Applied Design Tokens

Design Systems Community Chapter (DSCC) Toronto is here to discuss design tokens with everyone!

This will be an open online discussion about applying design tokens in design systems for design and development, featuring two special guests who will offer their expertise and insights to the conversation.

Location: Twitter Spaces (online, remote)
A recording of this event will be made available on DSC Resources, https://designsystems.community/resources/

Agenda:
12:00 - 12:10 - Design Systems Community & Housekeeping
12:10 - 12:50 - Design tokens discussion
12:50 - 13:00 - closing remarks

NOTE: a Twitter account and the Twitter mobile app are required in order to join and use your voice in Twitter spaces. You may speak at any time, and please use discretion by utilizing the "request to speak" feature; one of the hosts will allow you to speak when appropriate.
You do not require a Twitter account to listen in from a desktop web browser, but an account and mobile app are required in order to speak.

Who should attend?

If you're familiar with design tokens, want to learn more about them, or are already making extensive use of them and would like to share your experiences, this is the place for you!

Meet our guests:

Esther Cheran; @EstherCheran
Esther is one of the Co-founders at Hyma, best known for the Figma Tokens plugin. In 2020 she first coined the term Headless Design System while trying to solve a complex multi-brand design system, which became popular after her talk at `Figma - In the file`. The concept of a Headless Design System using design tokens has since become a widely adopted approach for building multi-brand/theme design systems. When she’s not obsessing about Design Tokens, you likely find her reading a book, sketching or painting.

Mike Kamminga; @mikekamminga
Mike has been a Creative Technologist since 1999, living on the edge of design and technology. Currently he's Imagining and building the future of Design Tokens as the CEO at Hyma, the company best known for Figma Tokens. He also pioneered the headless design system concept together with Esther Cheran, which fundamentally changed the way multi-brand design systems are built today.

James Nash; @c1rrus
Design system aficionado, classically trained webmaster, slayer of pixels, DTCG spec editor and occasional fashion terrorist.

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