# Taking cues from code

DevFeed: [Taking cues from code](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/taking-cues-from-code-10084.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/taking-cues-from-code/>)

Author: Jacob Miller

Published: 2022-11-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [components](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/components.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [design-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design-systems.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses how increasing complexity and scale in collaborative design are driving teams to introduce structure similar to engineering frameworks. It presents design systems, components, variants, and component properties as ways to organize design while preserving flexibility for creativity and exploration.

## Source excerpt

Schema keynote speaker and product manager Jacob Miller shares his thoughts on the state of design systems.