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Nathan Simpson

Front-end developer with a design background who thrives in collaborative environments.

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    Designing at scale: an overview of Design Systems

    Watch Design-engineer Nathan Simpson’s high-level overview of Design Systems, and how large organisations can achieve design at scale.

    August 2023
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    Project walkthrough: Agriculture Design System

    Watch Jordan Overbye and Nathan Simpson outline the origins of our recent collaboration with the Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry to implement a modern and accessible React Design System.

    March 2023
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    How I prototyped a social network with Keystone

    Nathan Simpson shares how he built "The Garage" – a social network for car lovers, using Keystone 5 and React Native.

    June 2019

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