Dan Mall defines a design system as the minimal set of components and guidelines an organization needs to make digital products better. It can be anything from Photoshop to a component library, with the goal of achieving consistency, quality, and speed.
My take on design system is I think it's the smallest set of components and guidelines that any organization needs to make digital products better. Right. So, like, that leaves a lot of room for interpretation, and that's sort of by design. It's like. Is Photoshop a design system? Sure. Like, it can be, you know, is. Is a component library, part of a design system? Absolutely. So anything that helps you make products more consistent and make them better and make them quicker, you know, I think that that qualifies as part of a design system.
