Design tokens are revolutionizing design management in software development by offering a systematic method to store and distribute design decisions. Serving as the fundamental components of visual design, these tokens allow teams—developers and designers alike—to use a single definition across multiple platforms. By utilizing a structured format such as JSON, design tokens encapsulate essential elements like colors, typography, spacing, and animations, eliminating the need to hard-code values. This simplification not only fosters consistency in user interfaces but also enhances collaboration among teams.
Design tokens represent a fundamental shift in how we manage design decisions in modern software development. They serve as the smallest building blocks of visual design.
They are defined once in a central place in a structured text format like JSON and can be converted to be used by developers e.g. as CSS and designers e.g. imported into Figma.
Instead of hard-coding values for each platform, tokens provide a centralized way to manage design decisions that work across all platforms and applications.
Design tokens contain UI data like colors, text styles, spacing, and animations for building cross-platform UI, promoting consistency and efficiency.
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