A design tokens architecture that includes categories, so things can be found; objects, to easily apply formatting; brand, so it looks cohesive; and time -- what tends to change, the patterns under the patterns.
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I consider design architecture to be the suite of ready-set tools a designer can turn to in order to work in brand. To get the full spectrum of what's being designed, it takes multiple softwares with different focal points. Design systems and riffpoints architecture are hamstrung by design
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The answer is NOT to give up and shove non-standard sight into an informational abyss, citing survival of the fittest and financial viability. That’s an asshole move. We are experts, not selfish idiots with a death wish for others.
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This has not made it into a development cycle yet. It's been approached and then set aside for budget reasons. Note that there is a significant potential for updates on this particular piece.
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At this moment in time, we are currently spending a good chunk of resources on producing light and dark modes for our interfaces.
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In all of these, remember first and foremost: we are transferring information. If decisions in the riffpoints architecture at any point disrupt the potential transfer of information, we are failing. Information transfer affects society. Consider an art project if you found something interesting that disrupts information transfer and you can&
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When I dare to dream, I build spaghetti-and-marshmallow towers of a browser that would have user settings that can be pre-set to automatically overwrite any site with riffpoint tokens to scale the entire surfing experience to that person’s sight.
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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.
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Each of these expand into a network in use.
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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 change cadences mathematically, such as size, weight, and negative space.
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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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"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.