Visual Systems
Atomic Design
Brad Frost — 2016
Atomic Design provides a definitive methodology for creating robust, scalable interface design systems. By borrowing a mental model from chemistry, Brad Frost demonstrates how to break interfaces down into their fundamental building blocks—atoms, molecules, organisms, templates, and pages—to create cohesive user experiences. This book moves beyond the outdated "page-based" mental model, offering teams a practical workflow for navigating the complexity of the multi-device web.
- ISBN
- 0998296600
- ISBN 13
- 978-0998296609
- Pages
- 189
- Reading time
- 12
- Level
- Intermediate
- Publisher
- Brad Frost
- Edition release date
- 01/01/2016
Notable Quotes
“We’re not designing pages, we’re designing systems of components”
“Atomic design is not a linear process, but rather a mental model to help us think of our user interfaces as both a cohesive whole and a collection of parts at the same time.”
“The design process is weird and complicated, because people are weird and complicated.”
“A style guide is an artifact of design process. A design system is a living, funded product with a roadmap & backlog, serving an ecosystem.”
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