STyleguides

Vladimír Pittner

Lighting Beetle

#lbacademy

#1 Presentation

What IS Styleguide

#2 Workshop

#1.1

WHY StyleguideS

#1.2

LIVING STyleguides

#1.5

HOW TO

#1.6

TOOLS

#1.7

Design inconsistency

#1.4

Or "Take a nap" time

or "Oh God why" Time

Styleguide

What is

STYLE

GUIDE

A style guide (or manual of style) is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization, or field.

For Wiki readers

Styleguide

What is

Its a documentation of design or code.

FOR HUMANS

Styleguide

What is

look at all the nice sh*t

NEED

WHY DO WE

Styleguides

Avoid DESIGN inCONSISTENCY

WE WORK TOGETHER

Improve QUALITY OF SERVICE

BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SAVAGES

NEED

WHY DO WE

Styleguides

A good design should be like a lego.

You can build what is on the picture,

but also many other things.

A wise man said

Design

Inconsistency

HOW DOES IT HAPPEN

Designers be like "I like it like this today"

Developers be like "My code is self-describing"

CLIENTS BE LIKE "just A little adjustment"

PROJECTS BE LIKE "I remember dinosaurs"

Design

Inconsistency

HOW DOES IT Look like

JUST LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE Down here

Modern GALLERY oF typography

Keep calm and make another size

Skeumorph Flat Retro Modern design

Fifty shades of grey

Design

Inconsistency

orange.sk

37 Unique Colors

Design

Inconsistency

orange.sk

in love with grey

#999999 vs #979797

Design

Inconsistency

orange.sk

57 Unique Background Colors

Design

Inconsistency

orange.sk

Grey is awesomeeee 29Times

#e1e1e1

#E0E0E0

This grey is even better

Design

Inconsistency

orange.sk

48 Unique Font Sizes

NOT FUNNY

Design

Inconsistency

orange.sk

16 Unique Font Families

HelvNeue75

HelvNeue55

Helvetica Neue55

Helvetica Neue

True fans of Helvetica

Design

Inconsistency

orange.sk

Buttons

Design

Inconsistency

orange.sk

Styles

SKEUMORPH

Design

Inconsistency

orange.sk

Styles

Flat

Design

Inconsistency

orange.sk

Styles

Retro

Design

Inconsistency

What does it mean

A JUNGLE FOR USERS

HUGE CSS

No reusable components

Everyone die Cry

DOn't make People Cry

Do Styleguides

Living

Styleguides

From paper to web

Living

means that the documentation is in constant sync with the actual code

Living

Styleguides

Be aware of good side effects

synced with code

interaction and animations

testing and responsivnes

better performance

ease collaboration in team

ease "jump in" project

How to

From Scratch

Step I

Create moodboards

choose colors and style

 

Step II

Create foundation set

 

Step III

Keep updating styleguide as you design

 

How to

eXISTING PROJECT

Step I

aNALYZE DESIGN AND sTYLES

 

Step II

Create sTYLEGUIDE

 

How to

Live tutorial

Foundation SET

typography - define font family, font sizes, headlines and texts

grid - setup grid

buttons - design primary, secondary, link button and their states

forms - input, textarea, checkbox, radio, select and their states

color palette - pick colors

How to

Live tutorial

Common SET

lists

cards

notifications

dialogs

tables

tabs

forms - advanced

Tools

Some

To Analyse

To BUild

Brace 

YOURSELF

Workshop

Analyze orange.sk web

Create Styleguide

color palette - primary & secondary colors

typography - H1, H2, H3, hero text, body text ...

buttons - primary, secondary, link ... including states

forms - input, checkbox, radio, select, labels ... including states

cards - basic, product

tables - basic, bordered, striped

reSources

Styleguides

styleguides.io

An In-Depth Overview Of Living Style Guide Tools

www.smashingmagazine.com

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LB Academy - Styleguides

By Vladimir Pittner

LB Academy - Styleguides

LB Academy Presentation for designer and newbies about Styleguides

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