Decent Patterns is a design project supporting practitioners in decentralization through interface, content, and service design. Our main resource is a library of tried-and-tested design patterns, along with a Glossary of terms and a research report detailing the needs and gaps we see in the current ecosystem.
Our Vision
Our mission is to develop UX components and tools that developers and designers can use to build better user-facing applications backed by decentralized architectures. To achieve this goal, the Decent Patterns team — with the input and assistance of the larger community — is working to create a library of decentralization resources, assets, and design patterns.
Our pattern library is inspired by the architect and design theorist Christopher Alexander, co-author of A Pattern Language. Much like the way Alexander developed his patterns, our design patterns follow a structural template for clarity and convenience. Each pattern provides a design solution to a recurring design problem which we have observed and discovered in our hands-on research work. The library also includes examples, best practices, learning resources, and potential problems that may be encountered when using a given pattern in real-life development work. Ultimately, our design pattern library seeks to provide a roadmap to repeatable solutions and serve as a reminder of the countless capabilities of design.
Maintainers
- Eileen Wagner
- Rae McKelvey
- Vincent Ahrend
- Ngọc Triệu
Contributors
Alexander Cobleigh, Antoine Toulme, Antonela Debiasi, Benedict Lau, Chris Waclawek, Rich Burdon, Dan Hassan, Kieran Gibb, Darius Kazemi, Dean Eigermann, Dmitriy Ryajov, Eletherios Diakomichalis, Alexis Sellier, Abbey Titcomb, Emaline Friedman, Fatemeh Shirazi, Feross Aboukhadijeh, Franz Heinzmann, Harry Halpin, Harry Lachenmayer, Holger Krekel, Ira Bolychevsky, Iryna Nezhynska, Jay Graber, Kenneth Ng, Kira Oakley, Lars Eggert, Mai Sutton, Mark Nadal, Mathias Buus, Matthew Slipper, Matthew Wild, Michael Rogers, Michel Bauwens, Mix, Nadir Chishtie, Niels ten Oever, Paolo, Paul Frazee, Paul Gardner-Stephen, Peter Czaban, Peter van Hardenberg, Pospi, Przemyslaw Rekucki, pukkamustard, Roel Roscam Abbing, Sadie Doreen, Scott Moore, substack, Tiberius Brastaviceanu, Wendy Hanamura, Zak Cole, Zelf, and more.
Decent Patterns is based on Decentralization Off The Shelf, a project started at Simply Secure in 2019 by Eileen Wagner. Decent Patterns is maintained by volunteers.