10 Best Articles on Design Systems
The most useful articles on design systems from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Design Systems Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on design systems by Refind users in 2023.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on design systems—all under 10 minutes.
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 the future of tooling to automation to accessibility.
“What is a Design System?” an article by Dan Mall
6 different types of design systems.
«A set of things—people, cells, molecules, or whatever—interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time.»
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.
Design system breakdown: checkbox & radio
Part 2 of a deep dive series on specific design system components
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on design systems.
How we built our multi-platform design system at Booking.com
Building a design system that works is a challenge at any scale. Building a design system for 150+ product teams, used by 200+ designers…
The best design system is no system
To meet expanding needs, designers turn to design systems to streamline design with the hopes of providing value at lower cost and effort…
Design Systems at Alibaba
How we built an RTL-first design system and maintained it during a major redesign
Design Systems: Useful Examples and Resources — Smashing Magazine
Everything design systems on accessibility, enterprise design systems, Figma kits, data visualization, motion design, multi-lingual design, naming, ROI calculator and UX writing.
10 Things No One Told Me About Design Systems
This UX designer learned the hard way, but you don’t have to.
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