Design system breakdown: checkbox & radio

Part 2 of a deep dive series on specific design system components

Steve Dennis
UX Collective
Published in
6 min readJan 16, 2023

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Checkbox and Radio components typically share so much DNA, that when we prioritized them early in Castor’s development, we built them in parallel with a lot of shared research and specs. Here I’ll cover some of the design decisions, and tradeoffs that went into both of these components.

Checkbox and Radio components in unselected and selected states

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Senior Design Manager @ Onfido, writing about design systems, product design, leadership, and tech @ clipcontent.substack.com.