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Design Tokens Specification reaches first stable version: a huge milestone for design systems and the design tooling industry.
✅ Vendor-neutral
✅ Modern color support
✅ Theming and multi-brand ready
✅ Backed by design tools and open-source projects
w3.org/community/desi…
✅ Vendor-neutral
✅ Modern color support
✅ Theming and multi-brand ready
✅ Backed by design tools and open-source projects
w3.org/community/desi…
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Thank you, @jina and @vlh 💙
Jina and Val are becoming chairs emerita of the Design Tokens Community Group.
Jina coined “design tokens” (with Jon Levine), helped start the group, and built our first site.
Val shaped how the group operates & meets.
w3.org/community/desi…
Jina and Val are becoming chairs emerita of the Design Tokens Community Group.
Jina coined “design tokens” (with Jon Levine), helped start the group, and built our first site.
Val shaped how the group operates & meets.
w3.org/community/desi…
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Design Tokens Community Group retweeted
A few years ago I designed the original logo for @DesignTokens. Recently they asked me to refresh it: simpler, more versatile, and blue (the original color of links). The new logo builds on the old one, keeping the connected core while refining it for any size or use.
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Design Tokens Community Group retweeted
Stoked that Figma is shipping native design tokens import/export using the DTCG format! One more step in standardizing design tokens across tools. Figma's announcement: figma.com/blog/schema-20…
And check out the latest version of the spec here:
designtokens.org/tr/2025.10/
And check out the latest version of the spec here:
designtokens.org/tr/2025.10/
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💬 Request For Comments
New Resolver specification, groups & Aliases updates 👇
w3.org/community/desi…
New Resolver specification, groups & Aliases updates 👇
w3.org/community/desi…
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Hats off to the @penpotapp team for this monumental implementation of design tokens in their open-source design tool 🥳
Importing & Exporting Tokens (JSON)
Learn how to smoothly import and export tokens as JSON files in Penpot. And also, how Penpot manages invalid tokens and ensures easy collaboration between design and code.
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Design Tokens Community Group retweeted
Naming design tokens is easy. Until you have to name them.
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Color spec updates in review:
- Color Module - First Draft
github.com/design-tokens/…
- Color format adjustments
github.com/design-tokens/…
- Color Module - First Draft
github.com/design-tokens/…
- Color format adjustments
github.com/design-tokens/…
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We’ve been quiet over the past few months, but we’re still active!
In fact, breakthroughs were made in our latest spec meetings and we can’t wait to share more...
Massive thanks to the community for their understanding, these things take time 🙏🏻
In fact, breakthroughs were made in our latest spec meetings and we can’t wait to share more...
Massive thanks to the community for their understanding, these things take time 🙏🏻
Hey Jimmy – we’re still active ❤️
Our focus is on native modes and theming support, a *big* undertaking 😓 (see github.com/design-tokens/…)
Recently, @TokensStudio and Cobalt joined our spec meetings and are already bringing amazing fresh ideas ✨
More on this very soon!
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Design Tokens Community Group retweeted
New video! 📢
Learn how to use W3C @DesignTokens with Style Dictionary and @lukasoppermann's Style Dictionary Utils to turn your design system tokens into CSS assets.
#DesignSystems #DesignTokens #W3C #DTCG
youtu.be/RcxP0RePlVU
Learn how to use W3C @DesignTokens with Style Dictionary and @lukasoppermann's Style Dictionary Utils to turn your design system tokens into CSS assets.
#DesignSystems #DesignTokens #W3C #DTCG
youtu.be/RcxP0RePlVU
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Design Tokens Community Group retweeted
Reflecting on ~4 years of @DesignTokens ahead of our upcoming all-hands meeting: 400+ participants from all over tech, media, e-commerce, and financial services🤯
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A quick update: the team is taking a break and will regroup in early 2024. Enjoy the holidays, everyone!
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Design Tokens Community Group retweeted
I envision the same world but an even broader one. A design API that would power tokens and assets everywhere within an org design system.
Tokens and assets should navigate freely between teams and tools.
Tokens and assets should navigate freely between teams and tools.
Why is this exciting?
Personally, I can see a world where we manage cross functional variables with Figma + JSON, feeding them into tools where our XFN teams work
JSON ↔️ Figma
↪️ Photoshop for brand work
↪️ InDesign for print work
↪️ After Effects for video work
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Design Tokens Community Group retweeted
On behalf of @designtokens:
We’re looking to update and refresh designtokens.org. We've got some educational resources planned, but would love to hear what else y'all would like to see included.
What would be most useful to you?
We’d love to hear your feedback!
We’re looking to update and refresh designtokens.org. We've got some educational resources planned, but would love to hear what else y'all would like to see included.
What would be most useful to you?
We’d love to hear your feedback!
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Thrilled about @Figma Variables announced at #Config2023! Figma's reach brings Design Tokens to a community larger than ever 🎉
Variables functionality isn't 1:1 with the spec, and no native support .tokens.json file import/export (yet), but they're *not* on different paths.🧵
Variables functionality isn't 1:1 with the spec, and no native support .tokens.json file import/export (yet), but they're *not* on different paths.🧵
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Token management platforms and plugins such as tokens.studio and @specifyapp already support importing/exporting variables from and to .tokens.json files, and many others will too.
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Building a design tool, a design token management platform, Figma plugin, or a design system using design tokens? Your voice matters!
Join the conversation with 350+ professionals from Figma, Adobe, Sketch, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Atlassian, Shopify. w3.org/community/desi…
Join the conversation with 350+ professionals from Figma, Adobe, Sketch, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Atlassian, Shopify. w3.org/community/desi…
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