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To build a scalable design system, first conduct user research to gather insights, then audit existing codebases to consolidate redundant patterns, extract design tokens, and systematically construct atomic UI components for consistent, user-centered interfaces.

Extracting design tokens requires auditing your codebase to identify and consolidate visual patterns into reusable variables. Building atomic components follows by step-by-step constructing foundational UI elements based on those extracted tokens.

Auditing an existing UI for redundant design patterns involves analyzing your codebase to detect overlapping styles and components. This optimization process consolidates redundant patterns to establish a more scalable and unified design system.

Yes, you can validate accessibility during the component building process. The UX workflow includes accessibility checks to ensure that constructed atomic UI components and design systems meet WCAG standards before final documentation generation.

The best way to document a design system is to automate documentation generation after building core UI components. This ensures the design system, tokens, and atomic components are well-documented and accessible for development teams.

Yes, this UX workflow supports teams starting a new product. It guides designers through the entire process from initial user research and needs analysis to setting up tokens and building core UI components aligned with accessibility requirements.