What is a design system (and why growing sites need one)?

A design system is a set of reusable rules and components — colours, fonts, button styles, spacing — that keep a website consistent. It sounds corporate, but even a small site benefits from having one.

What it includes

• •Defined colours and typography.
• •Consistent button, form, and card styles.
• •Spacing and layout rules.
• •Reusable components used across pages.

Why it helps

As a site grows, a design system keeps everything coherent, speeds up building new pages, and makes the whole site feel professional. It's the difference between a site that stays polished as it grows and one that drifts into inconsistency.