Create a set of design principles for Elements

[amyhupe]

What

Create design principles to follow when creating the Elements design system.

Why

Having a set of principles will help:

• guide design decisions for components and design patterns
• prioritise work on Elements
• Elements users to understand the rationale behind design decisions
• contributors to know how to approach design and development of components and patterns

Done when

• [ ] We have a list of principle co-creators
• [ ] Principles have been created and reviewed
• [ ] Principles are published in the Elements website

[sturobson]

some articles on Design principles in Design Systems

• https://rossmoody.com/writing/defining-ds-principles
• https://factory.dev/blog/design-system-principles
• https://www.uxpin.com/create-design-system-guide/establish-rules-and-principles-for-design-system

some examples of Design Systems Design principles

• https://www.lightningdesignsystem.com/guidelines/overview/
• https://polaris.shopify.com/design/design#navigation
• https://v7.carbondesignsystem.com/guidelines/principles
• https://designsystem.digital.gov/design-principles/
• https://design.brainly.com/8adfd5f36/p/72baa4-design-principles
• https://atlassian.design/resources/atlassian-design-principles
• https://design-system.digital.mod.uk/#read-principles
• https://protocol.mozilla.org/fundamentals/principles.html
• https://nasa.github.io/nasawds-site/design-principles/
• https://tds.telus.com/design/principles.html
• https://principles.design/examples/buildit-gravity
• https://webstandards.ca.gov/design-principles/
• https://service-manual.nhs.uk/design-system/design-principles
• https://style.helpscout.com/product/#product-design-principles
• http://design-system.lostmy.name/design-principles