Design systems are an amazing tool for designers and developers. They provide a shared design reference and guidelines that make a system more predictable, easier to understand and implement, and help maintain a more cohesive experience throughout many products that use them.

Here’s a short list of cool design systems to use as inspiration:

Tech companies

• Primer Design System
• Material Design
• Atlassian Design System
• Shopify Polaris
• Carbon Design System

Governments

For some reason I find state-made design systems very interesting. One particular reason might be that these systems work very hard towards complying with accessibility standards, making them very “explicit”, high-contrast and overall very inclusive. Still, I think they have a personality of their own.

• GOV.UK Design System
• U.S. Web Design System (USWDS)
• Helsinki Design System