Design Systems 101: An Introduction to Design Systems

In order to design a scalable website or app, you need an effective and efficient way to manage it without introducing errors, inconsistencies, or friction-filled experiences. This is what a UI design system is for.  In this introduction to design systems, we’ll look at real examples of design systems that leading organizations use today. We’ll… Continue reading Design Systems 101: An Introduction to Design Systems

Patterns are good

Why should you care about them? Apple Magic Mouse Versus Logitech MX Master. Source: Tidbits A design pattern is a document that describes a common solution to a recurring design problem. According to Tibor Kunert (2009), using design patterns allows designers to quickly find solutions to problems using proven designs, rather than starting from scratch each time.… Continue reading Patterns are good

Systems and Operations in the Design Profession

Systems and operations in the design profession Photo by Deva Darshan on Unsplash I always loved conceptualizing and visualizing processes. As a product designer, I ended up working with a design team, doing user flows, user testing, design sprints, etc. As I was growing as a designer, I did more facilitation, customer journeys, created big conference… Continue reading Systems and Operations in the Design Profession

Popular Design News of the Week: September 21, 2020 – September 27, 2020

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: September 21, 2020 – September 27, 2020

Popular Design News of the Week: May 18, 2020 – May 24, 2020

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: May 18, 2020 – May 24, 2020

Popular Design News of the Week: August 19, 2019 – August 25, 2019

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers.  The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: August 19, 2019 – August 25, 2019

Prime: A UI kit for creating Design Systems

Prime is a UI framework for Sketch that may come in handy when you need to create a full-fledged Design System at the speed of light. This is a project by Przemyslaw Baraniak, UX/UI Designer from Poland. Creating a design system sounds like a lot of work: with Primer you can save 80% of the… Continue reading Prime: A UI kit for creating Design Systems

Raising a Design System in a team

DDesign systems have been around for quite a while. They’ve arisen with the need of designing for not only one thing, but for a whole set of elements, keeping the same look & feel among them, so all the individual parts look as though they belong to the same family. Design systems were first developed… Continue reading Raising a Design System in a team