Extracting and Normalizing the System
Day 28 of 30 · The Playbook 2026 – Masterclass for Designers
Resolve divergences: choose final tokens, component variants, and states.
Learning Goal
- Select final token set (color, type, spacing, radius, shadow).
- Reduce component variants to the essentials.
- Unify states.
- Deprecation list and migration plan.
- Dev-aligned implementation plan.
Why This Matters
- Extra variants cost to maintain.
- Unification speeds delivery and improves quality.
- Without deprecation chaos returns.
Examples
Bad: Keep 5 CTA styles “just in case.”
Good: 2 CTA variants, documented bans, deprecation plan.
Guided Exercise
- Pick final token values from inventory.
- Reduce component variants; make a matrix.
- Write deprecation and comms plan.
Independent Exercise
Align with a developer on migration order.
Self-Check
- Final token list ready.
- Variant reduction documented.
- Deprecation plan exists.