Product for Designers

Decision Cards

Make interface decisions you can defend in any design review.

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Product for Designers · Q1 2027

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Hierarchy & focus

Table or Cards

Do people compare values, or judge items one at a time?

Use Table when

People compare the same attributes across many items, sort them, and scan down columns.

Signs it fits

  • Same attributes on every item
  • Sorting and filtering by value
  • Numbers, dates, statuses
  • Many items, read side by side

Use Cards when

Each item is judged as a whole, often visually: a listing, a template, a project with a cover.

Signs it fits

  • Images carry the decision
  • Few attributes per item
  • Browsing, not comparing
  • Items vary in shape

The numbers

People compare 3+ attributes across items: table. The image is the main reason to click: cards. Unsure? Ask whether people would want to sort it.

Say this in review

Finance compares amounts, dates, and statuses across hundreds of payments, so it’s a sortable table. Cards would turn every comparison into a scroll.

When it flips

The exception

Tables collapse badly on phones. On mobile, a table often becomes a list of compact cards with the two most-compared values up front.

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A template marketplace with 200 design templates. Table or cards?

Hierarchy & focus
The rule

Tables for comparing values across items. Cards for judging items by what they look like.

From the lesson “Density”

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