The Challenge
Establish consistency in design and code, ensuring a cohesive visual identity across all digital assets.
Facilitate rapid design and prototyping, enabling efficient iteration and exploration of ideas.
Improve collaboration and streamline handovers between designers and developers.
Foster a developer-like mindset among designers, promoting cross-functional understanding and collaboration.
The Solution
Leveraging the Atomic Design methodology, the Conservation International Design System is structured into five distinct levels:
Atoms: Basic building blocks of the design system, such as buttons, inputs, and icons.
Molecules: Combinations of atoms that form more complex components, like form fields and navigation menus.
Organisms: Groups of molecules functioning together to fulfill specific design objectives, such as headers and footers.
Templates: Layout structures that provide a framework for organizing content and components on a page.
Pages: Final compositions representing complete user interfaces, assembled from templates and populated with content.
Key Features
Interaction design principles were carefully integrated into the Conservation International Design System to ensure intuitive and meaningful user experiences. Components within the system were designed with various states, including default, focused, hover, and disabled, to provide users with clear visual cues on how to interact with the interface effectively.
Key Takeaway
The design system prioritizes user-centered and goal-centered design principles, aiming to seamlessly guide users towards achieving their objectives. Navigation elements are logically structured and consistently implemented to facilitate ease of use and intuitive navigation throughout Conservation International's digital ecosystem.