Become a solo design system wizard

A video course for product designers. Learn the best ways to build design systems in Figma within the context of your team and manage feature development needs.

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What designers love about the course

Reflected a realistic workflow

"Appreciated that it reflected a realistic workflow - some of the order of operations represent what I work through in my job, NOT a polished linear “YouTube” or bootcamp experience and I loved that."

Mercedes Mack

UX Designer, Fuzzy Math

Practical steps to tackle problems

"It provides practical steps to tackle all of the problems when setting up, maintaining, and implementing a healthy, evolving design system."

Clint McManaman

Interim Head of Design, UnitedMasters

Complete end-to-end resource

"Whether one is starting from zero or somewhere in between, I liked how clearly the material was presented and having access to real resources."

Ryan Tauss

Design Manager, Bestow Life Insurance

Why listen to us?

Credentials that speak for themselves

Our design resources have been downloaded thousands of times in the Figma community. The Headway design team has contributed countless hours to mentorship and design education. We don't like to brag, but we think it's important to share what makes our work stand out from the rest.

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Resource downloads in Figma Community

Our UI Kit is a favorite in the Figma community, and for good reason. With its high-quality design elements and customizable features, it's the perfect starting point for any designer.

120

Hours of Dribbble and ADPList mentorship

Our design teachers have dedicated over 100 hours into mentorship and education on platforms like Dribbble and ADPlist. This video course will tap into this wealth of experience and expertise.

Happy clients using our Shipwright UI kit system

With the principles in this course, we've developed a powerful design system kit called Shipwright that we use to jumpstart the design system process with clients.

Benefits

Gain control of the process

With our video course, you'll learn how to create a system that works for you—not against you.

Create consistency

Use atomic design principles to set up your design system with consistent naming conventions.

Leverage systems

Build components with a systematic approach using concepts like bulk edits and “replace me.”

Improve hand-offs

Document and manage your design system for better hand-offs to the development team.

Design System Templates and Videos

Super-charge your design workflow

Establishing Building Blocks

Who is this for?

There's something here for everyone!

Rookie Designers

You're alone or on a small design team that collaborates with a lot of developers.

Struggling Designers

You’re struggling to keep up with the ever-changing demands of adding new feature sets.

Developers

You don’t have the time to scour the internet to keep up with evolving industry standards.

Project Managers

You're comfortable working in Figma and want to leverage the design systems with your team.

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What do the courses Help You Do?

There are two required paths to becoming a design system expert.

Learn the theory

What are the models you can use and why do they matter? This helps you solve complex design challenges within projects. In these videos you gain wisdom

Then you build

Put the theory into practice with step-by-step tutorials. With the theory and practical skills combined, you will become a powerful resource and leader for any product team.

Design System Foundations

Beginner

6 Lessons

1h 03m

Why Design Systems?