Literature

Literature on Design Tokens

• Anne, J., & Levine, J. (2016). Using Design Tokens with the Lightning Design System. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDBEc3dJJV8
• Anne, J., Wagoner, A., & Wang, I. (2021, November 10). Design Tokens on Asana’s Design Systems Team. Figma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylDed18OVdY
• Bemis, C. (2022, June 14). Accelerating GitHub theme creation with color tooling. The GitHub Blog. https://github.blog/2022-06-14-accelerating-github-theme-creation-with-color-tooling/
• Capozzi, M. (2020). Design tokens 101. https://maecapozzi.com/blog/design-tokens
• Carbone, M. (2021a). Design Tokens Only Exist In A Pre-Processed State. https://carbonemike.com/design-tokens-only-exist-pre-processed
• Carbone, M. (2021b). Dynamic Design Tokens. https://carbonemike.com/dynamic-design-tokens
• Carlin, E. (2020). The Theory: A Semantic Color System. https://dev.to/ynab/a-semantic-color-system-the-theory-hk7
• Chenais, L. (2018). Design tokens for dummies. https://uxdesign.cc/design-tokens-for-dummies-8acebf010d71
• Chenais, L. (2021). Introduction to design tokens. https://specifyapp.com/blog/introduction-to-design-tokens
• Choudhary, D. (2022, December 22). Design Tokens — a Design System Superpower!. UX Planet. https://uxplanet.org/design-tokens-a-design-system-superpower-dab07a5f0035
• Curtis, N. (2016). Tokens in Design Systems. https://medium.com/eightshapes-llc/tokens-in-design-systems-25dd82d58421
• Curtis, N. (2020). Naming Tokens in Design Systems. https://medium.com/eightshapes-llc/naming-tokens-in-design-systems-9e86c7444676
• D’Amato, D. (2022, May 12). Tokens as intents. https://blog.damato.design/posts/tokens-as-intents/
• Fluin, S. (2022, August 16). The Pyramid Design Token Structure: The Best Way to Format, Organize, and Name Your Design Tokens. https://stefaniefluin.medium.com/the-pyramid-design-token-structure-the-best-way-to-format-organize-and-name-your-design-tokens-ca81b9d8836d
• Frost, B. (2018, April 2). Creating Themeable Design Systems. https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/creating-themeable-design-systems/
• Frost, B. (2022). Creating Themeable Design Systems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbxKTBvSLeY
• Gonzalez, O. (2021, February 18). Design tokens cheatsheet. https://uxdesign.cc/design-tokens-cheatsheet-927fc1404099
• Gossmann, T. (2020, February 2). Full Featured Themes in Figma. https://gos.si/blog/full-featured-themes-in-figma/
• Gossmann, T. (2022, April 21). The Primary/Secondary Controversy in Design Systems. https://gos.si/blog/the-primary-secondary-controversy/
• Gossmann, T. (2023a, May 2). Inside Design Tokens: Definitions & Traits. https://gos.si/blog/inside-design-tokens-definitions-traits
• Gossmann, T. (2023b, May 2). Inside Design Tokens: Features. https://gos.si/blog/inside-design-tokens-features
• Gossmann, T. (2023c, May 9). Inside Design Tokens: Modeling & Communication. https://gos.si/blog/inside-design-tokens-modeling-communication
• Gossmann, T. (2023d, May 9). Inside Design Tokens: The Three Class Token Society. https://gos.si/blog/inside-design-tokens-the-three-class-token-society
• Gossmann, T. (2023e, May 17). Inside Design Tokens: Naming. https://gos.si/blog/inside-design-tokens-naming
• Gossmann, T. (2023f, May 17). Inside Design Tokens: Put your Tokens on a Scale. https://gos.si/blog/inside-design-tokens-put-your-tokens-on-a-scale
• Gossmann, T. (2023g, May 17). Inside Design Tokens: Token Specification. https://gos.si/blog/inside-design-tokens-token-specification
• Gossmann, T. (2023h, May 29). Inside Design Tokens: Internals. https://gos.si/blog/inside-design-tokens-internals
• Gossmann, T. (2023i, May 29). Inside Design Tokens: Theming. https://gos.si/blog/inside-design-tokens-theming
• Gossmann, T. (2023j, June 10). Inside Design Tokens: The Hidden Knowledge. https://gos.si/blog/inside-design-tokens-the-hidden-knowledge
• Harrop, K. (2021, March 31). Using Design Tokens to Accelerate Design Systems. https://medium.com/intuit-design/using-design-tokens-to-accelerate-design-systems-f7b2df69b270
• Kavčič, R. (2022, September 14). Design Tokens 101. Design Strategy Guide. https://designstrategy.guide/design-management/design-tokens-101/
• Manandhar, I. (2020, March 2). Design Tokens: How to use them effectively. https://uxdesign.cc/design-tokens-how-to-use-them-effectively-d495ff05cbbf
• Mangialardi, M. (2021). Introduction to Design Tokens. https://www.michaelmang.dev/blog/introduction-to-design-tokens
• Miller, J. (2023, March 29). Everyone’s favorite game - ds naming polls on twitter (ty to @disco_lu for the influence). Let’s talk token nomenclature - what do you call each of the three tiers, and what do you call the pink arrow? [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/pwnies/status/1641162071449673728