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The Design System Guide

Guides, frameworks, and tools for building and scaling design systems

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The Design System Guide is an educational hub created by Romina Kavcic focused on creating and managing design systems. It offers structured frameworks, token architectures, inventory templates, and courses on integrating AI into design system workflows. It also features a curated knowledge base and newsletter for design system practitioners.

What it's for

  • Structure and manage multi-brand design tokens
  • Audit existing UI components using Airtable inventory templates
  • Automate design system documentation and component generation with AI
  • Reference interview questions and metrics to evaluate design system maturity

Features

  • Comprehensive guides for setting up and scaling design systems
  • Design Tokens Mastery structured training course
  • Agentic Design Systems course for AI workflow automation
  • Pre-built Airtable component inventory templates
  • Curated knowledge base of tools, benchmarks, and research questions
  • Weekly newsletter covering AI, product design, and design systems

Pricing

Freemium. Free guides and newsletter; paid specialized courses and Airtable templates

Details

Type
Website
Category
Design
Topic
Design Systems
Open source
No
Platforms
Web
For
Product designers, design system leads, and front-end engineers
Alternative to
Design Systems Repo, Brad Frost's Atomic Design
Tags
design systems, design tokens, ui design, component inventory, design resources

Why it was saved

  • @kalypsodesigns, 14 August 2025: Covers essential processes from foundations to design token architecture with structured guides like Design Tokens Mastery.

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