Affinity diagramming has long been used in business to organize large sets of ideas into clusters. In UX, the method is used to organize research findings or to sort design ideas in ideation workshops.
Microinteractions play a large role in our digital lives, even if we don’t always notice them. From the time your phone’s alarm wakes you in the morning to liking your friends’ posts on Facebook to the notifications about new emails and Instagram messages—we encounter microinteractions all day.
This article proposes a visual vocabulary of brands, systems, and products. The vocabulary denotes a design system’s varying outputs, documentation, adoption, and organizational boundaries. To conclude, the vocabulary is illustrated via complete, scenario-based example.
