Carbon Design System

he open source design platform for goods and digital experiences used by IBM is called Carbon.

About Carbon Design System

The open source design platform for goods and digital experiences used by IBM is called Carbon. The system is built on the IBM Design Language and includes working code, design materials, rules for user interfaces, and a thriving contributor community.

A design system is a set of pre-made, reusable resources—components, patterns, instructions, and code—that enables its users to create consistent digital experiences more quickly. Teams spend less time creating and building by utilizing Carbon's pre-built and universal components. Instead of repeatedly creating fundamental components, businesses may utilize that time to develop goods that are specifically tailored to the needs of their customers.

Carbon is open source

IBM provided the funding and resources for Carbon, thus it was created to meet their business requirements. However, we made Carbon open source so that anyone could use it and contribute to it. Although its focus is mostly on open source, Carbon also supports a number of IBM business units that use an inner source architecture.

How Carbon works

The Carbon team is dedicated to assisting community members in successfully adopting and utilizing Carbon assets.

Guiding principles

Open is carbon. A dispersed team is working on the design system under the open source movement's guiding principles. Everyone is encouraged to participate because Carbon's users are also its creators.

Carbon is open to anyone. It is constructed and planned to be available to everyone, regardless of circumstance or ability.

Carbon is versatile and modular. The modularity of the system guarantees maximal execution flexibility. Any combination that best serves the demands of the user will result in its components operating together without any issues.

Carbon prioritizes the user. Carbon has a laser-like focus on actual people by doing in-depth research on user needs and preferences.

Carbon increases reliability. Every part and component of Carbon, which is based on the IBM Design Language, was created from the ground up to function beautifully together to deliver consistent, harmonious user experiences.

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