What’s in the book
Introducing design systems
Marco Suarez covers basics of component-based design, misconceptions, and enabling design at scale.
Designing your design system
Jina Anne explains what to consider when you’re just getting started, like finding the right model.
Building your design system
Katie Sylor-Miller shares about making a strong, flexible, scalable base for your product design team.
Putting your design system into practice
Diana Mounter lays out practical strategies for sharing design systems and gaining company adoption.
Expanding your design system
Marco Suarez outlines why you should add vision statements, design principles, and voice and tone.
The future of design systems
Roy Stanfield explores future possibilities and context-aware systems that could accelerate design.
Appendix
We curated a list of publicly available design systems and resources to help you continue learning.
Plus—multiple video interviews and audio clips from lead designers at Shopify, Google, Apple, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

It wasn’t hard to get them to follow the guidelines, it was hard to get them to agree on the guidelines.
Lori Kaplan
Atlassian
Lori Kaplan, co-author of the pioneering Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines (HIG), tells the story of their creation and impact on designers and developers.