Design Systems & UI Kits
Design Tokens Beyond Semantics: What a Token Structure Actually Costs a Team
Semantic tokens are the easy part. The bill arrives when you add a third layer — and when you have to decide who owns it.
Figma’s 2026 Release Wave: What Actually Changed for Working Designers
Figma’s 2026 release notes list a lot: Weave nodes, publishable Weave tools, opacity variables, Motion in beta. Here’s which of it touches a real file this month, and which is safe to leave alone.
Meta’s Astryx Turns Your Design System Into a Spec AI Agents Can Read
Meta’s Astryx design system ships a machine-readable CLI manifest so AI agents stop hallucinating props. Here’s what that means for your component library.
Magic Patterns Theme Park Is Really a Design-System Test
Magic Patterns’ theme park project is more useful as a design-system stress test than a finished product workflow. Here’s what product designers should examine.
