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The roadmap of Kesko Design System, based on our future planned design and development path. Subject to change based on user needs and feedback.

Q3 2025 #

• Done: Kespro support
• Done: Initial project planning
• Done: Initial background research
• Done: Initial user research
• Done: Technical research and audits

Q4 2025 #

• Done: Architecture and API design
• Done: Roadmap and scope
• Done: Design system goals
• Done: Design system principles
• Done: Live previews for GitHub pull requests
• Done: Build, test & deploy automation on CI
• Done: LLMs.txt for AI models
• Done: Markdown content for AI models
• Done: Getting buy-in and support
• Done: Custom Elements proof of concepts & ADRs
• Done: Initial documentation platform
• Done: Initial infrastructure foundations

Q1 2026 #

• Done: Kicking off weekly updates
• Done: Adjusted roadmap for 2026 and beyond
• Done: Naming conventions
• Done: Kicking off bi-weekly office hours
• Done: Improved LLMs support for the docs platform
• Done: Improved support for different content types in docs
• Done: Foundational design token infrastructure
• Done: Foundational color palette infrastructure
• Done: Created new @kesko/tokens package
• Done: Created new @kesko/color package
• Done: Created new @kesko/fonts package
• Done: System instructions for Copilot and Claude agents
• Done: Design Tokens documentation features
• Done: Code and contributing conventions
• Done: Release process and changelog for the docs platform
• Done: Icons library with ES modules and React components
• Done: Usage guidelines for @kesko/icons package
• Done: Bug report and feature request workflow
• Done: Usage guidelines for @kesko/fonts package
• Done: Product team support with @kesko/icons migration
• Done: Start hiring a Design Engineer for the systems team
• Done: Piloting the new icons and fonts with product teams
• Done: Analytics platform to track the adoption of the design system

Q2 2026 #

• Done: Piloting the new icons and fonts with product teams
• Done: Publish first stable production release of icons, v1.0.0
• Done: Hiring a Design Engineer for the systems team
• Done: Usage guidelines for @kesko/color package
• Done: Usage guidelines for @kesko/tokens package
• Done: Internal Design System APIs
• Done: Gathering and documenting the existing design tokens
• Done: Beta release of design tokens
• Done: Improved color palettes
• Done: Publish first stable production release of webfonts, v1.0.0
• Done: Alpha release of the themes package
• Done: Themeable design tokens
• Done: Theme dark mode support
• Done: Design token documentation
• Done: Alpha release of the CSS framework package
• In progress: Design token naming and consistency
• In progress: Theming API and NPM package
• In progress: Component library
• In progress: CSS Framework
• Usage guidelines for @kesko/css package
• Usage guidelines for @kesko/themes package
• Usage guidelines for @kesko/components package
• Kicking off monthly updates
• On-boarding new team members
• Developing the first set of web components
• Set up a framework for tracking design system KPIs
• Figma Toolkit work begins
• Piloting the new features with product teams
• Alpha/beta releases of the new npm packages

Q3 2026 #

• Design system CDN (Content Delivery Network)
• Automated accessibility and visual diff tests
• Components work continues
• Figma Toolkit work continues
• Continued work on improving the docs platform
• Piloting new features with the product teams
• Continued design system research
• Design system workshops

Q4 2026 #

• Work on components continues
• Technical writing for the documentation
• Continued work on improving the docs platform
• Content and accessibility guidelines
• Piloting the new features with product teams

Q1 2027 #

• Improving existing tools, new features & bug fixes
• Migration support and tools for product teams
• Introducing wider contribution model
• Onboarding wider developer community
• Publishing production ready modules
• Rollout to production environments
• Model Context Protocol Server
• Design systems support

Q2 2027 #

• Improved automation between Figma & code
• Improving existing tools, new features & bug fixes
• Support with migration & related tools
• Ramping down old design systems
• Design system support
• Public release

Q3 2027 #

• Improving existing tools, new features & bug fixes
• Work on components continues
• Work on Figma Toolkit continues
• Continued research & workshops
• Design system support