UX Design with Figma: User-Centered Interface Design and Prototyping with Figma

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9. Design System Fundamentals

Tom Green¹   and Kevin Brandon²

(1)

Etobicoke, ON, Canada

(2)

Georgetown, ON, Canada

 

“A design system is your single source of truth.”

—Marcin Treder,

Former CEO, UXPin

Before there was the Design System, there were graphics standards. Had you worked for or with such companies as IBM, Apple, FedEx, or Citigroup prior to 1990, you would be handed a book outlining the company’s graphic standards. That book told you where a logo was to be placed on everything from business cards to print ads. Included were typographic standards defining what ...