Ant Tyler

Category: Design Systems

  • Why a Design System?

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    Why does your company need a design system? Thats a very good question which can be answered by this statement: “A design system helps to implement a strong brand by employing a consistent look and feel” A design system is an investment which is usually developed from live style guides that have been produced by…

  • UI Review and Design Systems

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    I’m leading on a UI review of one of our premium products looking at common UI components. This is to unify our front end to further improve the professional look and feel for this product and to ensure that our screens reflect our brand. I’m also looking at UI consistency so that common elements render…

  • Mobile Style Guide

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    We’ve just released our mobile specific style guide, this builds on and compliments our desktop style guide which was released at the start of this year. This guide is the latest collaboration with my design team, we have been working on this alongside new feature and BAU work. This guide captures our mobile optimised design…

  • Style Guides

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    At the start of the year I took on a new challenge and a new job. I’m now working for a Uk based NHS approved supplier and again find myself as the sole lead UI/UX designer tasked with bringing consistency to an established product suite. Working in the product team I began this project with…

  • Design System Testing

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    The design system project that I’m currently leading on is moving forward well. We are now in the testing phase after building out our digital product UI components in Figma with a Zeroheight front end. We are testing with a small group of developers and test analysts which have been made available from our scrum…

  • Zeroheight

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    I’m building out our new product styleguide using zeroheight, this follows proof of concept work that I carried out using a Figma shared library. The UI elements and components form the building block for an established digital product. As our teams grow our new system will really help new team members understand and access our…

  • Design System Governance

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    I’m working on the governance process for our new design system, this sets out how the system will be used by our product teams. We work in agile so this is a key consideration when planning the system’s work flow. Our system will be based on our digital products that we offer to B2B and…

  • Design Systems

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    I’m currently leading on a design system project to help bring consistancy and streamline our design component production. It is the first step in a large project which is going to involve close collaboration with our UX design, development and test teams. At the end of last year I produced a proof of concept of…