I'm just a lowly systems guy, but the definition of "what is a design system" is really confusing.
Is it a UI library? Like if you get a team of people together to build one, what is the actual deliverable?
Is it a UI library? Like if you get a team of people together to build one, what is the actual deliverable?
"A design system is really a high-level concept uniting various things together around shared objectives"
so it's a concept - uniting things - around objectives.
so it's everything and therefore nothing.
back in the real world this is just graphic design and user-interface guidelines and standards on how to present information - even to the extent of actual software components you can use to implement software. sure, cool, yay.
"Design system: A complete set of standards and principles to manage design at scale. It can include, but isn’t limited to, the visual design language, typography, colour palettes, components, copywriting guidelines, and other elements that create a cohesive, scalable look and feel for the product."