;

DaS™ – GRID Publication

Be More than
just a Designer.

GRID Magazine started out of a need to share the knowledge from our internal courses with the wider design group. Today, we have reached over 200 articles and close to 5k subscribed readers. The ambition is to bring you the success stories about scaling the design proposition to your doorstep.

Author's Name

AVATAR

inResearch

42

inWriting

77

Released

230

The Design Team of Ten.

Welcome back to our Design at Scale – Academy series, focusing on the design practice in a team of ten. Before we step into the shoes of any designers joining the team of ten, …
March 5, 2021
 · 
6 min read

Y21 Nº014 GRID Mag – Managing 5 Product Teams

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the fourteenth Design at Scale™ Newsletter – focusing on innovation and how design drives change in a large organisation or an agency. Today, we will focus on how Design …
February 27, 2021
 · 
4 min read

Scale.

Welcome to the ninth and final article of this series that focuses on designers in the team of one. Across nine articles, we have explored the ambition behind one designer’s drives that form their …
February 26, 2021
 · 
4 min read

Management.

Welcome to the eighth article of this series that focuses on designers in the team of one. After opening up the networking, the natural progression would be to aim to manage that network correctly …
February 19, 2021
 · 
6 min read

Design at Scale™ – Manifesto

Welcome to the Design at Scale Method series. Today’s article has no more minor ambition than to connect, empower and unify all product designers under a simple Manifesto, which easily translates the value of …
February 17, 2021
 · 
3 min read

Network.

Welcome to the seventh article of this series that focuses on designers in the team of one. After diving deep into more internal ambition, beliefs and philosophy, we have passed through communication, technology and …
February 12, 2021
 · 
6 min read

Methods behind Design at Scale™

Welcome to the Design at Scale Method articles. Today we’ll be looking at combined Methods that help Design and Scale deliver value in complex propositions and thrive in environments of constant change.  While both …
February 10, 2021
 · 
4 min read

Design at Scale – Mindset

Welcome to Design at Scale – this article will focus on the mindset and how adopting it can make a difference in Product Design Delivery. To understand the mindset definition, let’s borrow the description …
February 3, 2021
 · 
3 min read

Value Systems of Design at Scale™

Welcome to Design at Scale. This article will focus on the values that every designer who scales design propositions embodies and masters while delivering incremental value to the team and the business – not …
February 3, 2021
 · 
4 min read

Y21 Nº013 GRID Mag – Entertainment at scale

Dear (none)Designer,Welcome back to the thirteenth Design at Scale™ Newsletter – focusing on innovation and how design drives change in a large organisation or an agency. This month, we will explore how Design at …
January 30, 2021
 · 
4 min read

Technology.

Welcome to the fifth article of this series that focuses on designers in the team of one. After discussing the thinking in great detail, combining Ambition, Belief and Design Philosophy, Communication is increasingly tied …
January 29, 2021
 · 
5 min read

Design at Scale™ – Principles.

Welcome to the Das™ Method articles – today, we’ll be looking at the Principles behind the Design and Scale. Most articles describe how to write great principles – be specific, direct, and focus on …
January 27, 2021
 · 
5 min read

Communication.

Welcome to the fourth article of this series that focuses on designers in the team of one. After touching on Ambitions, Beliefs and Design Philosophy, we are entering the more practical part of the …
January 25, 2021
 · 
5 min read

Design Philosophy.

Welcome to the third article of this series that focuses on designers in the team of one. After defining our Ambition and our Design Beliefs, we land on the first pillar that will be …
January 22, 2021
 · 
4 min read

History of Design at Scale™

Historically, design was defined as the stage-gate iterative process. To paint a portrait, wall, or cathedral, we all understand the task and what can be measured, sized, and calculated in some ways. They require …
January 20, 2021
 · 
4 min read

Believes.

Welcome to the second article of this series that focuses on designers in the team of one.  Starting with ambition, I have received many messages reflecting on our human desire to improve to endure …
January 15, 2021
 · 
4 min read

The ambition behind the DaS™

We start with a clean sheet of paper and a pencil.  That’s where all designers begin.  For centuries, creatives across many different disciplines have always been a piece of paper and a pencil that …
January 13, 2021
 · 
2 min read

Ambition.

Welcome to every first article of the DaS™ Academy series that focuses on designers in the team of one. Let’s start with ambition – after all, every designer has one, yet they struggle to encapture …
January 8, 2021
 · 
6 min read

Welcome to Design at Scale™

Thank you for stopping by and dedicating your time to learning something new about design. Design at Scale™ is an ambition to unify all designers under the umbrella, offering clarity, stability and transparency for …
January 6, 2021
 · 
3 min read

Tell Me About Yourself

The most common interview opener is also the most commonly botched. Not because candidates lack a wealth of experience or confidence, but because they fundamentally misunderstand what is being asked of them. Master this …
January 3, 2021
 · 
7 min read

Five years behind the academy.

How long does it take before we designers realise that our work's ultimate destiny is to understand the scale?  Very recently, one of my students from the Designt at Scale™ Academy contacted me not …
January 1, 2021
 · 
4 min read

Y20 Nº012 GRID Mag – Education at Scale

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the twelfth Design at Scale™ Newsletter – focusing on innovation and how design drives change in a large organisation or an agency. This month, we will look at how …
December 30, 2020
 · 
4 min read

Y20 Nº011 GRID Mag – Career at Scale

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the eleventh Design at Scale™ Newsletter – focusing on innovation and how design drives change in a large organisation or an agency. This month, we will look at how …
November 30, 2020
 · 
2 min read

Y20 Nº010 GRID Mag – Crisis Management at Scale

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the tenth Design at Scale™ Newsletter – focusing on innovation and how design drives change in a large organisation or an agency. This month, we will look at how …
October 30, 2020
 · 
3 min read

Y20 Nº009 GRID Mag – The question of Scale

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the ninth Design at Scale™ Newsletter – focusing on innovation and how design drives change in a large organisation or an agency. Recently, I have been asked why design …
September 30, 2020
 · 
3 min read

Y20 Nº008 GRID Mag – The retail proposition that scales

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the eighth Design at Scale™ Newsletter – focusing on innovation and how design drives change in a large organisation or an agency. Following up on my previous newsletter, I'd …
August 30, 2020
 · 
4 min read

Y20 Nº007 GRID Mag – Agency of record at scale

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the seventh Design at Scale™ Newsletter – focusing on innovation and how design drives change in a large organisation or an agency. R/GA, formerly known as R/Greenberg Associates, was …
July 30, 2020
 · 
4 min read

Atlassian Documentation for Product Design Teams Part 1

atlassian-documentation-for-product-design-teams-part-1
July 6, 2020
 · 
11 min read

Y20 Nº006 GRID Mag – Who do we serve in complex broadcast teams

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the sixth Design at Scale™ Newsletter – focusing on innovation and how design drives change in a large organisation. There would be no update if the designer did not …
June 30, 2020
 · 
3 min read

Y20 Nº005 GRID Mag – Scaling products with a strong company culture

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the fifth Design at Scale™ Newsletter – focusing on innovation and how design drives change within large organisations. Today, I'll reflect on the work at SONY Europe. A well-diversified …
June 29, 2020
 · 
3 min read

JIRA for designers – Managing product delivery.

Figure 01: Product Lense of a project Welcome back.In summary, my last article described the tools and methods of implementing basic Dual-Track Agile from the design perspective. We discovered the relationship between the essential elements and the roles …
June 22, 2020
 · 
10 min read

Y20 Nº004 GRID Mag – Samsung Innovation at speed (scale)

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the fourth Design at Scale™ Newsletter – focusing on innovation and how design drives change within large organisations. Some companies are better than others at driving innovation internally, and …
June 15, 2020
 · 
3 min read

JIRA for designers — Managing design delivery

Figure 01: Design Delivery Managing design delivery in large organisations was always a risky thing and therefore a task that’s traditionally been siloed. Big corporations like to create departments and use its authority and autonomy …
June 8, 2020
 · 
10 min read

JIRA for designers — the basics.

Figure 01: JIRA when you ever wish to search for it. When it comes to task or time-tracking management tools amongst design professionals, Jira from Atlassian does not reach its full potential. Let’s face it; …
June 1, 2020
 · 
11 min read

3×3

Overview Welcome to the sixth article of the 3x3 series – Confluence for Designers looking at the communication structure for medium and large organisations to achieve transparency, which leads to frictionless and smooth design …
May 25, 2020
 · 
6 min read

DoD — Check List for Designers.

Throughout the Design at Scale™ mentoring, I have observed little understanding of “the definition of done” among designers. It’s no wonder — in 2019 while working with 27 different teams, I asked what their Definition of Done (DoD) …
May 19, 2020
 · 
8 min read

The Folder Structure for your remote team

Welcome back; this article is part of the series called DaS™ – Naming convention. The previous article explored the history and mental models behind sorting information in digital space. This article will discuss how …
May 11, 2020
 · 
6 min read

Impact of File Naming Convention on Delivery

Welcome back; this article is part of the series called Naming convention. The previous article explored the history and mental models behind sorting information in digital space.[001↗] This article aims to discuss the naming …
May 4, 2020
 · 
6 min read

The power of the naming convention

We’ve all been there. Someone, most probably a boss, asks us to find the latest email or Miro [001↘︎] board or simply share a file created a while ago, and we struggle to find …
April 27, 2020
 · 
5 min read

No time to name the layers

Welcome back; this article is part of the series called Naming convention. The previous articles explored the impact of folder naming conventions. This article discusses the naming convention inside the CX and UI files …
April 20, 2020
 · 
5 min read

Integration Section

Overview Welcome to the night and the last article of the 3x3 series – Confluence for Designers looking at the communication structure for medium and large organisations to achieve transparency, which leads to frictionless …
April 13, 2020
 · 
3 min read

Development Section

Overview Welcome to the seventh article of the 3x3 series – Confluence for Designers looking at the communication structure for medium and large organisations to achieve transparency, which leads to frictionless and smooth design …
April 6, 2020
 · 
6 min read

Y20 Nº003 GRID Mag – Learning from SGI

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the third Design at Scale™ Newsletter – where we take a look back into the past. It's not particularly important, but it's contextually relevant to the discussion I'll have …
March 30, 2020
 · 
3 min read

Release Section

Overview Welcome to the eighth article of the 3x3 series – Confluence for Designers looking at the communication structure for medium and large organisations to achieve transparency, which leads to frictionless and smooth design …
March 30, 2020
 · 
5 min read

Design Section

Overview Welcome to the sixth article of the 3x3 series – Confluence for Designers looking at the communication structure for medium and large organisations to achieve transparency, which leads to frictionless and smooth design …
March 23, 2020
 · 
6 min read

Experience Section

Overview Welcome to the fifth article of the 3x3 series - Confluence for Designers looking at the communication structure for medium and large organisations to achieve transparency, which leads to frictionless and smooth design …
March 16, 2020
 · 
7 min read

Content Section

Overview Welcome to the fourth article of the 3x3 series - Confluence for Designers looking at the communication structure for medium and large organisations to achieve transparency, which leads to frictionless and smooth design …
March 9, 2020
 · 
4 min read

Research Section

Overview Welcome to the fourth article of the 3x3 series – Confluence for Designers looking at the communication structure for medium and large organisations to achieve transparency, which leads to frictionless and smooth design …
March 2, 2020
 · 
4 min read

Y20 Nº002 GRID Mag – 20 years in product design development

Dear (none)Designer, Welcome back to the second Design at Scale™ Newsletter –where the first and most important question for this venture is: why now? Design is one of the most dynamic and discussed industries …
February 27, 2020
 · 
2 min read

Business Section

Overview Welcome to the third article of the 3x3 series – Confluence for Designers looking at the communication structure for medium and large organisations to achieve transparency, which leads to frictionless and smooth design …
February 24, 2020
 · 
5 min read

Dare to Scale

Design is on it’s pivotal point. Speed, strategy, thinking, craft, complexity, systemisation and the overall integration made design function 20x faster than 30 years ago. What is the next chapter of design?

SPEAKER

Design at Scale™: How Individuals Shape Future Organisation Through Design

Design at Scale™

LINE_MAGENTA_050_301

Categories

LINE_MAGENTA_050_301

Data

LINE_MAGENTA_050_301

Share

Internal

Collaborate

Resources

IBM PlexSan
Regular
Charcoal

Design at Scale™ is defined by three models, which form the Method. Each model operates in a different part of the business and collects and informs parties on design and engineering decisions that have a direct impact on the delivery.

All brands and trademarks presented on the Design at Scale™ website are owned by their relevant companies or agencies. The projects represent collaborations between designers, developers and product owners. Do not copy or publish any of the projects shown here without written approval from Design at Scale™ (alternatively GIVE™, 9V™) and/or relevant companies and agencies.

SOC_Twitter
SON_LinkedIn
SON_Instagram
SOC_-Medium
View