Into Design Systems Weekly — Issue #11
Hey there, here are my weekly favorites from the #DesignSystem🪐space:
The Practical Guide to Naming Design Tokens — lukasoppermann.medium.com
Learn how to effectively name your design tokens in a systematic and future proof way. Understand all key concepts used today.
Automating the process of creating digital design using AI — medium.com
I recently gave a talk on automating the process of creating digital design using AI at the Design System Hackathon ’22 organised by the Into Design Systems Conference. This article is a summary of…
Into Design Systems — The future of Design Systems Tickets — www.eventbrite.de
Eventbrite — Design Friends Community presents Into Design Systems — The future of Design Systems — Monday, May 23, 2022 | Wednesday, May 25, 2022 — Find event and ticket information.
Workshop: Building token-based Design Systems in Figma — Step by step — intodesignsystems.gumroad.com
Learn how to create and apply Design Tokens in Figma. With Figma Tokens you will be able to easily customize and maintain your Design System and create Themes (e.g Light & Dark Themes) within minutes. Hands-on workshop designing token-based design systems in Figma utilizing the plugin “Figma Tokens”.
We created a Design System. But why? And how? — medium.com
So you have a style guide. You may even have a Sketch or Figma library. But your design organisation is still putting out designs that look different at every corner of the product. You are writing…
The Anatomy of a Design Token — medium.com
Design-Tokens is a hot topic in the Design and Development community. In this article, you will learn about the anatomy of a Design-Token and how to structure them.
Figma: Base Components and why I’m relying on them less often — joeyabanks.substack.com
…and why I’m relying on them less often.
Refreshing our Icon System: the why and how behind the changes | Spotify Design — spotify.design
Learn how and why our design systems team refreshed the icons you see when you use Spotify.
Crafting Component Libraries: The Elements — jonyablonski.com
A step through my process for crafting the foundational elements that make up a component library based on design fundamentals that can grow and evolve to fit the needs of any interface.
5 cool Figma plugins for everyday work — bootcamp.uxdesign.cc
Figma is an incredibly powerful tool. However, everyone might have different working methods and, in some situations, you may lack some functionality. This is when plug-ins come to the rescue.
To create an excellent design system, treat it like a collaborative process — uxdesign.cc
“Why don’t we add this functionality to our design system?” I suggested, causing one of the veteran UX team members to sigh and explain. “We’ve probably tried every iteration and improvement you…
