How to Create a Design System in 8 Steps — Part I
What is a Design System?
A design system is a collection of reusable components including code snippets, images, assets, guidelines, and standards that belong to a product design team within an organization. This collection is referred to while designing and developing a product in the organization.
An organization’s repute and success are directly linked to its design system since it enforces a shared language and consistent experience throughout the organization’s products and branding. It behaves like a single source of truth being used across the teams and helps to maintain the quality of the product design.
“Understanding not only the what, but the why, behind the design of a system is critical to creating an exceptional user experience.”- Better Design
Why Do You Need a Design System?
As an organization, having your own design system helps you in many ways:
Single Source of Truth
A design system is a single source of truth that can be referred to while designing and developing any kind of product by your organization. Since the design system is built by involving stakeholders from all relevant teams and getting an agreement from design, development…
