Ariel Salminen
@arielsalminen.com
Design systems architect • Author of various open source tools • A girl who lost her heart somewhere in California 🧡 • Mainly posting about design systems, web components & the web platform.
📮 https://arielsalminen.com
📍 Helsinki, Finland
👩🏻🦰 She/her
📮 https://arielsalminen.com
📍 Helsinki, Finland
👩🏻🦰 She/her
My second favorite feature is finally getting native Figma support for importing/exporting design tokens in the W3C Standard Format. 😍
www.figma.com/blog/schema-...
www.figma.com/blog/schema-...
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My second favorite feature is finally getting native Figma support for importing/exporting design tokens in the W3C Standard Format. 😍
www.figma.com/blog/schema-...
www.figma.com/blog/schema-...
Very late to the party, but if looking at the new Figma features, I think I’m most excited about the ability to _finally_ import code based components into Figma (and not the other way around). Have dreamed of this since 2016 (helloo, remember react-sketchapp???).
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Very late to the party, but if looking at the new Figma features, I think I’m most excited about the ability to _finally_ import code based components into Figma (and not the other way around). Have dreamed of this since 2016 (helloo, remember react-sketchapp???).
Please excuse me for turning this thing into a whole new project. 😂
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Please excuse me for turning this thing into a whole new project. 😂
Saw this random t-shirt online and I obviously *needed* it.
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Saw this random t-shirt online and I obviously *needed* it.
Found a new space to work on my bicycles 😍
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Found a new space to work on my bicycles 😍
Yeah I mean if you want only CSS I guess you’re pretty much stuck with what you can do within @font-face. That isn’t much, beyond size-adjust.
Nevertheless, got curious what even are the unicode-ranges for emojis so did a quick attempt: codepen.io/arielsalmine...
Nevertheless, got curious what even are the unicode-ranges for emojis so did a quick attempt: codepen.io/arielsalmine...
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yeah I mean if you want only CSS I guess you’re pretty much stuck with what you can do within @font-face. That isn’t much, beyond size-adjust.
Nevertheless, got curious what even are the unicode-ranges for emojis so did a quick attempt: codepen.io/arielsalmine...
Nevertheless, got curious what even are the unicode-ranges for emojis so did a quick attempt: codepen.io/arielsalmine...
Took this single photo yesterday. I had risotto with smoked reindeer heart as the main (sorry, not photographed, this was the entrée).
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Took this single photo yesterday. I had risotto with smoked reindeer heart as the main (sorry, not photographed, this was the entrée).
“I have not been working on planning [a design systems infrastructure] this week.”
October 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“I have not been working on planning [a design systems infrastructure] this week.”
This thing arrived today.
September 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This thing arrived today.
My calendar for the next few days. Send help
September 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
My calendar for the next few days. Send help
What 15 years of design debt looks like
September 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
What 15 years of design debt looks like
Current status: mapping out the organization, teams, and people to talk to.
August 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Current status: mapping out the organization, teams, and people to talk to.
Stoked to share that I recently started working with Kesko Group (www.kesko.fi/en/company/k...) to help them establish a more robust design system infrastructure.
Currently, I’m conducting background research, but as we move along with this work, expect to see more updates about the progress. ☺️
Currently, I’m conducting background research, but as we move along with this work, expect to see more updates about the progress. ☺️
August 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Stoked to share that I recently started working with Kesko Group (www.kesko.fi/en/company/k...) to help them establish a more robust design system infrastructure.
Currently, I’m conducting background research, but as we move along with this work, expect to see more updates about the progress. ☺️
Currently, I’m conducting background research, but as we move along with this work, expect to see more updates about the progress. ☺️
Did an extra circle around the Laajalahti bay before heading back home to finish 100km. 🚴♀️
August 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Did an extra circle around the Laajalahti bay before heading back home to finish 100km. 🚴♀️
Did a 60km loop around Helsinki this evening. Seems surprisingly coherent on the map given we just rode along random roads.
August 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Did a 60km loop around Helsinki this evening. Seems surprisingly coherent on the map given we just rode along random roads.
My design systems survival kit for the first day at client’s campus. Have to say I’m pretty excited about the upcoming work.
August 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
My design systems survival kit for the first day at client’s campus. Have to say I’m pretty excited about the upcoming work.
While kids were in school, I went out for a ride. Helsinki can be seen in the distance (the tall buildings).
August 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
While kids were in school, I went out for a ride. Helsinki can be seen in the distance (the tall buildings).
But who in their right mind would build CodePen inside a inside a @codepen.io
August 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
But who in their right mind would build CodePen inside a inside a @codepen.io
Haven’t posted much over the past ~month since I’ve been mostly traveling, but this girl is returning to work next week to launch her own design systems consultancy (yes, back at it!).
Right now taking the most out of these last few days, this summer has brought so many good things into my life. ❤️
Right now taking the most out of these last few days, this summer has brought so many good things into my life. ❤️
August 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Haven’t posted much over the past ~month since I’ve been mostly traveling, but this girl is returning to work next week to launch her own design systems consultancy (yes, back at it!).
Right now taking the most out of these last few days, this summer has brought so many good things into my life. ❤️
Right now taking the most out of these last few days, this summer has brought so many good things into my life. ❤️
Gave him food, but seemingly my dress was preferred instead 😂
August 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Gave him food, but seemingly my dress was preferred instead 😂
Couple photos from the cogwheel railway earlier.
July 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Couple photos from the cogwheel railway earlier.
Found such a calming place to have picnic with kids. 💚🍉
July 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Found such a calming place to have picnic with kids. 💚🍉
Traveled through Germany to Austria, then Liechtenstein, and ended up in Switzerland. Captured this view yesterday from Mt. Pilatus (in Switzerland) which apparently also has the steepest cogwheel railway in the world with 48% gradient (yes, it was slightly scary ~35 minutes going up 😅)
July 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Traveled through Germany to Austria, then Liechtenstein, and ended up in Switzerland. Captured this view yesterday from Mt. Pilatus (in Switzerland) which apparently also has the steepest cogwheel railway in the world with 48% gradient (yes, it was slightly scary ~35 minutes going up 😅)
Visiting more random parks in downtown Helsinki today. This is Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden next to the main Railway Station.
July 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Visiting more random parks in downtown Helsinki today. This is Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden next to the main Railway Station.
