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November 09, 2017
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Transcript
content & code harmonising
Design systems
A set of connected patterns and shared practices, coherently organised
to serve the purposes of a digital product. – Alla Kholmatova “
– Alla Kholmatova Design Systems A practical guide to creating
design languages for digital products
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– Brad Frost Atomic Design Creating and maintaining robust design
systems http://atomicdesign.bradfrost.com/
– Richard Saunders, Zengenti Design systems in websites and apps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ZLkEZtwLk
– Louis Rosenfeld Every large website is a complex adaptive
system “
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Static content
Dynamic content
Curated content
Personalised content
French German Multilingual content
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– Louis Rosenfeld Every large website is a complex adaptive
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Modelling Create better content
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Components Grouping small pieces of content
Components are groups of fields you can use in your
content types. – Richard Saunders “
Allow you to group unique chunks of content together that
do not make sense on their own. – Richard Saunders “
SEO Address Opening hours Video banner Image carousel Social open
graph Feature areas Small stories Course module Blood results
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Interface inventory An audit of the elements of your website
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Content + Code = Delivery Component
Video banner
Logo block
Feature block
Hero feature
Summary - centred
DEMO Component builder
Componentise content delivery
Video banner { "type": "videoHeroBlock", "value": { "title": "Work for
us", "subtitle": null, "callToAction": "https://www.zengenti.com/jobs”, "videoURL": "https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=04cANjthus0" } }
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Brings consistency
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Simpler testing
Monitor and improve performance
– Airbnb Airbnb Design Painting with code https://airbnb.design/painting-with-code/
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Summary
Work towards establishing a design system
– Alla Kholmatova Design Systems A practical guide to creating
design languages for digital products
Focus on your content
Content first
Define common reusable components
This process takes time
But establishes a foundation for the future
Thank you