Like any digital product, launching a design system is just the first step. The next step is about supporting, evolving, and scaling your design system as it matures with your product(s) and technology. The design system team must also gather user feedback for system improvements, bug fixes, and new components. There are no right or
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The Ultimate Guide to An Effective UI Design
Did you know that as many as 88% of users will not come back to an app or site after just one bad experience? This only goes to show the importance of UI design, which goes way beyond aesthetics and has a crucial impact on user experience. In the following guide, we’ll cover everything you
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6 Web Form Design Examples and Best Practices
Practical tips and examples for well-designed forms that convert.
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Design System – Principles of Success
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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How to Work With the Development Team on a Design System?
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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Key Characteristics of Good UI Design – According to 8 Experts
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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Mobile UI – What it is & How to Ace Mobile App Design
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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How to Evangelize a Design System?
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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Improve Your Prototyping Skills with These Features
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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How Can You Create a Design System Roadmap?
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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How to Get Non-Designers to Use and Support the Design System?
Getting stakeholder and organizational support is crucial for ongoing investment and the future success of your design system. The DS team must prove that employees use the design system and that it delivers a positive return on investment. In our January 2022 webinar, Defending Your Design System, Carola Cassaro talked about the challenges DS teams
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Join “Design Value Conference” & Learn from PayPal, SiriusXM, Uber Eats’ Leaders
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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19 Best Practices for Faster UI Mockups
Web Designer Steven Snell offers practical tips for faster and cleaner UI mockups.
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Landing Page UI – How to Ensure User Friendly Design
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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What’s the Difference Between Web Design and Development?
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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