Digital

  • We made a content design system in 4 weeks

    18th March 2025 by

    Guest blog post from Andy Robertson, Senior Content Designer, Social Security Scotland. We built a design system for our intranet. It creates a consistent user experience for our colleagues processing benefit applications. The design system is a library of reusable content and patterns. Here is an overview of our approach to plan, write and build…

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  • ScotPayments Design in Action (Part 3: Accessible design)

    4th March 2025 by

    Blog by Catriona Binnie, Senior User Researcher in the ScotPayments team, on the process the UCD team follow to ensure we’re building an accessible payments service for all public sector staff.   We want ScotPayments to be easy to use for all public sector staff. Accessibility for our user base is key. What are we doing…

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  • Scottish Government Design System Axure library update

    23rd July 2024 by

    Blog by Anusree Raju, Senior Interaction Designer, Digital Services Division, Digital Directorate   The Scottish Government Design System (SGDS) team recently launched a new version of its Axure widget library (scottishgovernment_designsystem_v2.0.rplib). It contains new and updated components and patterns. An Axure library is a collection of pre-made components to use in your designs to save…

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