If you're building a product — a platform, an app, a website, or even just a marketing site — and you jump straight into screens and layouts without a design system, you're skipping the blueprint and going straight to hammering nails. That’s risky, expensive, and chaotic.
A design system isn’t just a nice-to-have. It’s the foundation for consistency, speed, scalability, and high-quality user experiences.
Let’s break it down.
