On the surface, building a design system is a matter of designing a collection of elements, components, text styles, and colors. But the truth is it’s a more complex procedure. Building, managing, and scaling a design system requires principles and direction. This article was inspired by the webinar about Design System with Carola Cassaro, which
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Developing a design system is not about aesthetics and making things look pretty. It’s a powerful design tool that improves cohesion and consistency, reduces time-to-market, and enhances collaboration between teams. In our free eBook, Design Systems: Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Your Own, we succinctly define a design system and its purpose as follows: “The primary
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Enterprise design thinking was invented by IBM to compensate for the disconnect that enterprises often experience between teams, stakeholders, and end-users. It takes IDEO’s traditional design thinking methodology and changes it in a way to tackle the unique challenges of enterprise-level projects. IBM’s Enterprise design thinking methodology has one major benefit. It prioritizes human connections
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Key Takeaways: Inclusive design aims at taking perspectives of diverse user groups when designing a digital product. It considers temporary and situational factors that may play into user’s experience of a product. There are 8 principles of inclusive web design that designers may use when creating inclusive experiences. One of an exercise for designing inclusive
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Designers and developers collaborate for a common cause–to build products and experiences their customers want or need. Their shared purpose is to serve their users. To achieve this common purpose and collaborate effectively, designers and developers should understand the other’s discipline. Designers don’t have to become coders, but understanding the basics of code and its
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Developing a design workflow that supports designers, developers, and the end-user is a challenge every organization must overcome. With the progression of DesignOps, design workflows have improved significantly, but there are still many challenges designers and engineers battle to get from concept to handoff. Unfortunately, with popular image-based tools, it’s impossible to overcome some of
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It’s no secret that consumers are becoming increasingly demanding when it comes to the services they pay for. In fact, a recent study by Microsoft reveals that 55% of respondents expect to see better CX year over year. The numbers are even higher when we look at customers under 34 and stands at 70%. Now,
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The design handoff is a critical part of any project. For many designers and engineers, the design handoff is a stressful experience. If either team misses something, it could result in product defects and delays. While it’s primarily the responsibility of the UX team to produce prototypes, assets, and documentation, the design handoff process is
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Bringing a new digital product into the market can, undoubtedly, be a rewarding feeling. Few things will motivate your team as well as seeing their hard work pay back in the form of satisfied returning customers and ROI. That being said, it’s not always sunshine and rainbows. The road towards a successful launch can be
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ResearchOps is an emerging practice in the UX space. Companies have realized the importance of effective user research to create products that best serve the customer. Traditionally, user research was part of a UX designer’s role, but companies are now dedicating entire teams to manage user research, including the people, tools, processes, and operations. ResearchOps
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Since the very beginning of digital product design, the default way of designing user interfaces has been image-based. Designers have been drawing different states of the mobile app or web designs using graphic design tools – GIMP, Fireworks, Sketch, or now Figma, Invision, Adobe XD (which you can in Adobe Creative Cloud) – and then
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Writing a product brief helps everyone involved in the development process to understand what the product is and why it was created and as a result, it helps in creating a good product. This document provides an ultimate source of knowledge on the product, ensuring that everyone has the same level of understanding. By putting
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It takes a lot of preparation and effort to create a remote UX workshop that keeps people engaged and teaches designers new skills. Considering that working remotely isn’t going away anytime soon, it makes sense that you learn how to make your remote workshop more effective.
More often than not, product development starts with a UX designer making a wireframe or a UX writer working on the text. The first step determines what happens after that. If your writers have wireframes full of lorem ipsum, they can try to create influential text for landing pages, blog posts, and other products. If
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