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bradfrost.com

What's Next for a Global Design System

A Global Design System would improve the quality and accessibility of the world’s web experiences.

kyleshevlin.com

No Outer Margin

It is an anti-pattern to add margin to the outermost element of a component.

drams.framer.website

Drams - Framer components inspired by Dieter Rams’ principles

Elevate your digital projects with sleek Framer UI elements inspired by Dieter Rams.

bradfrost.com

AI and Design Systems

We’ve all watched with simultaneous fascination and trepidation as a flood of AI-powered tools continues to wash over the digital landscape.

anaselgendy.medium.com

My Design System Journey: Building The Plane While Flying

Challenges I faced in Design Systems with Cross-Functional Teams.

medium.com

Introducing Spectrum 2: Our vision for the future of Adobe experience design

A preview of the comprehensive update coming to Adobe’s design system.

hey.georgie.nu

Displaying initials for an avatar component in a design system

Dives into finding as inclusive a solution as possible for displaying the initials of users on a platform.

chriscoyier.net

Thoughts on a Global Design System

Dave and I just had Brad on ShopTalk Show to talk about his idea for a Global Design System.

uxdesign.cc

UI elements are not so elementary

To function, components require a specific structure. To appear visually — they don’t. This has been breaking handoff processes for years.

daverupert.com

Are Design Systems a zero-interest rate phenomenon?

Last year, an investor we were talking to sent us a tweet that expressed her hesitancy about investing in products in the design systems space.

uxdesign.cc

How to build a strategy, not a roadmap

Crafting an effective design system strategy.

bradfrost.com

A Global Design System

This is a call to action to create a Global Design System that provides the world’s web designers & developers a library of common UI components.

uxdesign.cc

Naming design tokens: the art of clarity and consistency

Choosing the proper names for your design tokens is critical for maintainability, clarity, and efficiency, just like naming variables in programming.

uxdesign.cc

What if Warhol created design tokens in Figma?

A thought experiment on naming conventions for Tier 2 color tokens.

carbonemike.com

Dynamic Pictograms For Design Systems

Here I discuss how to prepare pictograms for design systems by handling variable brand and skin colors.

adobe.design

Introducing Spectrum 2: Our vision for the future of Adobe experience design

A preview of the comprehensive update coming to Adobe’s design system.

designerfund.com

How Figma, Midjourney, Databricks, and Modyfi Harness AI with Design

From workflows to team setups to interfaces, here are predictions from leaders on how AI will transform the way design works.

supabase.com

How design works at Supabase

The transformative journey of Supabase’s Design team and its unique culture to enhance the output and quality of the entire company.

designsystems.surf

Design Systems Database

Best-in-class Design Systems with components and foundations references from top-tier tech companies and leading UI teams.

evilmartians.com

Care beyond code: 7 best design practices for frontend developers

Frontend can be about more than just code—we’re also the last bastion when helping our team defend against pesky design slip-ups!