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Stacy Kvernmo

User experience designer & developer @ OddBird since

Stacy (she/her) is a user experience designer, front-end developer, speaker, and podcast superfan.

With over 15 years of experience, Stacy takes the lead on interface development, architecting accessible and maintainable HTML, CSS, and Sass. Balancing a love of design and code, she enjoys experimenting with new design processes and tools as well as new web technologies like CSS Grid Layout. Stacy is enthusiastic about teaching and speaking at design and front-end development conferences. She is a co-host of the WordPress Naperville meetup group and is a superfan of far too many podcasts.

Open Source

OddContrast

Color contrast checker with Oklch, Oklab, P3, and more

OddBird (owners) since

OddContrast is a color format converter, featuring newer color formats like Oklch, Oklab, and the Display P3 color space. It’s also a color contrast checker to help designers meet WCAG 2 accessibility standards.

Herman

Automated style guides

OddBird (owners) since

Design systems streamline development, communication, and consistency – but often rely on dedicated teams and extended budgets. We wanted a tool that helps create and maintain living style guides & pattern libraries in an agile process, and on a budget. Herman helps you keep your development process simple – and your UX consistent – as you scale over time.

Accoutrement

Integrated design-system management in Sass

OddBird (owners) since

OddBird’s Accoutrement tools help keep design tokens meaningful to both humans and machines – opening the door for automation, while improving readability. These tools also integrate with Herman, our automated pattern-library generator.

2023 Posts

  1. see all Winging It posts
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    CSS Cascade Layers

    on Winging It episode 1 with Miriam, Ed, & Stacy on | 40 mins

    If you’ve ever found yourself in a specificity war, you’ll understand how important having control over style priority can be. During our conversation, we discussed what CSS Layers are and how you can use them in your project.

2020

  1. see all Talks & Workshops

2019

  1. see all Link posts
    Stacy teaching developers at an event
    Link post type

    It’s My Job, and Yours

    CSS-Tricks asked a number of web builders the same question…

    Stacy Kvernmo at CSS-Tricks on

    “What about building websites has you interested this year?”

    The role of ethics in our modern web space has been on my mind for the past few years and I suspect it will occupy my thoughts increasingly as I move forward. With each encounter of a questionable feature or setting on a website, I can’t help but think of all of the people involved and the discussions that may (or may not) have taken place.

2017

  1. repeated grid of the same dog picture in different colors
    Talk post type

    The Great State of Design

    with CSS Grid Layout and Friends

    by Stacy Kvernmo

    Past

    • – Chicago, IL

      Front-End Camp

    • – Chandler, AZ

      CSSDay.io

    see all Talks & Workshops
  2. title of the talk in Naperville, From Scratch to Launch \#1 Planning Phase
    Talk post type

    WordPress from Scratch to Launch

    by Stacy Kvernmo

    Past

    • – Naperville, IL

      WordPress Naperville

    • – Naperville, IL

      WordPress Naperville

    see all Talks & Workshops
  3. Mac OS Dock with some of our favoite app icons
    Article post type

    Tips and Tools We Love

    by Stacy Kvernmo on

    We wanted to show some love to a few great tools we use to get us through our work days. Do you have any to add to our list?

    see all Article posts
  4. Miriam Suzanne speaking at CSSDay
    Article post type

    CSSDay 2016 Recap

    by Stacy Kvernmo on

    CSSDay was held in sunny Arizona on December 3, 2016. The conference is geared towards front-end developers who want to dive deeper into advanced CSS topics.

    see all Article posts
  5. Sarah Parmenter speaking on stage
    Article post type

    Designing Using Data

    by Stacy Kvernmo on

    Ongoing education in our industry is a must. Attending conferences is a great way to learn and network with other industry professionals. Unfortunately, not everyone is able to attend conferences, but have no fear! Many of the best conferences post videos online, giving our community an easy way to learn…

    see all Article posts
  6. Creative usage of drop caps collage
    Article post type

    What’s Old is New: Drop Caps in CSS

    by Stacy Kvernmo on

    Using an emphasized initial letter is a technique that has been used for centuries. Let’s dive in to see some ways you can apply it to your project to help guide your reader with visual hierarchy.

    see all Article posts

2016

  1. CSS Grid example layout
    Article post type

    Will CSS Grid Layout Enable Creative Design?

    by Stacy Kvernmo on

    CSS Grid Layout is shaping up to be the layout tool we’ve always wanted on the web. How can we use it to start creating interesting layouts?

    see all Article posts
  2. woman grimacing beside the words, How many revisions? In Photoshop? In all screen sizes?
    Talk post type

    Curing Design Complacency

    It’s easy to fall into old habits

    by Stacy Kvernmo

    Past

    • WordCamp Chicago

    • UX Camp

    see all Talks & Workshops

2015

  1. see all Talks & Workshops
    sass guidelines and css guidelines
    Talk post type

    No Pain No Gain

    CSS Code Reviews

    by Stacy Kvernmo

    Past

    • SassConf 2015

    • CSS Dev Conf

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