Design systems

design-systems.md

Design Systems

A Design System isn’t a Project. It’s a Product, Serving Products.: Shifting Focus from Design and Development to Managing and Marketing a System

Defining Design Systems: Getting to the Root of What Your System Really Is

A Design System’s Reach: Practical Levels to Discuss How Broadly Your System Applies

Design Systems are for People: A transcript of Jina Anne's presentation for Design Systems Coalition NYC

Teams

Team Models for Scaling a Design System: Evolving Past Overlords to Centralize or Federate Design Decision-Making Across Platforms

The Salesforce Team Model for Scaling a Design System

Design System Leader(s) & Manager(s): A Job Description for Those That Drive a System

Designing a Systems Team: Models and Lessons Learned to Scale a Team for an Enterprise

Adopting Design Systems: A Playbook for Working with Product Teams & Managers. And You Thought Buttons Were Easy? A Story for Selling a System that Scales

Process

Building a Visual Language: Behind the scenes of our new design system

The Way We Build: How rethinking the Airbnb app changed the way we approach design

Reference Designs for Systems: Page Concepts Comparing Before & After, with a System Twist

Practicing Design Systems: Address “How Do I…?” Questions to Form Processes That Matter

Measuring Design System Success: Use OKRs to Set Goals & Track Progress

Design System Features, Step-by-Step: A Workflow to Design, Build and Document Each Part

Building a Visual Language: Behind the scenes of our Airbnb design system

Principles

Defining Principles to Drive Design Decisions: the things we could do are limitless, but the things we will do are finite.

Roadmaps

Roadmaps for Design Systems: Communicate What You’ll Do Next That Teams Can Depend On

Documentation

Documenting Components: Serve a System’s Audiences with Well-Architected Content

Component Introductions: Pithy Names and Descriptions That Go a Long Way

Examples

Curated list of design systems, pattern libraries, and things inbetween

Implementation

Design System Intermediaries: Relating to the Distributors, Translators, and Themers In Between