We ran a two-day token workshop with 40 designers at a large agency. Here is what we discovered about how people actually learn design systems concepts — and what the textbooks get wrong.
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What we learned teaching 40 designers about tokens
The surprising things that block adoption — and what actually works.
Markus Johannes Baier
Markus Johannes Baier
Founder, HARWAY Experience GmbH
Design educator and systems thinker.
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