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A design system is a set of rules that guide the design of a website or app. Design systems help create predictable experiences for users, and help designers work more efficiently and build interfaces consistent with an organization’s visual brand without wasting time exploring design problems that have been solved already.
Further Reading
- United States Web Design System
- Building a large-scale design system: How we created a design system for the U.S. government
- Design Systems Handbook
Vocabulary
- Bespoke solutions: individual approaches to individual problems
- Interface inventory: a document comparing screenshots of visual design attributes and interface elements across various websites and apps belonging to a brand
- Design system: a document providing a set of design principles and clear standards for visual styles and interface elements
- Design debt: inefficiencies caused by inconsistent and non-reusable styles and conventions.
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