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What's New
This is where you'll find a rundown of the latest Design System additions and developments.
Please contact the Design System team if there are any questions!
May 2024
- Added Banners as a Reusable Design
November 2023
- Implemented improvements to the website header and navigation:
- Site search
- New utility navigation with links for commonly used resources: color table, Google templates, Figma Toolkit and CodePen.
- Shared 3 updated Google Slide templates with improved contrast for viewing in different environments
October 2023
- Added new Reusable Designs for inputs: Checkbox, Input fields, Radio button and Select
March 2023
- Updated Google Site Guidelines
- Created a Google Site template using the U-M Library Design System
February 2023
After a lot of writing, editing, designing, and building — the new documentation site is live!
This is the 3rd major redesign of our documentation site since we started the Design System in 2017. Our older sites were built around our design language and components. We collaborated with the library's Communication and Marketing department, expanded our scope, and built out a much more robust site rooted in an updated set of foundations.
New features of this site
- Site sections with landing pages: Getting Started, Foundations, Visual Elements, Content, Reusable Designs, and About
- Look and feel essentials in Visual Elements with connections to our Figma Design Library
- CodePen code samples embedded on Reusable Designs pages
- Paths guiding different audiences using the Design System through the site in Getting Started
- Extensive Content guidance to support writing for the library across contexts