How to name design tokens in a design system

Kevin Muldoon

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Kevin Muldoon

How to name design tokens in a design system

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Summary

This article describes a universal design token naming taxonomy to aid designers and engineers in scaling their Design Systems.

Key takeaways

Much like the taxonomy for living creature, tokens can be described in the same scientific manner

Value of the article

The lack of naming standardization makes every Design System a bespoken and unsharable technology. 

Other articles on naming conventions lack rigid standards that can be used by anybody.