22. Demian Borba from Adobe: Understanding and harnessing the power of design tokens

<p>Demian and Chris discuss what design tokens are and why they are a critical part of any design system, getting developers more involved in the design system discipline, an exciting new way to integrate design tokens between design tools and VS Code, and how surfing relates to design tokens.<br/><br/><em>Guest:<br/><br/></em>Demian Borba is a Product Manager on Adobe XD (working on XD since 2015!), UX &amp; Design Thinking advocate, and speaker. You can find Demian on Twitter as <a href='https://twitter.com/demianborba'>@demianborba</a> and on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/'>LinkedIn</a>.<br/><br/><em>Host:<br/><br/></em>Chris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of <a href='https://www.knapsack.cloud/'>Knapsack</a>, host of <a href='https://twitter.com/thedspod'>@TheDSPod</a>, DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as <a href='https://twitter.com/chrisstrahl'>@chrisstrahl</a> and on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisstrahl/'>LinkedIn</a>.<br/><br/><em>Sponsor:<br/><br/></em>Knapsack — Build without rebuilding. Learn more at <a href='https://www.knapsack.cloud/'>knapsack.cloud</a> about Knapsack and getting your team to 80% design and code reusability.<br/><br/><em>Links:<br/><br/></em>View the <a href='https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CS8IvYf6NSZDmdEjq2tERXrAVJG1Hu3v/view?usp=sharing'>transcript for this episode</a>.<br/><br/>Learn more about Adobe’s <a href='https://letsxd.com/vscode'>Design System Package (DSP) and XD plugin for VS Code</a>.</p>