SET UP A DESIGN SYSTEM 🌈🔥
Free Step-by-Step Interactive Guide
Structure, welcome home. 🎯
Your design system is more than a collection of reusable, shared assets. It should be an adaptable system of foundations, patterns, guidelines, components, and tools. Think of it as the hub that combines all the best practices for creating products.
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I'm writing bite-sized lectures full of hands-on tips and tricks. They are written in simple language, so you can implement them immediately in your work.
But is a Design System worth the investment?
Yes, when you:
* blend information from multiple departments
* integrate it with company toolchains
* have up-to-date documentation reflecting that
* make a product of collaboration
* share vocabulary
Before you choose your metrics, you need to ask yourself:
➡️What kind of impact do you want to achieve with your Design System?
➡️What’s your goal (quarterly, yearly)?
➡️What can save you money?
➡️What can bring you money?
➡️How can you improve efficiency?
➡️How can you improve the quality of your work?
➡️What would help designers/developers speed up their work?
➡️How can you ensure more consistency?
➡️What are your existing business drivers?
➡️How many resources can you put into building a design system?
Getting from point A to point B in the design system lifecycle requires an adaptive framework. For the first time, I'm introducing the SHELL framework. 🔥 🌀 ➡️
It takes a village to build a design system, and no organization is the same. Some can afford bigger teams, while others try to start something with only one designer. The needs are different, and the experience in building design systems varies greatly.
I was thinking about how to summarize the never-ending process to the clients. 🤔
Bite-sized lectures are full of hands-on tips and tricks, written in simple language, so you can start implementing them immediately in your work. The prototype is clickable, so you can use it as a checklist.
Table of contents:
✅ Where to start (PUBLISHED)
✅ Design Audit (PUBLISHED)
Structure of the design system
Design Tokens and how to use them effectively
Planning, Roadmap
Collaboration
Adoption
Metrics
Resources