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Atomic design

Atomic design is a method by Brad Frost for building interfaces from atoms, molecules, organisms, templates and pages.

Definition

Atomic design is a method by Brad Frost for building interfaces from atoms, molecules, organisms, templates and pages.

Use case

A label, input and button are atoms. Together they form a search form molecule. The names give a team shared words for different sizes of parts.

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Books

Atomic Design

Brad Frost · Book

The book that introduced the method, free to read online.

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