Space, Grids, and Layouts
Design + Development
White-labeling: Putting the design system in users' hands
Using 'styled-components` and `styled-system` to support customization within a 3rd party application while also preventing unwanted changes.
React containers, some assembly required
Introducing react-containers: a new open source library to help elevate no-UI containers, with a focus on accessibility, brought to you by the Zendesk Design Systems team.
Stack mirroring: Designing for code and coding for design
What modern design systems can learn by taking direction from how programming already functions.
Small Teams
How a small team built figma.com’s design system
When you don't have a big team a design system can help you do more with less. Here is how we did it at Figma.
Ship side projects faster with micro design systems
Coming soon
Operations
Design systems are everybody’s business
In the first of a three part series Workday takes us on a deep dive through their experience developing, productizing, and eventually, releasing elements of their design system.
The spectrum of maturity for design systems
When all you see are well-defined and well-documented examples in the wild, it can be intimidating. But design systems exist on a spectrum of maturity. This framework will help orient you along that spectrum.
About Wonder Blocks, Khan Academy’s design system and the story behind it
Khan Academy is a unique not-for-profit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.
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.
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