Glossary
Product design terms in plain words, each with an example from real work.
- What is design debt?: The cost of every shortcut, paid by your users.
- What is a design engineer?: The job title that means three different jobs.
- What is a design system?: One set of rules for every screen you ship.
- What are design tokens?: Name the value once, use it everywhere.
- What is interaction design?: What happens after you tap, and why.
- What is a user flow?: Every step and branch between a goal and done.