Design System
Analysis of Nike

A reverse-engineered look at Nike's storefront design language — near-black ink on pure white, fully-round pill CTAs, poster-scale uppercase headlines, and colour delegated entirely to product imagery.

Extracted from the live computed styles of nike.com/ph · Type shown in Inter as a substitute for the proprietary Helvetica Now Text.

01 — Foundations

Colour Palette

A near-achromatic system: one ink, a four-step grey ramp, white surfaces, and no chromatic accent at all. Black is the brand colour.

02 — Foundations

Typography

Helvetica Now Text (proprietary), shown here in Inter — the nearest free Google substitute. Hierarchy is built from size and weight only; letter-spacing stays at normal across the whole scale.

03 — Components

Button Variants

button-primary
Solid #111 pill with a white label — the only "brand colour" in the system. Drives Shop and Add to Bag.
button-dark
The same near-black fill used for inverted bands and primary commerce actions.
button-secondary
Outline pill — 1px ink border on white. Becomes a solid white pill when placed over dark imagery.
button-pill · utility
Light #f5f5f5 pill for filters, size chips, and toggles.
04 — Components

Cards & Surfaces

Product tiles are flat and near-square: no rounding, no shadow. Whitespace and a 1px hairline do all the separating; a faint shadow appears only on hover.

05 — Components

Form Elements

text-input
textarea
06 — Foundations

Spacing Scale

A 4px base resolving to an 8px rhythm. Button padding sits at 6×16px; sections breathe on 48px and up.

07 — Foundations

Border Radius

Two shapes define Nike: the fully-round pill (≈30px) on every CTA and chip, and the hard-edged product tile (≤2px). The middle of the ramp is for inputs and containers.

08 — Foundations

Elevation & Depth

Level 0 — 1px hairline only. The default; cards, tiles and panels carry no shadow.
Level 1 — soft 4px drop plus a faint 24px ambient halo. Hover and flyout panels only.
Level 2 — a deeper 16px lift for modals and the mega-menu. Rarely seen.
09 — Responsive

Responsive Behavior

NameWidthKey changes
Mobile< 768pxTwo-up product grid kept (not single column); 22px gutters; hero type ~48px; hamburger nav.
Tablet768–1023pxTwo-up grid; condensed top nav; hero headline scales down from 76px.
Laptop1024–1279pxFour-up product grid returns; full nav bar; 40px gutters.
Desktop≥ 1280pxCentred ~1200px content max-width; full-bleed hero imagery runs edge-to-edge above it.

Nike keeps products paired even on the smallest screens to preserve browse density, and lets the poster-scale hero headline shrink while body sizes hold steady.

Membership Tiers

Nike's storefront has no pricing table; this demonstrates the plan pattern in-system, framed as Nike Membership.

Guest
Free
Browse and check out without an account.
  • Full catalogue access
  • Standard shipping rates
  • 30-day returns
Member● Most popular
Free
Free shipping, member pricing, and Nike By You customisation.
  • Free shipping & returns
  • Member-only products & prices
  • Birthday rewards
  • Nike By You access
Run Club +
₱299/mo
Guided coaching and early access to drops.
  • Everything in Member
  • Guided coaching plans
  • Early access to launches

Data Table

No data grid exists on the marketing site; shown here as a plausible Nike order-history table.

OrderItemSizeStatusWhen
PH-48201Air Force 1 '07US 9DeliveredJun 24
PH-48199Pegasus 41US 10DeliveredJun 21
PH-48244Dunk LowUS 8In transitJun 26
PH-48260Air Max 90US 9.5ProcessingJun 27
PH-48118Tech Fleece HoodieMDeliveredJun 14
1–5 of 412
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Auth Forms

Nike's join / sign-in flow rendered in-system, using the pill button and rounded inputs.

Sign in

Welcome back

OR
Create account

Become a Member

OR