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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According to Emizentech, in 2021 there were as many as 3.48 million apps available on Google Play, with 2.22 million in the Apple App Store. Suffice to say, good UI design isn’t an option; it’s a necessity. Now, the big question is: what does ‘good UI design’ actually mean? We’ve reached out to eight design
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With an estimated 14.1 billion smartphones globally, and 350 billion mobile apps downloaded in 2021, getting your mobile UI design right is paramount. The trend is clear: with almost half of all devices connected to the net being mobile, the desktop is no longer king. People like using apps – they like the speed and
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Adopting and scaling a design system is challenging. You must get buy-in from the entire organization, which means evangelizing your design system to persuade stakeholders, product managers, development teams, and designers of its value. Building a design system is just the first step; scaling and reaching optimal design system maturity costs a lot of time
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The prototyping and testing phase is always a challenge for UX designers. Without the fidelity and functionality of code, image-based prototypes don’t produce accurate results during usability testing. They often result in design drift and friction with devs during the design handoff. With code-based design tools like UXPin, that’s no longer the case. Designers can
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Building a design system is a time-consuming and costly exercise. But, as many organizations have shown, the benefits far outweigh the costs. A design system roadmap allows team members and stakeholders to monitor the design system’s maturity, milestones, and timeline. Whether you’re just getting started or want to grow an existing design system, this article
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Design is much more than creating the look and feel of a product, isn’t it? It has a real impact on the people, processes, and business. We gathered top specialists who have influenced the way things are run in their companies to tell you their stories. It’s all for free! Sign up and join us
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Web Designer Steven Snell offers practical tips for faster and cleaner UI mockups.
Whether you design an ecommerce store or a simple website, landing pages are essential part of web design. They are often the first point of interaction between a potential customer and a brand. And you know what they say about first impressions – you can only make them once! Therefore, in terms of landing page
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People often use web design and development to describe both design and development disciplines. In the early days of the internet, this description might have been accurate, but nowadays, these disciplines are as distinct as architect and builder. This article will explore the difference between a web designer and a web developer and what modern
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Codification is an integral part of evangelizing a design system and getting adoption from teams. A design system’s documentation must educate teams about usage, company policies, best practices, governance, and branding with examples and tutorials. Enhance collaboration between design and development while creating a single source of truth with UXPin Merge. Sign up for a
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Key Takeaways: Product development process involves 7 steps: ideation, research, prototyping, UI design, validation, development, launch; nevertheless, it’s not a linear process. Before you jump into developing ideas, you need to build a strong strategy to guide your vision; figure out what you need to create and how you will measure its effectiveness. Creating prototypes
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I bet most of us have at some point in our careers heard a UI designer complaining about the final product being very different from the one they designed. There are at least two potential culprits here – a lack of proper designer-developer communication and the use of the wrong UI design tools. Luckily, both of
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Understanding the difference between ReactJS vs. React Native helps designers communicate with engineers better, avoid costly technical issues, and minimize friction during design handoffs. Designers don’t have to learn code or get into the technical details of Javascript or React to understand the fundamental differences between the two. The most significant difference that concerns designers
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User interface design (UI design) is crucial for aesthetics, usability, and branding. It’s a balancing act of form and function, where designers must push the boundaries of creativity while designing a functional, cohesive user interface. This article looks at some creative web UI design examples and what makes them great. We also include a checklist
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