Time to read another book within my field. Atomic Design is Brad Frost’s approach to designing systems instead of pages. I like the concept and have been working this way for a time, I’ve just not been as systematical as Brad is describing it here.
#Things to consider
- Every interface can be broken down into smaller components.
- The concept is that the smallest component of an interface is an atom. This could be an input field, or a label for that field. Take those two atoms and they form a molecule, a small component that can be included as a single unit to the interface. Molecules can go on and form more complex components; organisms. This could be a global header for a website or a login form.
- Brad also introduces PatternLab in this book, a tool that will help form this atomic approach into your own workflow for interface design.
- I’ve already started looking how I can incorporate this on my own.
- If you work with creating interfaces for the web, or anywhere else for that matter, this book is a huge help.