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Build a token-driven design system from scratch, from color to components.
Design Systems 101 walks you through building a scalable design system the way working product teams actually do it — starting with design tokens and ending with a documented, reusable component library. You'll learn how to structure color, type, and spacing scales, translate them into components, and keep design and engineering in sync as the system grows.
3 modules · 9 lessons
Move through every module on your own schedule.
Starter files for tokens, components, and documentation.
Structured feedback prompts for your in-progress system.
A shareable certificate once you finish the course.
Maren Iso
Founder & Lead Instructor
Maren spent a decade leading design teams at product-led startups before founding Pixel & Ink to teach the craft she wishes she'd learned earlier.
View Pixel & Ink Design Academy“The design systems course changed how our whole team thinks about component libraries.”
“I finally understand how to structure a design system that scales.”
“Clear, practical, and directly applicable to my day-to-day work.”
No. This course assumes familiarity with a design tool and core UI concepts, but no prior design systems experience.
Yes. You can move through every module on your own schedule.
Yes, structured critique-style feedback prompts are included throughout.