How to Create a Design System in 8 Steps — Part II
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
Steps to Create a Design System
The following steps are used to create your own design system. For details of the first three steps, see Part I of the article.
- Evaluate Your Current Products
- Explore Existing Design Systems
- Identify a Team
- Define Visual Foundation
- Build Components
- Build Patterns
