Last updated 8 June 2026
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Design System Documentation

Initiative / Design System

Target / 31st August 2026 +83 days

Make the design system easy to understand, use, and navigate.

Open in Linear

This project creates clear, accessible documentation for the design system, helping teams implement components correctly, maintain consistency, and onboard new contributors efficiently.

Status

In Progress

Target

31st August 2026 +83 days

Lead

Ian Lovell

Teams

Platform

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Initiative updates

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Ian Lovell

16 Apr 2026

Work has continued on expanding the design system with both foundational tokens and reusable components. New colour and semantic z-index tokens have been added, alongside shared components including TextInput, Panel, Pagination, AnnouncementBar, FooterPromotion, LinkDirectory, and video components.

Ian Lovell

31 Mar 2026

Since the last update, there has been strong progress on the header, footer, and mobile navigation, with final polishes taking place. There has also been work on supporting elements such as integrated search, updates to expandable patterns to support new navigation behaviours, and the introduction of more compact action styles for use in dense layouts. In parallel, additional work has focused on improving button and icon interactions, as well as introducing announcement messaging.

Ian Lovell

16 Mar 2026

Work continues on strengthening the design system foundations, with updates to buttons and links to ensure accessible focus styles, improved colour contrast, and appropriate touch target sizing. Development has also begun on new header and footer components designed to support full keyboard navigation and improve overall accessibility.

Issues

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10 total

Todo

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  • PLT-41 - Review Storybook and Docs Cloudflare Pages workflows
    Todo

Done

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  • PLT-88 - Add React component implementation guidelines
    Done
  • PLT-87 - Add design system installation guidelines
    Done
  • PLT-43 - Add Figma workflow documentation
    Done
  • PLT-42 - Add accessibility documentation
    Done
  • PLT-38 - Add Storybook a11y addon
    Done
  • PLT-37 - Upgrade to Storybook 10
    Done
  • PLT-36 - Create Next.js example app
    Done
  • PLT-35 - Add colour contrasts to colours docs
    Done
  • PLT-34 - Add design requirements documentation
    Done