design-system

name	Design System
description	Assemble tokens, components, and rules into a design system the whole team can build on.
category	Content

Design System

Turn a set of designs into a reusable system — tokens, components, and the rules that keep them consistent.

When to use

• A brand's screens exist but nothing is systematized.
• Multiple surfaces are drifting out of visual sync.

Steps

1. Extract the primitives: color, type, spacing, and radius tokens.
2. Build the core components from those tokens, with states.
3. Document each component's usage and the rules around it.
4. Define the patterns that compose components into layouts.
5. Package it so designers and engineers pull from one source.

Output

A design system: tokens, documented components with states, and usage rules, following the [[Design principles]]. Ready for the team to build on.