Designing is removing
A well-designed system reduces the effort needed to go from a need to an action, without removing the landmarks that matter.
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Writing
The model before the screen
Design must take part in defining the product’s objects and rules. Screens make it possible to test them and make them evolve.
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A design system that stops at the button
Business patterns extend the components of a design system by organising interactions around recurring tasks.
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AI, the product’s second user
When an agent acts on someone’s behalf, designing the product means defining what that person can delegate to it, how they stay in control and how they understand what was done.
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Several interfaces, one product
When a product can be reached through several interfaces, its consistency depends on the objects, states and rules they share, as much as on the quality of each interface.
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