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Design Systems

Laura Kalbag
March 01, 2013

Design Systems

From a talk at Responsive Day Out in March 2013

Laura Kalbag

March 01, 2013
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  1. Design Systems
    Laura Kalbag
    @laurakalbag laurakalbag.com

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  3. #1

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  5. where we’ve been going
    wrong…

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  11. devices, not content.
    deliverables, not process.

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  13. making assumptions about users
    and devices based on nothing
    but the width of the viewport

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  17. design systems :
    the principles

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  24. components you might keep
    the same across viewports:
    • typeface
    • base unit
    • colour
    • shape/form

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  25. components you might
    differentiate across viewports:
    • grids
    • layout
    • font size
    • measure (line-length)
    • leading (line-height)

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  26. content is always
    the same

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  27. “we need to build on what
    we do know: content”
    — Chris Armstrong

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  28. design systems :
    the practical,
    the core visual components

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  29. microsoft.com

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  30. typography first

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  34. base unit

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  35. grids and layout

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  36. Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in columns.
    My four column layout
    My four
    column layout
    H e r
    e is
    som
    e
    b o d
    y
    text
    whic
    h is
    H e r
    e is
    som
    e
    b o d
    y
    text
    whic
    h is
    H e r
    e is
    som
    e
    b o d
    y
    text
    whic
    h is
    H e r
    e is
    som
    e
    b o d
    y
    text
    whic
    h is

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  37. grid concept

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  38. Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title and
    is sitting here in columns. Here is
    some body text which is probably
    smaller than the title and is sitting
    here in columns. Here is some body
    text which is probably smaller than
    the title and is sitting here in
    columns.
    My grid based on threes
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title and
    is sitting here in columns. Here is
    some body text which is probably
    smaller than the title and is sitting
    here in columns. Here is some body
    text which is probably smaller than
    the title and is sitting here in
    columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title and
    is sitting here in columns. Here is
    some body text which is probably
    smaller than the title and is sitting
    here in columns. Here is some body
    text which is probably smaller than
    the title and is sitting here in
    columns.
    My grid based
    on threes
    Here is some body
    text which is probably
    smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in
    columns. Here is some
    body text which is
    Here is some body text which is probably smaller than the title and is sitting
    here in columns. Here is some body text which is probably smaller than the
    title and is sitting here in columns. Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title and is sitting here in columns.
    My grid based on threes

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  39. Here is some body text
    which is probably smaller
    than the title and is sitting
    here in columns. Here is
    some body text which is
    probably smaller than the
    title and is sitting here in
    columns. Here is some
    body text which is
    probably smaller than the
    title and is sitting here in
    columns.
    Symmetrical grid
    Symmetrical
    grid
    Here is some
    body text which
    is probably
    smaller than the
    title and is
    sitting here in
    columns. Here
    is some body
    text which is
    probably
    Here is some body text
    which is probably smaller
    than the title and is sitting
    here in columns. Here is
    some body text which is
    probably smaller than the
    title and is sitting here in
    columns. Here is some
    body text which is
    probably smaller than the
    title and is sitting here in
    columns.
    Here is some body text
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title and
    is sitting here in columns. Here is
    some body text which is probably
    smaller than the title and is sitting
    Symmetrical grid

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  40. shape/form

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  41. Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title and
    is sitting here in columns. Here is
    some body text which is probably
    My circles concept
    My circles
    concept
    Here is some body text
    which is probably
    smaller than the title
    and is sitting here in
    columns. Here is some
    body text which is
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title and
    is sitting here in columns. Here is
    some body text which is probably
    smaller than the title and is sitting
    here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title and
    is sitting here in columns. Here is
    some body text which is probably
    smaller than the title and is sitting
    here in columns.
    Here is some body text which is
    probably smaller than the title and
    is sitting here in columns. Here is
    some body text which is probably
    smaller than the title and is sitting
    here in columns.
    My circles concept
    Here is some body text which is probably smaller than the
    title and is sitting here in columns. Here is some body text

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  42. colour

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  46. design systems :
    the process

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  47. detaching design
    considerations from
    viewport widths

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  48. designing in the browser

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  49. styletil.es

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  50. http://www.paulrobertlloyd.com/about/styleguide/

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  51. pea.rs

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  53. mockups and
    breakpoints

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  54. why do we mockup?

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  57. the future

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  58. nobody is an expert

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  60. experiment and
    communicate

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  61. Laura Kalbag
    @laurakalbag laurakalbag.com

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  62. If you like icons:
    Glyphicons
    Noun Project
    Picto Foundry
    Pixeds
    Pixicon
    Symbolicons

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