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IBM: Design Language

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IBM: Design Language website, live site

Live capture at 1440px, 2026-10-24

How it’s built

Layout
Dark design-system documentation interface. Thin top rail has title left and search/app-grid icons right. Persistent left sidebar lists expandable topic categories. Main area begins with four vertical panels: a nearly black animated-looking visual, then philosophy and gallery columns separated by fine rules. Lower area has a two-column philosophy statement and colorful design-system specimen tiles.
Type
White and gray sans hierarchy: compact sidebar links, medium section labels, large light-weight editorial statement. Color tiles use clear labels. Exact font metrics unknown.
Color and surface
Near-black and charcoal fields, fine gray rules and white text; lower specimen tiles introduce blue, pink, purple and gray. Dense structured interface rather than card shadows.
Components
Top product/search rail, persistent taxonomy sidebar with disclosure chevrons, gallery panels with arrow controls, philosophy text area, design-system specimen tiles.

What makes it work

  • Persistent category sidebar
  • Rule-separated documentation areas
  • Explanatory copy and labeled examples
  • High-contrast dark interface
On a new subjectUse a persistent taxonomy for complex reference material, with explanatory text beside grouped examples. Replace IBM-specific categories and examples with the new domain's structure.

Prompts

Live behavior

Today
The desktop capture has a black utility header, a white left navigation rail with compact section links, and a broad darkened media field divided by thin vertical rules with white labels and arrows. Beneath it a light content field pairs a short left label with a larger light-weight sans text block. A large cookie panel obscures the lower edge in every saved state.
Responsive
Tablet replaces the left rail with a menu icon while keeping the black header and side-by-side media areas. Phone uses stacked labeled media areas and a large cookie panel that covers much of the lower screen. The sampled widths do not establish exact breakpoints or the obscured content.
Scroll
At actual desktop scrollY 750 the saved frame shows a grid of large graphic tiles, including a letterform, a pink pictogram and a color matrix. The header, navigation rail and cookie panel remain visible at this sampled position; the lower tile area is partly obscured.

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