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Thank you for writing about this. I stumbled across design system information when trying to find tools that checked color accessibility based on a base color and was not totally sure what I was looking at when I found that the US Government even has a design system.
This helped clear up my understanding on what design systems are and their purpose. Also gives me some much needed help learning more about design.
Great article Emma. I look forward to learning more.
Great article 👌
I also love Microsoft's design system "fluent", it's incredible:
microsoft.com/design/fluent/#/
Also like it, but their icons license leads to ditching the style guides entirely 😅
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Loved that, Emma.
Looking forward to the part II.
I believe you are splitting your insightful slides (slides.com/emmawedekind/design-for...) into three in-depth write-ups?
Thanks for sharing it, Emma.
Yep it'll be a big series!
My team is in the process of building a design system, and you're absolutely right that it doesn't happen overnight. We're several months into the process and haven't even begun writing code yet (small team + other projects to balance). We're hopeful though that it's going to be worth all of the upfront effort & maintenance effort to keep our branding more consistent and to improve developer experience on future projects.
I've thinking about it, but didn't know how important it is to split you web pages into components. Now I now the basics, and will start working (even though takes me so much time 😂) in my own design system.
Thank you so much Emma for taking the time to write about this important topic.
This is the one of the best posts I have ever seen because I am a developer but I am not good at UI Design and Creation, But I think that the websites that you have mentioned and the things that you have described will help me very much and it is very amazing to read this post as well. So I am going to follow you because I am sure that your articles will help me doing better in the case of building better GUI and UX Applications.
I've been using MUI for awhile now and I'm really happy to see it in your article. Your point about accessibility is really important. MUI is very studious about documenting the accessibility concerns at the component level.
For example: material-ui.com/components/links/#...
It makes sense in some projects but I can also see your point about the cost (time and sweat) to get on board with MUI (or any design system).
We have plans to adopt PatternFly for our software.
Unlike the design systems presented in this article PatternFly has a specific focus: web-based enterprise software. It can also be applied to other areas that feature a lot of forms and data, like administration interfaces.
It is mainly developed by RedHat.
Hey, It’s my first visit on your Post. Very interesting article and very helpful Post.
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Great article Emma, a really nice introduction into both benefits and drawbacks. My favourite tool for checking who uses what is adele.uxpin.com/
Nice article Emma :) Are you working on any Design System at the moment? Royal Canin also have their design system - developer.royalcanin.com/ :)
Yep I am at LogMeIn!
I am currently organising the different components and styling my company uses. I joined the team a little over a month ago and quickly realised it's very hard for new people to jump in and get going. The only way to figure out what type of components and styling has already been made and in what context is by jumping in the code and browsing the website.
I've got a design background and I just couldn't quite get how they got any work done without organising these things. So I prepared some stuff and showed them how efficient a design system could be and how much value it can add to our current work and future projects. This series is definitely helping my case as well as helping me set up the system for my organisation.
Data speaks better than words. Show them the cost (sometimes called debt) of not mantaining the core elements of your system. You might need to make projections/asumptions, but these things are not so "tangible" since they have mostly long term consequences.
You can also add GitHub design system primer.style/css
I agree, much like lego. If the bricks werent available in the first place then there would be nothing to snap into place. Much like lego, design should expose the snapping mechanisms that don't hinder creativity 😉
Emma very useful set of articles. Typically where or who is the organisation does responsibility for the design system reside. Understand marketing, product design are involved and obviously developers need to use it but struggle to understand how the relationships work in reality.
Love your writing big ❤️
Just in time for creating a design system for a NPO. Thanks, Emma!
Awesome to the introductory article on design systems learnt a lot about from you :)
I like the Microsoft office fabric ui. It's lovely
Always wanted to learn this stuff. Great post. 😊
this one seems looks good to me for news portals design.theguardian.com/
Good article.
Another good design system is Ant Design. The React library are insanely simple to use, and the look/feel is A+.
yes. this.
Thank you. It was really helpful