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Design systems to study

A design system is the set of rules, components and criteria that keeps a digital product consistent. These ten are public and among the best documented. For each one we tell you what's worth learning, so you don't have to read them all the way through.

Google

Material Design 3

What to learn: How a system defines dynamic color from a single tone and how it documents every state of a component.

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IBM

Carbon

What to learn: A strict grid, typography for data and dense tables that stay readable.

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Shopify

Polaris

What to learn: Interface writing: how to name actions, errors and empty states in commerce.

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Atlassian

Atlassian Design System

What to learn: Well-named tokens and content guidelines for products with many users.

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UK Government

GOV.UK Design System

What to learn: Accessible patterns and forms that are easy to understand and complete.

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Apple

Human Interface Guidelines

What to learn: Hierarchy, space and purposeful motion on every platform.

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Microsoft

Fluent 2

What to learn: Depth, materials and light applied to work interfaces.

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GitHub

Primer

What to learn: Components for developer tools and very practical documentation.

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Adobe

Spectrum

What to learn: Accessible color scales and components for creative tools.

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Salesforce

Lightning Design System

What to learn: Patterns for information-heavy enterprise applications.

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What a good design system has

Tokens (named colors, typefaces and spacing), components with all their states, content and writing rules, accessibility criteria and documentation that explains the reason behind each decision.

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