Innovative Design Systems for Editorial and Digital Media
What Is a Design System?
A course by Mark Porter , Designer
About the video: What Is a Design System?
Overview
“Design systems can mean different things for each type of creative project (digital, print, etc.) but, in essence, it comes down to the same thing: a set of components. If this doesn't mean much to you, don't worry. I'll explain here how design systems work, both in general and for media projects, more specifically.”
In this video lesson Mark Porter addresses the topic: What Is a Design System?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Innovative Design Systems for Editorial and Digital Media. Learn how to create distinctive designs and build a recognizable brand that engages with its audience across all platforms and channels.
Partial transcription of the video
“What is a Design System? In this lesson, we're going to dig deeper into design systems. We're going to look at how they work in general and what makes an editorial design system different. Design system is the name that we usually use, but there's lots of different ways of describing what I'm talking about. To a digital designer, a design system might be something different. A brand designer might talk about a visual identity. In the end, they all add up to pretty much the same thing. In essence, a design system is a set of components, mainly visual, but they can include things like sound a...”
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Course summary for: Innovative Design Systems for Editorial and Digital Media
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Digital Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Information Design
Mark Porter
A course by Mark Porter
Mark Porter is a Scottish designer based in England. Growing up, he was always creative and spent most of his time drawing or playing the guitar, before going on to study modern languages at Oxford University. There, he illustrated for the school magazine and worked on event posters alongside his studies. After graduating, he began his career working at a magazine and, after his redesign was accepted by the editors, he landed his first professional design job.
Mark spent the next 15 years working in print before moving on to digital and TV media. He’s worked in a variety of media-based roles, from editorial design to art direction for some of the best-known magazines, newspapers, publishers, and TV networks in Europe. He was the creative director of The Guardian and has collaborated with brands including, New Statesman and The V&A Museum, as well as charities and cultural organizations.
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