"Design systems have become an integral part of our everyday work, so much that the successful growth and maturation of a design system can make or break a product or project. Great tokens, components and organization aren't enough - it is most often the culture and curation that creates a sustainable, widely-adopted system. It can be hard to determine where to invest our time and attention."
"Adding to the nuance, not only does your company have a culture as a whole, but it has many subcultures. That's because culture is not created by any individual. Culture is something that happens when the same group of people gather together repeatedly over time. So, as a company grows, adding hierarchy and structure, the teams formed around specific goals, products, features, disciplines, and so on, all develop their own subcultures."
Design system effectiveness requires cultural practices and active curation in addition to technical assets like tokens and components. Prioritizing where to invest time and attention determines whether a system supports teams, improves work, and scales. Culture is complex, difficult to define, and often slow to change; perceptions of a culture vary among individuals. Organizations naturally develop many subcultures as teams form around goals, products, features, and disciplines. Those subcultures influence how systems are adopted and maintained. A deliberate framework for growth and stability helps guide investment, governance, and practices that sustain a widely adopted design system.
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