Design systems
Design systems make digital products scalable and consistent, creating a common visual language among the product team, stakeholders and product owners.
They improve collaboration, reduce costs and raise code quality, ensuring consistent experiences across platforms and devices.
How does it work?
Design systems integrate processes to establish solid frameworks, emphasizing consistency, efficiency and user-centered functionality.
Research
Initial research is critical to understand existing design elements, user needs and business objectives. Identifies areas of standardization and resolves pain points.
Foundations and design tokens
Foundations set the rules and design tokens apply them consistently. Together, they ensure cohesion, scalability and interdepartmental collaboration in a design system.
Component library
Component design focuses on creating reusable UI elements to promote consistency, efficiency and user-centered design.
Documentation
Documentation translates a visual framework into a universal language, allowing anyone, even non-designers, to understand and apply your design system.
Why are design systems important?
For a long time it has been a challenge to explain the benefits of having a design system, as its value is sometimes a bit invisible.
But today I can say that design systems are responsible for the scalability and consistency of a digital product.
- Design views 10x faster
- Saves time and effort across the entire product team
- Helps achieve consistency across the entire digital product
- Scale your digital product faster and easier