Design System Bootcamps

In addition to connecting with your Design System classmates on our Bootcamp Slack, you'll be tasked with completing preparatory work using Figma. This will ensure you swiftly grasp fundamental Design System workflows, tools, and principles.

✧ Complete Design System tasks in Figma

In our initial class, you'll delve into Figma, exploring the structure and scalability of Design Systems. Alongside comprehending System structures, you'll familiarize yourself with Design Tokens through Figma's variables, gaining hands-on experience in their practical application.

✧ Learn how to Make Design Systems in Figma

✧ Learn how Tokens contributes to a Design System

✧ Learn how Tokens contributes to a Design System

You'll hone your skills in crafting global or primitive variables, which can be aliased into semantic variables. These will serve as values applied to components, allowing you to efficiently design and implement cohesive design elements.

✧ Master In variables to scale your Design system in Figma.

✧ Learn color, number, string , and boolean variables

In the third week of our interactive Design System Bootcamp, you'll discover the art of aliasing global variables into local variables with modes. Known as semantic aliasing, this technique is essential for mastering the scalability of Design Systems across various products.

✧ Learn how to create auto layout components in Figma

Building on the knowledge gained in the preceding week, you'll delve deeper into component sets and properties. Throughout this week, you'll explore the spectrum of component properties and discover how to design responsive components, enhancing your proficiency in crafting dynamic and adaptable user interfaces.

✧ Learn how to Set component properties

✧ Learn how to create responsive components in Figma

In the fifth week of your Bootcamp, you'll gain insights into component anatomies and engage in documenting the structure of each component in your system. This hands-on practice ensures a thorough understanding of the integral elements that contribute to the robustness of your design system.

✧ Learn component anatomy in Figma

✧ Annotate components anatomy

✧ Understand how to create anatomic documentation

You'll focus on documenting the content types destined for use in your components. Utilizing content variables, you'll begin outlining rules to govern the content within your system, contributing to the structured and effective implementation of your design components.

✧ Learn how to handle multi-language content

You'll delve into the creation of micro-interactions and document the anticipated component interactions within your system. This hands-on experience will enhance your skills in designing and documenting engaging user interactions.

✧ Learn the types of animation you can create in Figma

✧ Understand micro-animation with components

In the concluding week of Bootcamp, you'll gain insights into effectively maintaining and scaling your Design System within a team and agency setting. This crucial knowledge will empower you to navigate real-world scenarios and contribute to the seamless growth of design practices.

✧ Learn how to scale your Design system

We maintain small class sizes, typically capped at around 15 students. This deliberate choice ensures a more personalized and effective learning environment, allowing our students to receive individualized attention and support.

Our community consists of a diverse blend of individuals, including experienced designers transitioning to remote work, junior designers eager to adopt the latest workflows, and career changers exploring new paths. This diverse mix enriches the learning experience, as experienced professionals readily lend support to juniors. Our aim is to foster a constructive feedback loop for all participants, and we welcome individuals with or without prior UX/UI experience.

Yes, session recordings are promptly shared within 24 hours in your dedicated Classroom space, providing you with convenient access to review and reinforce your learning at your own pace.

Our Bootcamps stand apart from conventional online courses, offering a dynamic and immersive learning experience. In contrast to typical online courses, which often present over 60 hours of content behind a paywall with an average completion rate of approximately 15.5%, our live sessions provide interactive and engaging learning opportunities that enhance participation and knowledge retention.

With a commendable 98% completion rate among our students, we stand out in ensuring your successful learning journey. Say goodbye to self-teaching through isolated videos and embrace an engaging live classroom experience.

Absolutely! Whether you're starting from scratch or have an existing portfolio, you'll craft or enhance it with two comprehensive case studies developed during class. Utilizing a guided framework provided by your instructor, you'll dedicate your term break to designing and building engaging content for your portfolio, ensuring it reflects your evolving skills and creativity.

At DesignTopia, you'll tackle two case studies, collaborating with a classmate to master the art of remote teamwork in design.