Great Infrastructure Needs Great Stories: Designing our Children’s Book

Dagster has approached the challenge of explaining its complex data platform by creating a children's book that personifies assets as living characters, illustrating their dynamic nature and interdependencies in an engaging and accessible manner. The book emerged from the idea that assets, much like characters, wait, react, and evolve with their dependencies, making them relatable and easier to understand. The design process involved transforming technical concepts into a narrative with warmth and visual storytelling, utilizing animation to convey motion and change, thereby making the content intuitive. This innovative approach helped simplify the core principles of Dagster, demonstrating that clarity and simplicity can effectively communicate complex systems. As a result, the book not only serves as a unique educational tool for newcomers but also reinforces the foundational concepts of Dagster to seasoned professionals.