Skip to content

A designer’s journal

Design system

Components

The recurring pieces: kicker and dot, highlight, buttons, card, fact sheet, note, four squares, quote banner.

Entre-temps

Kicker and dot

A word highlighted in yellow in the text.

Highlight

The four squares

October 2026 update: the SRL has become the PRL.

Note

There’s method in his madness

Quote banner

Each component has a single role. No variant is created when an existing component does the job.

ComponentRoleRule
Kicker and dotPlace a text: section, series, tensionDM Mono in capitals; the dot carries the section’s colour
HighlightMark a key sentenceTranslucent yellow; one or two sentences per text, no more
Solid buttonThe main actionOnly one per screen, pill-shaped
Outline buttonSecondary actionsSame shape, no fill
CardLead to a text5:3 visual, label, title, summary, date and reading time
Fact sheetSummarise a caseGrey surface, two columns of definitions
NoteAn update, a statusGrey surface, text at 0.92rem
The four squaresThe reduced signatureFavicon, bullet, list coding
Quote bannerA sentence that carries the pageFull width, magenta, white text; one per page at most