domain | designtokenscourse.com |
summary | **Summary:**
**Challenge:** Balancing consistency/efficiency (offered by shared design systems) with unique design needs of individual products.
**Solution: Design Tokens** - Allow customization while maintaining a shared system. - Used for over a decade by numerous organizations, including Fortune 500 companies.
**Adoption & Usage:** 1. **Understand users:** Different roles (designers, developers, product managers) use tokens differently. 2. **Ecosystem integration:** Apply tokens in design systems, component libraries, and native mobile apps. 3. **Architecture conventions:** Follow token architecture guidelines for consistency. 4. **Recipes & smart components:** Use tokens to create reusable patterns and intelligent UI elements. 5. **Product development:** Integrate tokens into the product design and development process.
**Benefits:** - Encourages innovation within a consistent framework. - Enhances efficiency by standardizing values like colors, typography, spacing. - Allows customization for unique product needs without breaking consistency. |
title | Design Tokens Course with Brad Frost and Ian Frost |
description | An in-depth course on design tokens: concepts, Figma Variables, code, processes, best practices, and more. |
keywords | design, systems, tokens, course, brad, system, token, have, work, frost, over, more, experience, years, help, code, architecture |
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nslookup | A 75.2.60.5 |
created | 2025-03-25 |
updated | 2025-05-08 |
summarized | 2025-05-08 |
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