Into Design Systems Weekly - Issue #42
Hey Design System Friend, here are our latest favorites from the #DesignSystems🪐space:
The Design System Guide - Free Handbook — thedesignsystem.guide Step-by-step Interactive Guide
Using design tokens on your design system for better cross-functional collaboration — Part 1 — medium.com Design systems have become an essential tool for product teams and companies. They have enabled users to agree to standardized outcomes and processes in exchange for consistency and efficiency. There…
Learn Design Tokens with Token Zen Garden — www.figma.com Visit Token Zen Garden at TokenZenGarden.design Token Zen Garden was created with the hope of becoming a place of inspiration, experimentation and learning for everyone using design tokens. Token Zen Garden is a full featured playground where you can upload your design tokens and experience the...
Should consistency be a goal of design systems? by Amy Hupe, content designer. — amyhupe.co.uk Should consistency be one of the main goals of a design system?
Why every designer should be a systems thinker — uxdesign.cc In my experience, most customer problems are system problems. A person reasons and acts based on a multitude of different influences; from their personal emotions, experience or knowledge to company…
Supernova - The Next Generation of Design Token Management — www.producthunt.com The next generation of design token management is here! With Supernova, you can connect, manage, document, and deliver your design tokens with ease. You can now also import your tokens from Figma Tokens plugin and manage themes directly from a new Tokens view.
A New Horizon for SAP’s Design System — medium.com The Horizon theme is the first step in SAP’s system-wide design and UX transformation
Design Tokens in Figma:
Design Tokens in Figma: How to get started, today. Jan Six - Live & Q&A- Into Design Systems — www.youtube.com #FigmaTokens #DesignTokens #Figma #DesignSystem #designsystems ⚡️Full workshop with Jan Six: https://bit.ly/figmatokens-workshop💥 Learn how to create a toke...
Accessibility:
Geri Reid - Designing an Accessible Future, talk at WDC — www.gerireid.com This is a case study about my experience of learning how to design accessible web components, then scale their impact through a design system.
Plugins:
Permute - Figma Plugin — www.figma.com Create multiple, customised variations using components or color palettes. As easy as one click! Design effortlessly Permute generates customised or all possible states of a UI mockup effortlessly using instances. Save time in developer handoffs or design explorations. Test new patterns blazing...
Design System Events:
Design Systems - Failure Stories by Into Design Systems — www.intodesignsystems.com
A free virtual meetup to share DS fails so we can learn from each other. Not every Design System project is as shiny as a Material Design doc page 😅 - let’s take a look behind the scenes. 👀
🗓 Dec, 7 - 7PM CEST live on Zoom
⚡️ Talks:
🎙We opened the floodgates to contribution and let it derail us
Amy Hupe - Design Systems consultant
🎙Failing at Scale -Design Systems & Figma Library limits
Tiago Almeida — Senior Product Designer
🎙What gets lost: Working in large design systems
Louise Macfadyen, Senior Design Advocate, Google
Hope to see you there! 👋🏻
Thanks for reading! 🙌
Enjoy your day and hope to see you soon.
Cheers from your Design System Friends