{"product_id":"9798868825118","title":"Building Design Systems Unify User Experiences Through a Shared Design Language","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDesign Thinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBuilding Design Systems\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eUnify User Experiences Through a Shared Design Language\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSarrah Vesselov\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers \/ Human-Computer Interaction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLearn how to build a design system with your specific business needs in mind. This book guides you through the process of defining a shared design language, establishing design tokens, introducing scalable governance models, and understanding the growing role of AI in design system workflows. You’ll learn how to surface inconsistencies through an interface inventory, document patterns and components, and create self-documenting styles that streamline collaboration across teams. From the beginning, this edition focuses on organizational alignment and long-term scalability, ensuring your system grows with your product and your company.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith a defined set of components, tokens, and guidelines, designers can focus their efforts on solving user needs rather than recreating elements or reinventing solutions. You’ll explore methods for structuring your product’s visual language, aligning design and engineering, and establishing contribution workflows that scale across teams.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of \u003cem\u003eBuilding Design Systems\u003c\/em\u003e  provides critical insights into how to set up a design system within your organization, measure its effectiveness, and maintain it over time. You will develop the skills needed to approach your design process systematically, ensuring that your design system supports the goals of your organization, your product, and your team.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou Will:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eDevelop communication strategies that create organizational buy-in and drive system adoption\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eEstablish principles and foundations based on your specific needs\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eDesign, build, implement, and maintain a design system from the ground up\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eMeasure the effectiveness and impact of your system over time\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand governance approaches and contribution models that scale\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eExplore how AI can augment workflows, inventories, and component management\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew for this Edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBrand new interviews and case studies from practitioners across companies of different sizes and maturities\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eExpanded content on scalability, governance models, and long-term maintenance\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eNew material on the role of AI in design and design systems, including automation and intelligent tooling\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eGreater insight into the evolving role of design and how to maintain creativity and joy in a changing landscape\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Book Is For\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAll teams, large and small, seeking to unify their design language through a cohesive design system and create buy-in for design thinking within their organization. UX, Visual, and Interaction Designers, Product Managers, Front-end Developers, and DesignOps practitioners will all benefit from a systematic approach to design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarrah Vesselov\u003c\/strong\u003e is an accomplished product design leader, speaker, and educator with over 15 years of experience spanning product design, development, and management. She has held both individual contributor and management roles throughout her career, leading and mentoring global, multidisciplinary teams while driving user-centered strategies across fast-paced environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSarrah is currently a Staff Product Designer at Datadog, where she leads high-impact design initiatives, shapes long-term UX vision, mentors designers, and helps ensure a unified customer experience across complex, enterprise-scale products.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApress\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApress\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798868825118\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e335\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45937873289356,"sku":"9798868825118","price":31.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9798868825118.jpg?v=1780600012","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798868825118","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}