Principles

The Health Design System allows designers and developers to provide a unified experience for users of Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care products.

About the Health Design System

The HDS uses the GOLD Design System as its foundation and provides a set of open-source building blocks that can be used to build digital products and services more easily.

Guiding principles

The following principles underpin the Health Design System’s development.

Consistent

Provide a unified user experience across products, services, platforms and organisations.

Accessible

Build accessible products that benefit all users.

Streamlined

Permit teams and individuals to deliver products quickly and easily.

Family and community

Support a community effort to deliver a family of products, whether across Health and Aged Care or across government.