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EPISODE · Mar 28, 2025 · 32 MIN

Episode 292: Using Tokens in Design Systems with Jan Six

from UI Breakfast: UI/UX Design and Product Strategy · host Jan Six, Jane Portman

How can tokens help your design and development teams become more efficient? Our guest today is Jan Six, staff product designer at GitHub and co-creator of Tokens Studio. You’ll learn how design components and tokens correlate on a technical level, why adoption is the biggest challenge in design systems, how you can get started with creating your own systems, and more.Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts.Show NotesTokens StudioNaming Tokens in Design Systems – an article by Nathan CurtisThe Many Faces of Themeable Design Systems – an article by Brad FrostPrimer – GitHub’s design systemVisit Jan’s websiteFollow Jan on BlueskyThis episode is brought to you by Wix Studio — the new web platform for agencies and enterprises. The magic of Wix Studio is its advanced design capabilities which makes website creation efficient and intuitive. Here are a few things you can do:Work in sync with your team on one canvasReuse templates, widgets and sections across sitesCreate a client kit for seamless handoversAnd leverage best-in-class SEO defaults across all your Wix sitesStep into Wix Studio to see more at wix.com/studioInterested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here.Leave a ReviewReviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here’s how.

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