The central digital experience resource of Helsinki Design Language. Guidelines, design assets and component libraries for building a consistent and accessible digital brand across the city.

Icons are a crucial part of any design system or product experience. Icons help us quickly navigate. They are language-independent. And best of all: they’re real tiny, so they don’t take up very much real estate. Icons are a fundamental part of a good design system and are very helpful for marketing materials. They’re the foundational building block of illustrated content, but they are also highly technical.

8 practical examples

Build and maintain design tokens faster and more accurately

6 different types of design systems.