logic shifts

logic shifts

Architecture overview

Information architecture shifts The key shift is the addition of a complicated (but still relatively simplified) architecture to supplant what is explored as a network.

logic shifts

The inner networks

Each of these expand into a network in use.

logic shifts

Riffpoints are the simple converters

Many designs won't need to go deeper than this. Seriously. I've spun out 6, with both light and dark modes, and two of them I didn't have to touch. Another 2 I wanted shifts in contrast. One I added color coding and extra artifacts

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Scalers extend the range

Scalers change cadences mathematically, such as size, weight, and negative space.

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Define forms the consistency and voice

There are patterns to the juxtaposition of multiple aspects of design, and none more so than color. The juxtaposition of color deeply affects accessibility as well as visual cadence, so having a set of predefined cadence is essential. What I have found through designing permutations is that it also keeps

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Use adds fluidity and dials it in

"Natural" has rhythms and cadences. But make rhythms and cadences too strict, and they no longer feel natural. They feel cold, machine-like, authoritative, maybe even...warlike.

logic shifts

Prime time: themes

Tokens Studio comes pre-packaged with Themes. Combined with set, they define what's being applied to components.

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Building considerations

Design tokens have two really strong enablements of their own:

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Taxonomy considerations

The tool informed taxonomy I leveraged Tokens Studio to work out my details. The team is amazing.

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Questionable logics

First: always question. These are just the ones I continue to question in my own use. There is part of me that knows there’s more, but the message is clear: keep thinking. 😉

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Behind the user-facing artifacts

The logic shifts in here might feel intense, but: they are all explicable, none of them are new, and there's a good chance the team could reuse code and actually be able to touch it for optimization/update as part of the sprint. 🥰

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Looping

Where this truly shines is where people are being creative about what they are looking for. My aha use case was fabric. This is a system that is useful for any product set where your customer base knows what they are looking for, knows how a shift is going to