Design systems

Design Systems Anatomy Lab

Map tokens, slots, and documentation rituals so designers and engineers share one vocabulary.

Duration: 6 weeks · hybrid critique blocks
Format: Cohort + paired labs
Price (informational): KRW 1,890,000

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Design Systems Anatomy Lab — mentor-led studio still

Overview

This studio block treats a design system like an organism: naming layers, slot contracts, and release cadences. You pair with another participant to reverse-engineer public libraries, then rebuild a slice with critique checkpoints every week.

Included focus

  • Token naming labs with live linting exercises
  • Slot API sketches for compound components
  • Documentation templates tuned for handoff
  • Versioning playbooks for breaking changes
  • Critique rubrics focused on reuse, not taste
  • Office hours with a design system lead
  • Async Loom reviews when schedules drift

Outcomes

  1. Publish a token sheet your team can adopt
  2. Draft a component contract engineers can implement
  3. Run a critique using the studio rubric

Lead mentor

Avatar for Haneul Park

Haneul Park

Former product designer turned UX engineer; ships component libraries for mobility teams.

FAQ

Comfort with HTML/CSS and a willingness to read JSX is enough. We do not cover advanced state patterns.
We do not host a cloud component registry or pay for third-party design tool seats—bring your own licenses.
We match complementary skill gaps after an intake survey; swaps are allowed once mid-program.

Participant notes

“The Anatomy Lab forced me to write token rationale beside each swatch—something I skipped before. Pair critiques on slot APIs were dense but fair.”
Mira K. · Product designer · Seoul mobility collective · 5/5 · survey
“Week four critique on naming layers still shows up in our guild channel. Wish we had one more async video on release notes.”
Leo · 4/5