CategoryDesign Systems

February 17, 2014 — Joshua Mauldin started with style guides with the desire to make it simple to maintain and grow a design. One of the first questions, understandably, was why use Fireworks for a style guide? For him, it was mostly because of symbols and styles. Sure, you could use similar things in Photoshop, but he found Fireworks’ implementation to be smarter. In this article, you will find out why you would want to set up a style guide using Fireworks, and you’ll also get a little starter template that Joshua likes to use. Read more…

September 13, 2012 — A well-functioning pattern library is a powerful resource that you and your entire team can use to efficiently create consistent user experiences for your website or service. Kris Niles outlines how you can use Evernote and Fireworks to easily build your own pattern library and reap the benefits of it. Read more…