Introduction
In the same way a compass points everyone in the same direction, a design system intends to accomplish the same thing for a product and brand team. Compass is Mattermost's “true north” when it comes to design. It also helps that the Mattermost brand happens to be embodied by a compass symbol we call ”The Instrument”.
What is a Design System?
In short, a design system is a collection of guidelines, patterns and components that are guided by standards and documentation. A design system helps a team have a shared understanding of the design approach and establishes a shared visual language for products and communications.
Why a Design System?
Having a documented design system helps us achieve the following goals:
Promotes consistency in our design solutions
Ensures our products and communications have a cohesive look and feel
Enables efficiency in designing and developing new features with reusable patterns
Cuts down on design review times
Saves time on making global style changes
Provides a shared language for the organization to talk about design
Design Principles
Need Global principles here...
Brand
Foundations
TBD…
Patterns
Email templates
There’s been a lot of chat recently about the disconnect with emails across product and branding. We should pull together all of the current email templates and one-offs and create a consistent template pattern.
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