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2.22.2023

5 min read

Design systems and style guides are different. Here's how

Design systems and style guides are related, but they're not the same and neither of them are brand guidelines, either. We break it down.

An illustration depicting different elements of a design system, visualized as widgets across the composition.

Illustration by Anita Goldstein.

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