# Designesy — /review Canonical page: https://www.designesy.org/review --- ## Review Review leads with consequences and evidence. Designesy Review is the quality-control layer for interfaces, products, artifacts, identity systems, design systems, agent output, and environmental or experiential design. It evaluates purpose, clarity, context, inclusion, system coherence, durability, delight, responsibility, and verification proof. ## Review dimensions ### Purpose What is the design trying to make possible? Which elements directly support that purpose? What can be removed without weakening action? ### Clarity Is the primary action discoverable? Does the form suggest use? Do labels, hierarchy, layout, and motion reduce uncertainty? ### Context Where and when will this be used? What constraints shape the experience: device, bandwidth, attention, lighting, language, ability, stress, social setting, maintenance? ### Inclusion Who benefits most? Who has to work harder? What assumptions about body, language, culture, knowledge, money, or technology are embedded? ### System coherence Does this follow an existing system? If it breaks the system, is the reason explicit and worth it? Can others reuse or extend the decision? ### Durability Will this hold up under repeated use? Can it be maintained, repaired, localized, and adapted? Is the need more durable than the trend? ### Delight Does the emotional quality clarify purpose, trust, identity, learning, or human connection? Or does it distract from weak function? ### Responsibility What environmental, economic, social, or human costs are hidden? Does the design distribute effort fairly? What would make it more honest? ## Agent review stance Peer checks for agents and reviewers. ## Quality bar The artifact should feel considered after it becomes functional. Functional is the baseline. Considered is the bar. An artifact is ready when every dimension above has been checked, tradeoffs have been named, and the remaining tensions are documented in the open. ## Field checks ### Poise Kit One output format on the live lab. Eight dimensions, holds, tensions, corrections, and keyboard-path proof, with rules adopted into contract v0.1.1. ### Takt Kit One output format on the interface-feel lab. Radii, press scale, outlines, hit areas, and stagger: five takt rules adopted into contract v0.1.2. ### Cadence Kit One output format on the text rhythm lab. Font smoothing, scale, leading, tracking, measure, text-wrap, tabular numbers, and selection: 10 cadence rules adopted into contract v0.1.3. ### Acoustics Kit One output format on the interaction sound lab. Nineteen cues, nineteen roles, Cuelume v0.2.2: nine acoustic mapping rules adopted into contract v0.3.0. ### designesy.org Public review against design system contract v0.4.6. Holds, tensions, and standing rules for the live site, including Poise, Takt, Cadence, and Acoustics. ### Keyboard path Site-wide skip link, tab order, and focus-visible proof. Shared chrome packet for every public route, complementing the Lab One keyboard path. Field checks publish when an artifact is live enough to judge. Empty slots are not advertised as upcoming reviews. ## Use this as a kit ### Design Review Portable package of these dimensions for agents and teams. Prompt, output format, verification, and anti-patterns, ready to hand off as a shareable path. ## Review against - [Design system contract — Human home and machine export · Poise + Takt + Cadence + Acoustics](https://www.designesy.org/contracts/design-system) - [Lab One · Poise — Restrained interaction](https://www.designesy.org/labs/poise) - [Lab Two · Takt — Interface feel](https://www.designesy.org/labs/takt) - [Lab Three · Cadence — Text rhythm](https://www.designesy.org/labs/cadence) - [Lab Four · Acoustics — Interaction sound](https://www.designesy.org/labs/acoustics) - [Use Kit One · Design Review — Runnable package of these dimensions](https://www.designesy.org/kits/design-review)