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"Code Only" Props in Figma
Expanding component API shape in design assets
Jan 16 • Nathan Curtis
Slots in Design Systems
Improving flexibility through custom composition inside components
Nov 7, 2025 • Nathan Curtis
Analysis of Variants
Generating component data that design systems teams need
Oct 7, 2025 • Nathan Curtis
Components as Data
How to define components independent of platforms to scale a system’s impact
Sep 23, 2025 • Nathan Curtis
Purposeful vs Aesthetic Naming
Favoring semantics isn’t always ideal, and blending both is worse
Jun 23, 2025 • Nathan Curtis
The Sorry State of States
Today’s Figma assets show design could align better with code
Dec 3, 2024 • Nathan Curtis
Managing Design Systems with Many Core Libraries
How you align design and engineering and synchronize releases depends on the frameworks, platforms and teams involved
Oct 28, 2024 • Nathan Curtis
The Fallacy of Federated Design Systems
Avoid the damage and distress of glorifying the wrong model
Sep 13, 2024 • Nathan Curtis
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