It’s true, but I feel design systems (as the term is typically used in current trends) are pretty close to the surface in terms of depth-of-design-thinking. I wonder how to build systems which support pushing deeper in OSS.
Maybe working on design systems can be a great “incremental participation” first step for a designer to later contribute more deeply/holistically? (Maybe that was what you were suggesting?)
Thank you for sharing! These were both new to me. Both of these do seem to fit into natural designer workflows more effectively than traditional open source contribution models.