U.S. Web Design System
@USWDS
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The U.S. Web Design System is a design system for the federal government. A product of @USGSA, we make it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly websites.
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Joined December 2016
Join the Design System team for our “Making sense: Cognition, perception, and design” monthly call. We’ll look at the big picture of how our brains interact with design. March 16 at 2PM EST. Register on the events page →
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Guidance on building better digital services in government
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If you haven't already, please take a few minutes to tell us what is most important to you when it comes to using a design system website. Your survey answers will help us know how to better serve you. 5 min survey: .
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Customer feedback for US federal agencies
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What are the things you need to do or understand when it comes to using a design system website? Tell us so we can make things better for you on the USWDS site! .
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Customer feedback for US federal agencies
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What is a design token, and how is it used in the U.S. Web Design System? And what’s the difference between a token and a theme? And and…? Your questions about design tokens answered on Feb 16
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Join us as we take a deep dive into USWDS design tokens. We’ll cover: what they are, how they’re used, and how you can adapt them to your branding needs.
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In 2022 the USWDS community asked a lot of questions. Some of those questions one might even call, “frequently asked.” Come and hear us answer those questions in our live call tomorrow Jan 19 at 2pm EST:
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Join the Design System team as we tackle your most commonly-asked questions.
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What was new in 2022? We'll review the big stuff, and share some of our favorite new features that maybe didn't get enough attention. Join us on Dec 15 at 2pm EST:
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A look back at what took place in the Design System in 2022.
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Join our next monthly call where we'll pick up where we left off in October and continue discussing user profile patterns.
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Continuing our look at user profile patterns
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How can services create trust while inclusively collecting critical information like name, address, and phone number? Join us October 20 at 2PM EST to learn about inclusive address patterns.
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We’ll discuss our approach to developing User Profile design patterns, look at some specific guidance, and talk about why it’s so important.
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Make sure you’re enabling people to choose their web display language easily and accessibly. Join us for our Language Selection Patterns preview & discussion on September 15, 2PM ET. Register:
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How do we help users find content in their preferred language? Join us as we take a closer look at the language selection patterns we’re developing for USWDS.
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🎙️*tap tap* Is this thing still on? 🎙️Register to join our Monthly Call on August 18 from 2-3 PM Eastern Time to learn more about USWDS Inclusive Design Patterns
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The @NOAASatellites launched their new, customized site with USWDS. It looks great. Congratulations!
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Did you know that the USWDS is an open source project? That means that we need contributions from our community to keep the design system robust and useful as possible. Check out our contribution guide for more:
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USWDS is an open source project, and we want to hear your ideas, questions, and contributions. Join us Thurs. June 16 at 2PM EDT to learn more about our contribution model.
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This Thursday we’ll be unboxing Packages on the USWDS monthly call. Join the discussion from 2-3PM EST.
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So, how’s it going? Have you tried migrating to USWDS 3.0 yet? Have any questions? Let’s chat:
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We want to make sure you can migrate with confidence. Take a look at our USWDS 3.0 migration guide:
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Happy to announce that USWDS 3.0 is here and available for download. We’ve made our codebase more modular and easier to upgrade:
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On April 21, we'll look at USWDS 3.0 in the real world. In our next Monthly Call, will talk about their experience migrating to 3.0, and we’ll discuss the challenges and opportunities of migration:
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Guidance on building better digital services in government
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Cellular, modular, interactivodular: USWDS 3.0 will be an unbundled version of the Design System, so you can define, customize, and update your site on your schedule. Learn more from our latest monthly call slide deck: .
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