A review by csteinlehner
Design Systems: A practical guide to creating design languages for digital products by Alla Kholmatova

4.0

I'm very deep in this topic already, but Design Systems from Alla Kholmatova was a very interesting read. I especially liked the focus on the intention of patterns and what design means. A lot of blog articles on the topic of design systems focus on technical and practical aspects of these systems or are too general. So this book adds a good approach on why and how to create design systems and teams around it.

The things I'm missing a little bit are deeper insights and an analytical view on shown examples and anecdotes. Especially around the topic of team building, methods, and tools, which are briefly touched the last view pages, I wished for more insight.

But for everybody working with design systems, or planning to, this book should be read!