7 Easy Steps for Your Design System To Make Your Concept Idea Look Amazing

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Olha Bahaieva
UX Designers Club
Published in
8 min readApr 7, 2021

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Creating a new product is a tough thing. Designers need to develop innovative solutions from scratch and include a lot of functionality. While some products might be simple, most web and app designs are complex.

The design concept can include many components, features, user scenarios. To make your idea work, it needs to be structured. When you work on a multi-platform product, it should have the same look and feel for desktop, mobile, and tablet devices.

Along with the responsive design, all elements and components should have the same size, and color on different screens or pages. Consistency is crucial for users because they know how to use your product intuitively. This is where a design system is needed. With its help, you’ll be able to make your concept look universal and user-friendly.

Working as a UX/UI Designer for over 8 years, I know exactly how to use a design system to polish your products. I want to share 7 steps that will help you to use a design system to improve your concept idea.

1. Understand Why You Need a Design System
2. Reflect Your Company Culture and Values
3. Identify Your Elements
4. Create a Skeleton for

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Olha Bahaieva
UX Designers Club

Lead UX/UI Designer, Mentor, UXDC Founder • UX/UI Design • Get 100+ UX/UI design tools collection: https://olhabahaieva.ck.page/52893cef89