About Me #
I’m Arielle, Head of Design Systems at Nordhealth. I’ve worked in the web industry for two decades and on design systems for the past 8+ years. Previously, I lead the team of designers and developers working on Duet Design System and helped various companies such as Amazon, Ericsson, IBM and Hewlett Packard in San Francisco, CA.
Contact me for work inquiries or just to say hello: me@arie.ls
I’m also an active open source contributor and an author of various popular open source tools. I like cycling, composing music, poetry, and great typography. Not necessarily in that order.
During the past years I’ve created tools such as Nord Design System, Duet Design System, Vue Design System, Duet Date Picker, Legibility App, Feature.js, Responsive Nav, Responsive Slides, Tiny Nav, Remote Preview and Molten Leading. These tools are being used by the jQuery Foundation, Microsoft, AT&T, U.S. Government, Pingdom, Engadget, Converse and TED to name a few.
In everything I do, I’m constantly inspired by the music and artworks of the 1950’s and 60’s jazz vinyls. Especially the records that Blue Note Records released during that time are close to my heart. I’ve also been a collector of 12" vinyls for a long time. ❦
Press, Mentions #
- Laying the Foundations by Andrew Couldwell
- Learning Responsive Web Design by Clarissa Peterson
- Learning Web Design by O’Reilly
- Foundations of Web Design by Thomas Michaud
- Ten Commandments of Web Design by Jeffrey Zeldman
- Design Process in the Responsive Age by R/GA
- Universal Typography by Tim Brown
- Typography On The Web by Jake Giltsoff
- More Readable Typography by Justin Avery
- Choosing A Typeface by Treehouse
- Responsive Typography: The Basics by iA
- Responsive Navigation Patterns by Brad Frost
- Synchronized Cross-device Mobile Testing by Addy Osmani
- How We Test Across Screen Sizes by TED
Interviews #
- Design System Guide, 2024
- Lovers Magazine, 2022
- Workspiration, 2015
- .Net Magazine, issue 254
- Advanced Photoshop, issue 100
- MicroPC Magazine, issue 3/2012
- Basso Magazine, issue 2/2006
Projects #
- Nord Design System
- Duet Date Picker
- Duet Design System
- Vue Design System
- Helsinki Design Systems
- Helsinki Device Lab
- Legibility App
- Feature.js
- Responsive Nav
- Responsive Slides
- Tiny Nav
- Remote Preview
- Molten Leading
- MQtest
- And more…
Elsewhere… #
Contact me for work inquiries or just to say hello: me@arie.ls