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How to show a gradient within a style guide?
They did a nice job with this solution I think: https://angel.co/projects/277264-zeguro-style-guide-brand-design
It's clean but gets the point across.
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How to use the color theme of a brand in its design?
It might not answer your question, because I do not have a specific title of a book to provide.
Just a couple of practical notes.
Having a brand color does not necessarily mean that you need to only ...
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Should we update brand typography and/or logo before web redesign?
A great deal of this has to do with the staff available, breadth of change, and planning. Basically, not every brand can be updated the same way. It depends on what you are updating beyond merely a ...
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I cant find iOS specs equivalent to Material Design
The Human Interface Guidelines are the official guidelines and the closest official source you'll get. There is no detailed spec similar to Material Design's.
Although similar in purpose, the Human ...
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Why keep brand guide and high quality logos private?
Mostly this kind of stuff is on an intranet, for employees and students only. Things on the intranet are not necessarily put purposefully there behind a wall. It's just that people outside have very ...
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How to decide on a color pallet for an application?
You will have to learn the color theory first. Then only you will be able to know which app need what kind of colors. Colors matters alot in any part of designing not only in app designing but also in ...
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Why are visual specs in Pixels instead of percentages for responsive specs?
I'm not sure that's a reasonable expectation. In so much as a button is often required to be a certain pixel size... just that that's pixel size might change depending on the screen size.
Most sites ...
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How is a 'design language' different from a style guide or pattern library?
A design language typically articulates a general design direction or philosophy that can be used to harmonize presentation and user experience across multiple media types, such as print, video, apps ...
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Are there any guiding principles for using Capitalization variants in web products (websites, mobile sites, mobile apps)?
I hope not. There could be some design principles in your company. There also are tends that come and go.
Part of design is experimenting. So go and experiment with your project.
Just keep the style ...
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I cant find iOS specs equivalent to Material Design
Also this can be useful for you :)
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What is the difference between a website Style Guide and a Pattern Library?
You’ve more or less got it right there. And there is definitely a need for overlap between the two.
In general:
a style guide (as its name suggests) helps you work out how to style things in a way ...
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How to distribute circles "aesthetically"?
This is not a rule. I hesitate to use that word, since there is no such thing in graphic design. As I said in my comment, the golden ratio is not a rule, it's a tool to aid composition, and it doesn'...
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Shadow inconsistent in Material Design Guide
The second image shows exaggerated shadows, to illustrate the concept better. It does not adhere to the design guidelines described in the article.
The full picture you cropped this from shows no ...
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Should we update brand typography and/or logo before web redesign?
It depends on many factors.
In most cases it is best to consider all brand assets in a redesign. 'Updating a logo' is often a query by clients, but what they actually want/need is a complete brand ...
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Should an organization have more than one design system?
Not sure I understand... every medium will have it's own general rules or guidelines, but all should fall under the umbrella of brand guidelines. Brand guidelines typically encompass the broad scope ...
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In depth logo pack, dire need of advice
What color profile do these (White, Black, Greyscale logos) fall
under? Does it Matter? Do I need a separate one for print and web?
If the white, black greyscale logos are for web make them RGB, if ...
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How can one ensure that the style guide is maintained and used?
The best way to keep a style guide up to date and widely used in the organisation is to make it as a Living style guide, following a Styleguide Driven Development approach in the product development ...
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