Inquirer 2.0 | Design System
Project Overview
In May 2019, we started a partnership with Upstatement, a Boston-based design and engineering studio. We worked with them through the summer to gain insights about who we are, where we are, and where we want to go. In September, Upstatement presented a new vision for our digital products.
But how would we build this new vision? Where do we start?
01. Design Audit
In February 2019, I did a design audit of our current website and it was pretty clear we lacked consistency in our UI across the whole product.
02. Design System Workshop
In September 2019, we traveled to Boston and conducted a day-long workshop at our design partner’s office. At the workshop, we worked on:
Comparative analysis of other design systems
Defined the scope, depth, breadth of our future design system
Audit of current website and identified components and opportunities to build
From there, our team was able to act as consultants as they began helping us build the design system. We identified components to build, prioritized, and worked through all of the use cases and patterns.
Cards
The core of our new product vision is a card-based feed. This makes these cards the most important part of our design system.
