2023
Tide — a design language for uncertainty
PLACEHOLDER. Visual grammar for showing model confidence without implying false precision.
- Role
- Design systems
- Tools
- Figma
The problem
PLACEHOLDER. Open on the situation as it actually was, not on the solution. What was breaking, who felt it, and what it cost.
The approach
PLACEHOLDER. The decisions worth defending, and what was traded away to get them. A case study is an argument with evidence in the middle of it.
- PLACEHOLDER constraint that shaped the work
- PLACEHOLDER assumption that turned out to be wrong
- PLACEHOLDER thing that was cut deliberately
PLACEHOLDER. A line from a user, a stakeholder, or a review that changed the direction of the work.
— PLACEHOLDER — source
What happened
PLACEHOLDER. The result, stated plainly, with the number if there is one. This is the part recruiters scan for, and it is the reason the outcome field exists.