The atlas
143 parts, from a single button to a whole page.
- Heading: Names what comes next, and gives the page its outline
- Body text: Carries the explanation
- Eyebrow: A small marker above a heading: a category or status
- Text link: Goes somewhere, without competing with the main action
- Quote: Someone else’s words
- Price: The amount, easy to find and compare
- Button: The main way to act
- Icon button: A compact action: menu, basket, search
- Image: Shows the thing
- Video: Shows something in motion
- Icon: A quick visual marker
- Portrait: A face beside a name
- Logo: Says whose this is
- Map: Shows where
- Text field: A short answer, with its label above it
- Dropdown: One choice out of a longer list
- Message box: A longer answer
- Checkbox: Yes or no, or several of a set
- Quantity: More or fewer
- Option button: A size or colour you can see without opening anything
- Chip: A filter you can turn on or off
- Badge: A short status: new, sale, in stock
- Stars: An average rating at a glance
- Rule: Separates without adding weight
- Slide dots: Says there is more to swipe through
- Table cell: One value in a comparison
- Visible links: The main places of the site, on show
- Menu button: All the places, behind one button
- Search box: Go straight to what you already know you want
- Breadcrumb: Where you are, and the way back up
- Pages: Move through a long list in steps
- Tabs: Switch views of one thing
- Action pair: A main action with a softer way in beside it
- Option picker: Pick size or colour with all options in view
- Buy controls: Quantity and the button that buys
- Form field: Label, field and help in one place
- One-line form: One field and one button
- Time picker: Choose day and time without phoning
- Heading group: Eyebrow, heading and a sentence, the top of most sections
- Picture with caption: A picture and what it shows
- Feature: One benefit: icon, name, a sentence
- Number: A large figure and what it counts
- Step: One numbered step of a process
- Question: A question that opens to its answer
- Byline: Who wrote this, and when
- Product card: A product you can compare in a grid
- Category tile: A door into part of the range
- Article card: A story you can decide to open
- Plan: One price level, with what is in it
- Price block: Price, with what you need to know beside it
- Filter group: Narrow a list down
- Basket line: One thing in the basket
- Rating summary: The average and how many reviews it rests on
- Testimonial: A named person who says it worked
- Review: One customer’s verdict with a score
- Logo row: Well-known names that use this
- Promise: A short promise that lowers the risk
- Person: A face, a name, what they do
- Contact line: Phone, mail and address, each one tap away
- Opening hours: When you can come or call
- Menu item: A dish or drink with its price
- Event row: What, when, and a way in
- Spec row: One property and its value
- Header with links: Say whose site this is and where you can go
- Shop header: Search, range and basket always at hand
- Bare header: Keep people on the one thing this page is for
- Announcement strip: One short message above everything
- Breadcrumb bar: Where you are in a deep site
- Full footer: The whole site’s map, contact and legal
- Slim footer: Just what must be there
- Sticky action bar: Keep the main action in reach on phones
- Split hero: What this is, who it is for, and the first action, next to a picture
- Centred hero: One big sentence and one action
- Image hero: Sell the feeling with one picture across the screen
- Search hero: Let people state what they want right away
- Video hero: Show it working, in motion
- Rotating hero: Show several messages in the same spot
- Booking hero: Start the reservation in the first screen
- Type-only hero: The sentence is the design
- Page title: Name this page and go straight to the content
- Gallery and buy box: See the product and buy it, both in the first screen
- Shop by category: Doors into the range
- Featured products: Show products worth a click right away
- Filtered list: Narrow a long list and compare what is left
- Goes well with: Offer the next thing at the right moment
- Offer with a reason: A deal, with a reason to act now
- Basket: What you are buying and what it costs in all
- Checkout: Take the order with as few fields as possible
- Comparison table: Set options beside one another so choosing gets easier
- Price levels: Show the options side by side, with one recommended
- Finder: Help people who do not know what they need
- Benefit grid: Three to six reasons, quick to scan
- Alternating rows: Take several benefits one at a time, each with its picture
- How it works: Take away the fear of the unknown in three steps
- Benefit with picture: Show what it does for you, not just what it is
- Numbers band: Three or four figures that prove the size or the result
- Explainer video: Let someone show how it works
- Specifications: The hard facts for those who want them
- Text with picture: A plain block of story and an image
- Timeline: Show how something grew, or what happens when
- Client logos: Well-known names that already chose this
- Testimonials: Named people who say it worked
- Customer reviews: Many verdicts, good and bad, with a summary to start from
- Proof by the buy button: Real people using it, right at the decision
- Case studies: What you did, for whom, and what came of it
- Evidence for claims: Back the big claim with data or a source
- Team: Show who you will be dealing with
- Promises and marks: Guarantees and memberships in one strip
- Questions and answers: Remove what is still holding someone back
- Article: Comfortable long reading
- Article with contents: Long pages you can jump around in
- Article overview: Let people pick something to read
- Gallery: Show the place or the work, big
- Portfolio grid: Let the work do the talking
- Menu: What can I eat or drink, and what does it cost
- Booking: Reserve without phoning
- Contact and map: How to reach us and how to get here
- Locations: Find the branch nearest you
- Agenda: What is on, and how to get in
- Final call to action: One last, clear ask
- Enquiry form: Let someone ask with as little effort as possible
- Newsletter: Keep in touch with people not ready yet
- Shop home page: Send each visitor into the right part of the range
- Product page: Get this product bought, or know why it is not for you
- Category page: Help people choose from many
- Basket and checkout: Finish the order without new reasons to leave
- Local business home page: Show what you do, where, and how to get in touch
- Service page: Explain one service and get the enquiry
- Software home page: Say what it does and start a trial or a demo
- Pricing page: Choose a level and start
- Campaign landing page: One visitor from one source, one single action
- About page: Show who is behind it, and why you can trust them
- Contact page: Reach you the way that suits them
- Article: Be read to the end, and be found
- Article overview: Find something worth reading
- Case study: Prove it with one real story
- Portfolio: Show the work, get asked
- Restaurant or venue home page: Answer “what, when, where” and take the booking
- Menu page: See what is served and at what price
- Booking page: Make the reservation, and nothing else
- Search and listings home: Go from “what am I looking for” to a list of matches
- Public information home: Get citizens or members to the task they came for
- Event page: What, when, where, and a ticket