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Your Design System Works in Figma. Does It Work in Code?

  • Artificial Intelligence, Design Systems, Figma, Product Design, UX Design

Learn how to build systems where design explicitly models development, handoff is automatic, and AI can extend your work reliably.

Article by Jim Gulsen
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Your Design System Works in Figma. Does It Work in Code?
  • The article explains why many design systems don’t work well: designs made in Figma don’t translate well into code.
  • It introduces five practices: structure frames like code, use fewer components with more variants, organize by how both designers and developers actually work, let AI check your naming, and build documentation into your daily workflow.
  • The piece says that good design systems are the same in design and development, and when they match, everything just works.
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