Beginners
What is a component library?
Designers and developers create better products when they can collaborate easily and create consistent design decisions. One of the more practical ways to accomplish both aims is to employ a component library.
Beginners
Creating a design system: A beginner’s guide in 7 steps
A design system guides every new project and helps designers, developers, and other teams stay unified in their workflows. Learn how to create a design system in 7 steps.
Beginners
The important role of design systems in modern UI
Customers want seamless experiences, fuss-free navigation, and the chance to be part of something meaningful and innovative. If your UI doesn’t reflect all of these things, you may be wondering how a design system can help.
Design
5 ways design systems improve user experience
A design system is a defined library of visual elements, user experience components, documentation, and code snippets. A design system offers significant user experience benefits over the traditional design documentation of the past.
Design
7 crucial design system elements for teams and how to create them
Design systems offer numerous benefits for organizations, such as helping teams collaborate, reducing build time, and ensuring consistency. When used to create new products, design systems help even new team members get up to speed quickly.
Design
Design systems with Penpot
Let’s walk through the Penpot features you can use to create your team’s design system, from shareable libraries to generated CSS and everything in between.
Code
9 ways design systems improve developer efficiency
To avoid creating additional effort for the developer team, designers can use a design system. Let's look at specific ways a design system can be helpful for your dev team.
Tutorial
Three top tips for designing interactive prototypes with Penpot
Find out the top three tips to help you make great prototypes with Penpot every time. Use the following tips to level up your Penpot skills.
Open Source
How Open Source can champion Inclusion & Diversity in Design
Discover how open source initiatives promote inclusion and diversity in design, encouraging a collaborative and creative community.
Tools
7 best free design tools
Design software helps even those without a formal design background do more in less time. These free design tools are the best in their respective fields and won't add a penny to your production budget.
Beginners
Design systems vs. style guides and pattern libraries: a beginners guide
Design system, style guide, and pattern library are all beneficial for a creative team, however they may not offer as much overlap as you may think. Find out the differences.
Design
10 design system examples (and what you can learn from them)
Some of the top design systems can even inspire other brands to be more intentional with their work and create a better user experience.