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title: Design System
description: Discover the power of a Design System! Streamline your design and development process with a comprehensive collection of design elements and guidelines. Save time, reduce design debt, and foster collaboration.
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# Design System

## What is a Design System?

A Design System is a comprehensive collection of design elements, components, and style guidelines that serve as a cohesive foundation for designing and building digital products, websites, or applications. It is a structured and organized set of design assets and principles intended to ensure consistency, efficiency, and a unified user experience across all aspects of a project.

The core purpose of a Design System is to streamline the design and development process by providing a common language and set of tools for designers, developers, and other stakeholders. It offers a centralized repository of design assets, such as typography, color palettes, iconography, buttons, forms, and UI patterns, along with guidelines on how to use them effectively.

Design Systems play a crucial role in maintaining brand identity and ensuring that user interfaces are visually cohesive and user-friendly. They help designers and developers create products that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also functionally consistent and accessible. By adhering to a Design System, teams can save time, reduce design debt, and foster collaboration among team members.

### Cegal and Design System

Cegal has put together a team of experienced front end developers and designers to create our own Design System with a focus on accessibility and a robust, unique look and feel.

Our design system is already being used to improve the development of both internal projects as well as those of our customers.

Related words

- [ Accessibility ](https://www.cegal.com/en/dictionary/accessibility)
- [ Universal Design ](https://www.cegal.com/en/dictionary/universal-design)
- [ WCAG ](https://www.cegal.com/en/dictionary/wcag)
- [ Prototyping ](https://www.cegal.com/en/dictionary/prototyping)
- [ Responsive Design ](https://www.cegal.com/en/dictionary/responsive-design)

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