The future of design systems is automated
Schema by Figma
New York
Find out how the Credit Karma team designed a community-driven design system, and more talks from Schema by Figma New York 2022.
London
Juggling new and legacy systems, stakeholders, multidimensional design systems, and more talks from Schema by Figma London 2022.
東京 Tokyo
Hear how teamLab balances efficiency and invention with their design system, and more talks from Schema by Figma Tokyo 2022.
Design & Development
The future of design systems is automated
Plugins, widgets, and tooling—the second edition of our series on the future of design systems.
How Pinterest’s design systems team measures adoption
The Gestalt team tells us how they used Figma’s REST API to create FigStats, a dashboard for visualizing component usage.
The future of design systems is complicated
We talked to several industry experts about how they’re managing the future of design systems—from tooling to automation to accessibility.
Getting Started
Space, grids, and layouts
Learn how to define baseline grids, column grids, spacing, and layouts.
A complete guide to iconography
Learn how to create, organize, name, and use icons within a design system.
Typography
Learn about choosing typefaces, font weights, styles, sizes, line-heights, and responsive type for your design system.
Guide to content strategy
Content and microcopy appear all over design system components. This guide will walk you through how to get started with content strategy in your design system.
Design Operations
How to govern a design system that is continuously evolving
Design system governance can and should be inclusive. With the right process, everyone gets a chance to weigh in and test the proposals for their own use cases.
The case for an open design system
The Workday design systems team shares final lessons in making Canvas an open design system in the last part of this three-part series.
Productizing your design system
In the second of a three-part series, the Workday design systems team explores approaches to productize a design system.
Design Systems Repo
Design systems open to everyone in the Figma Community
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