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Are you sure about the meaning though? Afaik, it started to be used in the context of UX/UI starting from the book "Atomic Design". That is also the earliest re
by warpech 5y ago
Are you sure about the meaning though? Afaik, it started to be used in the context of UX/UI starting from the book "Atomic Design". That is also the earliest reference in the Wikipedia article.
Of course, there were systems in graphic design used earlier [1], but before 2016, the thing in the OP would be called "The US Web Design Patterns" or "...Language" or "...Toolkit" or "...Library", for the lack of a common term.
[1] http://assets.runemadsen.com/classes/programming-design-systems/a-history-of-design-systems/index.html http://assets.runemadsen.com/classes/programming-design-syst...
- astroalex 5y agoI'm not sure I understand the distinction you're drawing between UX/UI and graphic design. To me it seems obvious that the concept of a "design system" has been around for a while and has been applied universally in many sub-fields of design. It doesn't seem super relevant whether or not there is a CSS/JS framework to support a design system — that seems more like an implementation detail.