Content & Display Patterns
Dan Mall shares some of the lessons that he’s launched over the past few years when it comes to the designing and building websites… and in particular the focus on the content and display patterns. This is a great post that looks into the mechanics of creating a long lasting design/pattern library/style guide that will last the client for years to come.
I’ve done ten projects with Pattern Lab now—it’s certainly the closest thing to my default tool of choice—and a handful of projects with more custom, hand-rolled approaches. Perhaps the most important lesson in building modular systems I’ve learned is this
An excerpt from Content & Display Patterns