Design systems for agencies
summary
Argues that design tokens (not full component libraries) cut alignment overhead for agencies, turning many small style choices into codified decisions; uses Figma plus a Themer plugin to map identical token names to different primitives so one component becomes two distinct themes; proves the approach on two products sharing one codebase and speeds onboarding across a 40–50 people studio, reduces cross‑team meetings, and leaves a maintainable system that demonstrably works.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:16The common theme
- 6:00Our need
- 9:25Design Tokens to the rescue
- 22:14How to do it yourself
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