Nathan Curtis
DESIGN SYSTEM CONSULTant
Nathan started Directed Edges in 2024 to provide design system expertise to clients and the worldwide community. He's passionate about information architecture and consults with design systems teams to architect solutions, drive strategy and optimize operations.
Nathan wrote Modular Web Design in 2009, authors a well-known design systems blog, and speaks at events worldwide. Prior to starting Directed Edges, Nathan led EightShapes with Dan Brown from 2006 to 2024.
Experience
Since 2006, Nathan has consulted with 80+ design system teams, including:
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2015 – present
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A design systems book before "design systems." It elaborates on component architecture, how to build libraries and create component and pattern docs using tools of the day.
Workshops
Design tokens & UI component architecture
Conceive, built and support a scalable architecture of configurable and composable design tokens and UI components for a durable library that stands the test of time.
Design system planning and process
Scope, plan and run processes to make features, deliver releases, tackle complex initiatives, and guide an organization through a major new generation of an entire library.