A design system serves as a single source of truth, grouping all elements that allow teams to design, prototype, test, and develop a product. This system includes pattern libraries, coded component libraries, code samples, APIs, and documentation. Organizations use the four-level design system maturity scale to gauge the evolution of design systems. The ultimate goal
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Together with Whitespace, we hosted a webinar for hundreds of tech professionals titled: How to Overcome Challenges of Scaling a Design System? DesignOps and Product Design Leadership expert Dave Malouf moderated the event with speakers from two enterprise multinationals: This webinar provided interesting insights into how two enterprise giants approach design systems, including maintenance, scaling,
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Design systems have become indispensable for product teams in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape. A well-implemented design system improves visual consistency and coherence and fosters better teamwork and communication among design teams, developers, and stakeholders. It accelerates the design and development process, enhancing scalability and maintainability and improving user experiences and product quality. This article
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FinTech design systems help product teams solve fundamental usability issues while moving fast to stay ahead of the competition. But, building a FinTech design system requires significant resources to create, scale, and mature. Create a single source of truth for your FinTech app with the world’s most advanced design and prototyping tool. Visit our Merge
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Testing is vital for ensuring your design system provides the tools, guidance, components, and support teams need to deliver high-quality products efficiently. Design system testing assesses every aspect of the component library, documentation, syntax, accessibility, and more to ensure it meets the organization’s standards and expectations. This article explores design system testing, when to test,
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There has never been a better time to build a design system. The rise of design systems has created more jobs in the digital product development domain, increasing the need for UX designers, product managers, and software developers. Developers and designers are among the most desired people on the market. Companies worldwide have a never-ending
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We sat down with five experts to gather insights and advice new Design Systems Managers should consider when taking on a design system position. Introducing our five collaborators for this article: This article was a collaborative effort with the experts and UXPin’s team. UXPin Merge is a code-based design technology bridging the gap between design
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A report UXPin co-published with Whitespace identified five enterprise design system challenges at some of the world’s leading organizations. Within these five challenges, the common thread is “how do we achieve a single source of truth?” This challenging question pertains to everything from design system documentation and components to tools and governance. Organizations struggle to
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Designers have long recognized the benefits of using a design system in their work, streamlining their processes and saving time by not having to start from scratch every time. However, not everyone is aware that the same concept can be applied to content design, helping content and UX writing teams avoid the tedious task of
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Between December 2021 and January 2022, UXPin and Whitespace interviewed Design Systems Managers from nearly twenty enterprise-level organizations. We compiled this research in a free ten thousand-word report titled Design Systems and DesignOps in the Enterprise. Download the report for free. Head onto Design Systems and DesignOps in the Enterprise. This outline provides an introduction
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Building a design system is no small feat–but that’s just the first step. Design system maintenance is a continuous operation requiring human, time, and financial resources to evolve and mature it. UX, technology, regulatory, product, and organizational changes require the design system team to manage and update many facets of the design system. This article
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Design systems cannot exist without a reusable component library. These design system components create workflow and UI consistency across design and development to minimize drift and streamline handoffs. But these UI components don’t simply appear. The design system team must first lay the foundation for these UI elements to exist, including design language (design principles)
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Building a design system is expensive. Whether an organization develops from scratch or adopts an open-source design system, theming is crucial for customization. This customization could be as simple as creating a dark mode or a multi-brand design system to accommodate a product suite. Design tokens and variables are crucial to design system theming, allowing
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Whether you’re creating a design system from scratch or want better front-end development cohesion and consistency, building a component library is an excellent way to improve your product’s user experience. A component library will save you significant time in the long run, but it will require a lot of resources and attention to detail to
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Open-source design systems offer an opportunity to develop high-quality products at a rapid pace. By solving foundational usability and accessibility challenges, organizations can focus on product development and solving problems. Fluent UI is an open-source design system favored by companies developing enterprise products. The comprehensive component library allows organizations to build apps for the Microsoft
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