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September 25, 2024

The ultimate Design Token setup

Learn how to best set up design tokens to be a reliable tool for designers and developers in your company.

June 27, 2024

Optimizing Figma variables and components

Learn how to build a flexible and responsive design system in Figma using tokens and components.

April 25, 2024

Maintaining a design system in Figma

Design systems evolve over time and so do the platforms they are built on. As maintainers, we need to make sure to keep them up to date…

February 26, 2024

Six Truth and a Lie — Or how to become a top performer

How to really make an impact at your job.

January 05, 2024

Design Systems vs. AI: will the robots take over?

Will artificial intelligence (AI) will take over design systems? And will AI have a place in a human-led design system workflow at all.

November 06, 2023

How to start building a design system

A step-by-step guide to bring a design system into your company without losing your mind.

August 24, 2023

Stakeholder management for design systems

The success of a design system depends more on stakeholder management than on the quality of its components.

June 28, 2023

Getting started with native design tokens in Figma

How to use Figma variables to implement different design token strategies

June 01, 2023

Presentational colors

Design tokens for data visualization and more

February 14, 2023

Design System Accessibility: Typography & Size

If you can’t see it, you can’t use it.

December 07, 2022

W3C Design Tokens with Style Dictionary

Building your w3c standard design tokens with style dictionary

October 27, 2022

Getting WCAG color contrast right

Actionable tips on how to nail WCAG 2.1 color compliance

September 19, 2022

Dark mode with design tokens

How to implement dark mode with as little effort as possible

August 08, 2022

Dark mode with design tokens

Learn how to implement dark mode with as little effort as possible.