What is Design framework

You’ve probably heard these terms: design framework, UI framework, UI kit, or pattern library. They all refer to the same thing—a system of design standards, templates, UI patterns, and components that are used throughout a product and serve its design language.

What Is a Design Framework?

Every user interface design starts with an empty artboard, and every designer has a process they use to transform that blank canvas into a fully functioning product. This process includes all the small design components created, and the steps the designer goes through to build a cohesive whole, from colors to buttons and everything in between.

Often, this work is repetitive and can be consolidated and made more efficient by creating a system of interrelated patterns and components. In other words, a design framework.

Design frameworks solve several problems, including:

• Eliminating inconsistencies in the product design.
• Increasing collaboration, efficiency, and communication between design and product teams.
• Making design updates later in the design process less frustrating.