Introduction to Design Systems

How do large tech companies create such consistent and polished products? Can design and development teams effectively collaborate on large-scale digital projects? Is it possible to streamline the process of designing and building user interfaces?

If any of these questions ever nurtured you, the answer is waiting in this article. It’s a design system. Let's break it up together.

What is design system

A design system is a collection of reusable styles, components, and design patterns with documentation containing rules and guidelines for their use and the design of digital products within an organization.

The goal of a design system is to deliver a consistent user experience while reducing the cost and time required to design and implement. It also improves communication and design processes, which ultimately leads to more efficient and scalable development of products.

At large, mature organizations treat design systems as standalone products. They have dedicated teams of designers and dev…