The Design Systems Horse, est: 2008

Designers work in Figma. Engineers work in code. Handoff

In the early days, tokens seemed like magic.

Design systems industrialize design. That’s a fact

designers were detaching components at an alarming rate

digital products never reach the stage where a design system becomes necessary

design tokens have emerged

As design systems become more complex, the role of the design system designer is evolving.

Some people talk about design systems.

In practice, design tokens have become the new meetings

At some point, every UI designer runs into a similar problem, running out of usable colors.

Design tokens might sound like trendy jargon

this opens the door to some design system utopia

Design systems are so much more than tokens! (and components)

deliriously happy with my figma / design tokens

Design tokens are basically design decisions

Design systems were built for a world where humans made every pixel by hand.

Design systems used to be about components. Now, they’re about control.

Design systems were supposed to free us.

Design systems promise order; a single source of truth, a shared language, a tidy world of reusable components. But beneath all that structure lies something so much messier

Design tokens aren’t just a bridge between design and code, they are THE BRIDGE.

Design tokens aren't just about consistency; they're about efficiency too!

Design tokens promised to end the maintenance nightmare

Does Accessibility Really Matter? (Yes.)

Design Tokens, eh? It all used to be so simple...

Design Systems have been for years our visual bibles

To be honest, I was a smidge skeptical. I know what a design token is

Everyone’s Building UI Libraries — But Smart Devs

I could go on and on about design tokens

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that sentiment expressed over the years, I’d be writing this

If you’ve ever tried to implement a design system at a large company, you probably already know this