Sparkbox & AI: Building the Future We Want to See
Sparkbox has always had a culture of learning and innovation.
Foundry
Sparkbox’s web experts share their advice and insights from discovery to launch and everything in between.
Design Systems
Writing in Sync: Design System Content
Design systems help create a shared language within an organization, but without good documentation, no one will be able to speak that language.
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The Accidental Design System
We never set out to build a design system for NCSBN. It started as a simple pattern library for a single website, nothing more. But over time, it took on a life of its own, growing and evolving until, before we knew it, we had something that resembled the beginnings of a design system.
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Artificial Intelligence
Sparkbox & AI: Building the Future We Want to See
Sparkbox has always had a culture of learning and innovation.
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Elevating The Human
AI doesn’t have to replace human collaboration—it can amplify it. We use AI strategically to bring more voices into problem-solving conversations. The goal isn’t efficiency alone; it’s using AI to give teams more time and confidence for the work only humans can do.
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Development
Developing a Typography Boilerplate
Building a boilerplate that focuses on typography is an easy way to style the majority of a website or application’s content with relatively little effort, leading to a better final product.
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Headings for Developers
Developers can create accessible and maintainable websites by separating style from structure when implementing heading systems.
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Design
Headings for Designers
Designers can help developers build more accessible websites by separating visual heading styles from content hierarchy with a naming convention that communicates intent.
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How to Create Animation in Figma
SaaSha guides you through creating a simple looping loading animation in Figma using Frames and Smart Animate.
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UX & Content
Help Shape Our Sustainable Web Project
Sparkbox is developing our own Website Carbon Calculator as a hands-on way to explore web sustainability and learn how to reduce digital carbon footprints. We’re asking for your input so we can create the most useful tool possible.
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Building User-Centered Design Systems
Design systems can be technically complicated, but user-focused challenges are often the sources of the real challenges. The Sparkbox team gathered for a recent UnConference to unpack and solve common issues.
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Culture
Questions or Answers?
Successful projects begin not with detailed requirements, but with honest questions about real challenges. These uncertainties aren’t obstacles; they’re opportunities. It’s our job to help you discover the answers. Come curious. That’s where the magic happens.
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The Quiet Lessons that Shape How We Lead
Balancing two very different roles revealed unexpected lessons. In the overlap, what initially seemed like divergence became the foundation for stronger teams and meaningful growth.
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Katie Jennings
Vice President of Business Development