Airplanes and Ashtrays

Harry Roberts wrote about design systems and how compromise has to be baked into them from the very start. He argues thatwe cant be dictatorial about what is and isnt permitted because design, whether thats the design of a product, service or system, is always about compromise.

Harry writes:

Whenever you plan or design a system, you need to build in your own ashtraysa codified way of dealing with the inevitability of somebody doing the wrong thing. Think of …

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