Laying the foundations for the University of St Andrews Design System
How the insights from Andrew Couldwell’s Laying the Foundations have helped the University to create its own design system.
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Switch to Gutenberg block editor
In 2018, WordPress released the Gutenberg block editor, which provides predefined blocks to allow users to build custom page layouts and content without any coding knowledge. What is Gutenberg? WordPress released the…
Writing for an international audience
If you are a native English speaker, have you wondered what it’s like to read web pages written in English when English is not your first language?
Web application development: Unlocking the Power of the Web
Application Development is the process of creating software applications to fulfil specific user requirements. It involves researching, designing, implementing, and testing software programs. Unlock the power of web…
Retirement of old long form page styling
We are retiring the old long form page styles due to their accessibility issues.
Jakob’s Law
Jakob’s Law is a principle of user experience design. It states that: Users spend most of their time on other sites
Design to avoid catastrophes when accidental touches happen
People vary. Their particular needs and capabilities, and their environments, influence how they interact with the websites and apps we design for them.
Should icons be solid or hollow?
Icons are everywhere in graphic and web design. They’ve become second nature to how we interpret tasks and actions for interacting with physical and digital interfaces. However, just because they are widely used…
Introducing the new design system
The University of St Andrews design system and the accompanying new pattern library, that it supports, aims to build upon the success of the current digital pattern library (DPL).
Three invisible design decisions that are more important than you think
Good design is invisible, if it functions well and serves it’s purpose then the world can live in harmony.