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Dan Mall's collection of design system practice: process essays, pilot-project methodology and adoption tactics for real organisations.
Why it’s a gem
Focuses on organisational adoption, the part that actually kills design systems.
Nathan Curtis's taxonomy of token naming across category, property, concept, variant, state, scale, mode, object and namespace.
Community hub linking design system Slack groups, newsletters, events and a curated resource index maintained by practitioners.
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.