Learn how to build a design system framed within the context of your specific business needs.
This book guides you through the process of defining a design language that can be understood
across teams while also establishing communication strategies for how to sell your system to
key stakeholders and other contributors. With a defined set of components and guidelines
designers can focus their efforts on solving user needs rather than recreating elements and
reinventing solutions. You'll learn how to use an interface inventory to surface
inconsistencies and inefficient solutions as well as how to establish a component library by
documenting existing patterns and creating new ones. You'll also see how the creation of
self-documenting styles and components will streamline your UX process. Building Design Systems
provides critical insights into how to set up a design system within your organization measure
the effectiveness of that system and maintainit over time. You will develop the skills needed
to approach your design process systematically ensuring that your design system achieves the
purpose of your organization your product and your team. What You'll Learn Develop
communication strategies necessary to gain buy-in from key stakeholders and other teams
Establish principles based on your specific needs Design build implement and maintain a
design system from the ground up Measure the effectiveness of your system over time Who This
Book Is For All teams large and small seeking to unify their design language through a
cohesive design system and create buy-in for design thinking within their organization UX
visual and interaction designers as well as product managers and front-end developers will
benefit from a systematic approach to design.
