Design System Email Course
Level up your knowledge of design systems, one email at a time. Starts whenever you’re ready.
Difficulty
Beginner
Audience
Anyone who wants to learn but only has 5 minutes/day
Do you have a short-term goal to level up your understanding of design systems? Do you want your team at work or your manager to look to you as crucial for leading the effort towards unlocking more efficiency and consistency?
Start by learning just enough to take action. Every day, you’ll receive some simple premises and a few examples to get you thinking about design systems in a different and clear way—no more than 2 minutes of reading each day. Prime your brain with fresh ideas for how you can make an impact on and with your design system.
24 days of lessons
01
What is a design system?
02
What isn’t a design system?
03
Drink your own champagne
04
Eat your own champagne
05
Establish daily standups
06
Gather intel and insight
07
Evaluate maturity
08
Calculate return on investment (ROI)
09
Recalculate return on investment (ROI)
10
Consolidate goals
11
Volunteer as tribute
12
Play together
13
Work together
14
Learn together
15
Single source of whatever
16
The beauty of design tokens
17
The dangers of design tokens
18
Systems of systems
19
Broadcast your progress
20
Design systems on purpose
21
Motion in design systems
22
Accessibility in design ystems
23
Wall of fame
24
You can do it!
About the Instructor
Dan Mall is a seasoned teacher, coach, consultant, creative director, and designer. He previously ran design systems consultancy SuperFriendly for a decade and has taught design systems to thousands of people from companies like Google, Shopify, Nike, Eventbrite, Amazon, Netflix, and more.
Dan lives just outside Philly with his wife, two daughters, and two dogs. He learned how to swim last year and plans to try scuba diving sometime soon.
Level up your design system skills through your inbox each day.
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