DirectoryDesign Systems & Foundations · DS process & docs
Community hub linking design system Slack groups, newsletters, events and a curated resource index maintained by practitioners.
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The Slack behind this is where design system leads actually answer questions.
Dan Mall's collection of design system practice: process essays, pilot-project methodology and adoption tactics for real organisations.
Nathan Curtis's taxonomy of token naming across category, property, concept, variant, state, scale, mode, object and namespace.
Figma's design systems publication with long-form guides on tokens, iconography, spacing, content strategy and design operations.
Sparkbox's multi-year survey of design system teams reporting on adoption, staffing, governance and measured outcomes.
Open-source checklist covering planning, foundations, components, documentation and adoption stages of building a design system.