Revisit our principles for Pajamas design system and introduce a hierarchy

Problem to solve

#180 (closed) was our latest change to our design principles.

With https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/design.gitlab.com/issues/138 we decided to brand our design system "Pajamas". This has as the goal to be able to better market and evangalise it.

Our current principles have not been considered with this in mind. Also, similar to our company values we should consider introducing a hierarchy system when applying those principles in conflicting situations.

Further details

Current principles Hierarchy system for company values
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Proposal

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

  • Principles are reconsidered and fit our vision for our design system "Pajamas"
  • Principles have a hierarchy system to them

Links / references

CssDay - From Purpose to Patterns:

Edited by Dimitrie Hoekstra