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A severity-weighted framework for evaluating your product before it meets the public. 57 criteria across 8 sections - value clarity, onboarding, trust signals, IA, content resilience, and more.
Each criterion includes a practitioner insight explaining why it matters, not just what to check.
Built for founders and PMs who want to audit honestly, not reassuringly.
Everything you need to audit your design system honestly - and understand why the criteria exist. The audit tells you what to evaluate. The companion guide gives you the foundations to act on what you find.
For anyone who wants to know not just what their system is missing - but why it matters and what to do about it.
A reference guide for designers building or auditing their first design system. Covers the foundational knowledge the main audit assumes you already have.
Includes resources for Atomic Design, Accessibility compliance, Decision tree: when to create a new component vs. extend an existing one, Figma keyboard shortcuts for design system work, Guiding principles for building design systems.
A structured audit for designers who want to know, honestly, whether their design system is production-ready - and where to fix it first. 64 criteria across 10 sections - tokens, variables, components, architecture, workflows and governance.
Each criterion includes the reason it matters - not just what to check, but why it breaks when you don't.
Built for junior and mid-level designers building or inheriting a design system.
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Designer’s Survival Kit
A practical framework for protecting your work, your reputation, and your wellbeing — built from years shipping design at scale. Free to read and use.