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Picture of a female designer building a Design System for a client as part of the Design system framework provided by Glue

This picture shows a blond female Product Designer at her desk working at Glue designing a Design system for a client on her display. This is part of the Design System framework provided by Glue to clients.

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Visualisation of the Glue Product Design Design System framework workflow followed by the Glue design, strategy and research team to deliver high-end client projects

Visualisation of the Product Design Design System work package delivered to clients by the Glue Design studio, built and refine after a decade's worth of experience. The step-by-step workflow followed by Glue is shown, detailing what team provides what content and deliverables when.

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Visualisation of some key design components and guidelines designed by Glue for the Viator mobile app

Visualisation of a dozen blocks of design system UI rules and components designed by Glue design team for the category-leading brand Viator. That was part of the Multisite experiments work package delivered by Glue to Viator.

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Codify and manage design decisions at scale

Unify disjointed UI and UX practices

Source of truth for multi-disciplinary teams

Promotion of design philosophy and principles

Improved brand and guideline adoption

Enable scalability, maintainability, and productivity

Built-in efficiency and predictability

Enhances innovation and testing frameworks

Focuses teams on experience and implementation

Lack of consistency and user experiences

Unscalable design elements and standards

Lack of quality control and predictability

Poor time utilisation due to duplication

Inconsistent design-to-production workflow

Increased redundancy of time and assets

Increased maintenance and refactoring

Decreased development efficiency

Reduced time to market and rapid deployment.

Scoping workshop, landscape, and asset identification

Stakeholder identification and expectation management

Identifying categorisation, architecture, shared logic, and modularity models

Implementing built-in governance, quality assurance, and UX principles

Building UI components, templates, guidelines, contributors, and roles

Handover, deployment, and maintenance protocol and principles

Cover image of the Info deck provided by Glue for the Design systems framework.

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Glue Design Systems framework info deck showcasing the main signs to look-up for as a client to know if you would need it

Glue Design Systems framework info deck showcasing the main signs to look up for as a client to know if you would need it. These signs are: Business leaders feel concerned about rising costs and complexity in scaling design across platforms, design teams feel overwhelmed with managing design elements across products and channels, and developers feel confused when dealing with inconsistent designs across digital products.

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Frequently asked questions 
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A Design System is a set of standards to manage common design elements at scale. It alleviates strain on design resources by incorporating governance, architecture, and consistency across multiple digital products, channels, and cross-functional departments.

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Picture of the Head of Glue Design Dave collaborating with the Designer Leigh on a Product sprint for a client around a display in Glue office

This picture shows the Head of Design of Glue Dave collaborating with the Designer Leigh around her display while working on a Product Sprint framework for a client.

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Benefits of using Design Systems

The cost of not using Design Systems

Design Systems key methods

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Frequently asked questions
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Clients who love our
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Design Systems 🎨

Benefits of using Design Systems

The cost of not using Design Systems

Design Systems key methods

Get access to our Design System information deck to learn more

Frequently asked questions about Design Systems

What types of deliverables can I expect from Glue?

What scale of involvement can Glue offer our organisation?

How does Glue integrate into our existing operations?

What availability do me and my team need to provide Glue?

What are the lines of communication between my organisation and Glue for Design Systems?

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Frequently asked questions
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Clients who love our
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