Design systems are systems of systems

A good answer for: 'what is a design system?: a system of systems.

A design system often contains many subsystems that build together to make a complete design system:

• UI components and variants in design and code
• Design tokens
• Typography system
• Colour system
• Layout system
• Icon system

However, they shouldn't contain every system. [[20211122112210-design-systems-are-for-user-interfaces]]

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