Overview
Gives readers the knowledge to build powerful design systems, empowering teams and organizations to create more meaningful digital experiences
Rather than containing generalities, this book gives readers the specific necessary information to determine a course of action based on their individual needs
Written by Sarrah Vesselov and Taurie Davis, builders of countless design systems and most recently establishing GitLab’s design system
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About this book
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 maintain it 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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Taurie Davis is a UX and product designer who specializes in applying user-centered design methods to create cohesive, intuitive, and compelling experiences. In her role as Staff UX Designer at GitLab, she actively contributed to their design system as a primary maintainer. Her experience includes working with startups and mentoring designers around the world. She is passionate about the open source community and growing open design practices.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Building Design Systems
Book Subtitle: Unify User Experiences through a Shared Design Language
Authors: Sarrah Vesselov, Taurie Davis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4514-9
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books
Copyright Information: Sarrah Vesselov and Taurie Davis 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-4513-2Published: 13 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-4514-9Published: 12 April 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 144
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations
Topics: Web Development