We use solutions from Leadinfo, Albacross, HubSpot and Google to know the origin of visitors to our site. If you do not want to, you can refuse cookies.
Contact us
Thanks!

We will contact you as soon as possible.

In the meantime, you can find our recent news on Linkedin, X, or instagram.
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Using a design system: feedback on Google Material Design

The strength of a design system is not just its multitude of components, it is the set of rules and guidelines that govern them and make them work together.

It was when I applied it to a B2B web application project, methodically and in accordance with its guiding principles, that the magic happened.

The more the screens were declined, about sixty in total, the more I realized how much this system was able to cover an infinite number of problems and to bring a very strong coherence to the whole experience. The Google Material Design was confronted with the difficulties regularly encountered in a B2B environment: complex forms at several levels, management of data organized in tables, cohabitation of several option menus, etc.

What clearly distinguishes the design system from the aforementioned frameworks is its consideration of the properties of information: its depth, its volume, its priority.

The other dimension that shines through in the solutions proposed by Google Material Design is user comfort: displaying only useful content, at the right time, with clarity and consistency. This is absolutely obvious, but the trade-offs are not always simple in the case of applications that manage large quantities of information.

In the end, although the design system does not solve everything, it does provide a robust and well-oiled foundation on which the designer can rely. Its exhaustiveness is an undeniable asset. Its comprehensiveness makes it possible to envisage large-scale products, to dimension them, to decline them while maintaining a strong consistency between them. This is why the big producers of applications or services have in turn created their own design systems: Airbnb, Axa, Salesforce or even Lonely Planet.

To the point of making it a "must have" for certain brands, which forget in passing that it is not the tool that makes the man. A design system does not prevent a bad user experience, success lies in the art and manner of making the most of it.

Excerpt from Luke Wroblewski's tweet: your design system is a distraction.

Contact
Thanks for visiting our website. If you feel that you are a good fit for us and that we can work together, please reach out to Thomas Le Mouellic.
Reviews
Clients are part of the team. Find out what they have to say about us :  Sortlist → 4.9/5 - 22 reviews
News
Insights, news and last projects : Linkedin, X, Instagram, Dribbble, Awwwards