Retrofitting fluid typography | Clagnut by Richard Rutter
Here’s a taste of what Rich will be delivering at Patterns Day on Thursday—can’t wait!
Reflections on Design Systems and Boundaries - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Jim shares his thoughts on my recent post about declarative design systems. He picks up on the way I described a declarative design systems as “a predefined set of boundary conditions that can be used to generate components”:
I like this definition of a design system: a set of boundaries. It’s about saying “don’t go there” rather than “you can only go here”. This embraces the idea of constraints as the mother of invention: it opens the door to creativity while keeping things bounded.
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Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2023 Speaker Spotlight: Jeremy Keith
Oliver asked me some questions about my upcoming talk at Pixel Pioneers in Bristol in June. Here are my answers.
Jeremy Keith – Declarative Design – SOTR - YouTube
Here’s the video of the talk I gave at Monday’s meet-up here in Brighton—it’s a very condensed version of my longer conference talk on declarative design.
Container Queries and Typography
I feel like we need a name for this era, when CSS started getting real good.
I think this is what I’ve been calling declarative design.
Line heights in CSS work better with ratios | Andy Bell
There’s a broader point here about declarative design:
Setting very specific values may feel like you’re in more control, but you’re actually rescinding control by introducing fragility in the form of overly-specific CSS.
Related posts
Five questions
I gave five answers to Oliver, who’s organising the Pixel Pioneers event in Bristol.
Design systems thinking
Do you have a design system or do you have a design analytical?
Decision time
Balancing the ledger.
Making the Patterns Day website
The joy of getting hands-on with HTML and CSS.
Design engineering on the Clearleft podcast
If you like the sound of being a design engineer, come and join us at Clearleft.