Articles
Mirrored atomicity: designers and developers speaking the same language
a great article from Vitor on how we should and can share the same language from our designs to the code that replicates them in the browser
Integrating Animation into a Design System
A fantastic article from All on putting the animation of your product into your design system
Interesting Reads
Things you could be doing instead of designing & building that card component for the umpteenth time
even if you aren't re-creating the card component, there's lots of things in here that are worth checking through to make all your existing patterns better and better.
Links
Design Systems Book
Now available in entirety - a fantastic book from Alla Kholmatova that's worth having by your side.
Design Systems Template: get buy-in
Do you need to give a presentation on the benefits for a company design system? These pre-prepared slides from UXPin could help.
modulator
change some values and see how some components will look, a nice little starting place for your design tokens.