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Icons → tokens → components → screens. In that order, on purpose.
On an eIDAS-compliant signature platform, I built the design system in a strict sequence — each layer constraining the one above it.
Tokens came in three layers: global (primitive values), alias (intent — surface.primary, border.subtle), component (button.primary.background).
The separation did real work: globals could change without touching components; aliases let one primitive serve different intents across light and dark.
The test came later, when the team grew: other designers changed some of my decisions — and the token architecture absorbed the changes without breaking.
A system that can't be changed isn't a system. It's a style guide.
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