Pages and Templates: the Other End of Atomic Design

Almost anyone working with Design Systems knows about Atomic Design, but most often Atoms and Molecules get all the attention. Today we’ll look at the other hand of the spectrum: templates and pages, and how to present them best. Here’s a list of ten examples to inspire you to improve your own design systems. They’re … Read more

Navigation patterns to steal from IBM’s Carbon Design System

Carbon is a very impressive design system, with slick components and comprehensive guidelines for writing, designing, and developing for IBM. To ensure everyone gets to find all this great content when they need it they’ve used several navigation patterns that you may want to implement in your own projects. To further illustrate how to reuse … Read more

Content Strategy showcase : 12 Design Systems that get it right

Words are everywhere and a Content Strategy is a plan to make sure that the copy all teams write for their products fits the company’s principles and values. Surprisingly, despite its importance, copywriting is often forgotten when it comes to designing and documenting components. I browsed hundreds of design systems, seeing so many missed opportunities … Read more