Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr (Ziegfeld Girl, Samson and Delilah) was known as the world’s most beautiful woman – Snow White and Cat Woman were both based on

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story ~ About Hedy Lamarr Documentary | American Masters | PBS

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bombshell-hedy-lamarr-story-documentary/9906/

Exploring the challenges and benefits of overhauling Pinterest’s design process.

How we scaled our design process — and our impact

https://pinterest.design/how-we-scaled-our-design-process-and-our-impact-8c8c772cf4d6

https://zeroheight.com/events/design-system-awards/finalists/

How we created an easy-to-search collection of key product surfaces in Figma

The benefits of creating a product surfaces collection

https://pinterest.design/the-benefits-of-creating-a-product-surfaces-collection-20a98cb1c26d

How we get colleagues from across the product team excited about the systems world by creating a day full of education and connection.

Why we host an internal design systems conference

https://pinterest.design/why-we-host-an-internal-design-systems-conference-3bb6017c6ca2

Amid worries about what Big Tech is doing to our privacy, politics, and psyches, many stakeholders—from activists to technocrats—are calling for a new rule book.

Can the Internet Be Governed?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/05/can-the-internet-be-governed

How naming your “who,” “why” and “how” can help you understand your role in creating a new world.

Centering your identity to find your act of change-making

https://pinterest.design/centering-your-identity-to-find-your-act-of-change-making-b31caa66276f

https://www.cooperhewitt.org/channel/dorothy-liebes/

Why haven’t there been better design solutions for email?

Loved @aletheia's talk about Design Ops at Config today. Really drove home how critical DesOps is in driving change and growth.

Love the shout-out to Hedy Lamarr in Ovetta Patrice Sampson's Config talk. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story is a great documentary about her life and career. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bombshell-hedy-lamarr-story-documentary/9906/

💥 New blog!

Feeling fortunate to work on a team whose leaders are dedicated to listening, iterating, and improving workflows/collaboration—even if that means overhauling the design process. 

https://pinterest.design/how-we-scaled-our-design-process-and-our-impact-8c8c772cf4d6

Love to see Pinterest's design system, Gestalt, getting much-deserved recognition! 

The team is a finalist for 4 Design Systems Awards (in the Documentation, Collaboration, Articles, & Talks categories) 

https://zeroheight.com/events/design-system-awards/finalists/

Loved publishing this look at Pinterest's product surfaces collection and how it will continue to benefit not only the design team but marketing, engineering & other partners. 

https://pinterest.design/the-benefits-of-creating-a-product-surfaces-collection-20a98cb1c26d

Looking for hotel recommendations in Barcelona. What are your favorites?

Wrote a blog about why Pinterest hosts an annual Design System Day for the product team 

https://pinterest.design/why-we-host-an-internal-design-systems-conference-3bb6017c6ca2

Anyone looking for a data analyst or quant research interns? My brother’s looking for one and I’m trying to help him out, he’s studying computer engineering at Carlton University in Ottawa, ON Canada!

What content do you want to see from design team social accounts?

“The Internet remains a work in progress. But there’s reason to think that its future is being written in a very different place than its past was.” 

Curious to hear what people on here think! 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/05/can-the-internet-be-governed

"You don’t have to start the fight for change, change is inevitable and here, you just have to do your part to shape it." 

https://pinterest.design/centering-your-identity-to-find-your-act-of-change-making-b31caa66276f

Started the year off at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, where I discovered the work of textile designer Dorothy Liebes. Amazing to learn about her career and impact in industrial design, fashion, and even film! https://www.cooperhewitt.org/channel/dorothy-liebes/

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