation

Reflections from 3.5 years building Lloyds Banking Group’s multi-brand design system.

Halifax digital rebrand

How we translated a new visual identity into accessible, flexible UI components for Halifax.

Building Constellation

How we created and scaled Lloyds Banking Group’s multi-brand design system from the ground up.

First rule of Design Club

What I learned running design thinking workshops with teenagers in a London secondary school.