Design pattern

How it is used

Also called UI patterns or UX patterns. Familiar patterns lower cognitive load because users already know how they work. Design systems often document patterns alongside components.

Example sentences

1. Pull to refresh is a design pattern that mobile users already expect.

2. Before inventing something new, check whether a standard design pattern already solves this.

Common collocations

• common design pattern
• UI pattern
• pattern library
• follow established patterns

Related terms

• design systemA shared collection of reusable components, design rules, tokens and documentation that keeps a company's products consistent and helps teams build faster.
• componentA reusable building block of an interface, such as a button, card or input field, designed once and used in many places with the same look and behaviour.
• mental modelA person's own idea of how something works, based on past experience, which shapes what they expect a product to do.
• dark patternA design that tricks or pressures users into doing something they did not intend, such as a hidden cancel button or a fake countdown timer.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• design pattern · Software Engineering

More terms: Design Systems

• style guide
• design token
• UI kit