Learn Design and Build Systems In 5 Weeks

Learn Design and Build Systems In 5 Weeks

Interface Anatomy is a live, cohort-based course for designers who want to go beyond pretty screens — and build the systems behind them

Course Curriculum

Course Curriculum

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Week 1: Systems First : Orientation, Color & Typography

Week 1: Systems First : Orientation, Color & Typography

Focus: Understanding design systems before jumping into UI creation

What you’ll learn:

  • What design systems actually are in real products

  • Why thinking in systems actually are in real products

  • How this course is structured for practical learning

  • Setting up your Figma workspace for system design

  • Why a systems first approach makes you a better designer

  • Choosing typefaces for systems and understanding the hierarchy

Outcome:
You build a strong foundation in design systems and set up your workspace to designing with clarity and structure.



Focus: Understanding design systems before jumping into UI creation

What you’ll learn:

  • What design systems actually are in real products

  • Why thinking in systems actually are in real products

  • How this course is structured for practical learning

  • Setting up your Figma workspace for system design

  • Why a systems first approach makes you a better designer

  • Choosing typefaces for systems and understanding the hierarchy

Outcome:
You build a strong foundation in design systems and set up your workspace to designing with clarity and structure.

Week 2: Space, Structure & Figma Fundamentals

Week 2: Space, Structure & Figma Fundamentals

Focus: Building strong foundations in layout, responsiveness and scalable UI Systems

What you’ll learn:

  • Understanding spacing systems and layout logic

  • Using grid systems for web and mobile design

  • Applying responsive design principles

  • Establishing consistent spacing rules

  • Understanding component anatomy and structure

  • Common mistakes in Auto Layout and how to avoid them

  • Designing for states and interactions

Outcome:
You gain the ability to create structured, responsive and scalable UI systems that improve consistency, efficiency and overall design quality.





Focus: Building strong foundations in layout, responsiveness and scalable UI Systems

What you’ll learn:

  • Understanding spacing systems and layout logic

  • Using grid systems for web and mobile design

  • Applying responsive design principles

  • Establishing consistent spacing rules

  • Understanding component anatomy and structure

  • Common mistakes in Auto Layout and how to avoid them

  • Designing for states and interactions

Outcome:
You gain the ability to create structured, responsive and scalable UI systems that improve consistency, efficiency and overall design quality.

Week 3: Strategy, Audits & Style Guides

Week 3: Strategy, Audits & Style Guides

Focus: Thinking strategically about design systems, audits and documentation

What you’ll learn:

  • Understanding atomic design and system thinking

  • What an experience audit is and when to use it

  • Audit frameworks and practical checklists

  • Difference between a style guide and a design system

  • Making effective documentation decisions

  • Single Brand v/s Multi Brand Systems

  • Planning your system architecture

Outcome:
You develop the ability to think strategically, evaluate products critically, and document design systems in a way that teams can actually use and scale.





Focus: Thinking strategically about design systems, audits and documentation

What you’ll learn:

  • Understanding atomic design and system thinking

  • What an experience audit is and when to use it

  • Audit frameworks and practical checklists

  • Difference between a style guide and a design system

  • Making effective documentation decisions

  • Single Brand v/s Multi Brand Systems

  • Planning your system architecture

Outcome:
You develop the ability to think strategically, evaluate products critically, and document design systems in a way that teams can actually use and scale.

Week 4: Tokens, Governance & System Maturity

Week 4: Tokens, Governance & System Maturity

Focus: Scaling, maintaining and operationalizing design system.

What you’ll learn:

  • What design tokens are and why they matter

  • Understanding token types : primitive, semantic and component

  • Handling developer handoff inside Figma

  • How design systems evolve over time

  • Design systems adoption strategies

  • Maintaining systems in growing organizations

Outcome:
You learn how to scale, maintain and drive adoption of design systems, making them usable, sustainable and impactful within real-world teams and organizations





Focus: Scaling, maintaining and operationalizing design system.

What you’ll learn:

  • What design tokens are and why they matter

  • Understanding token types : primitive, semantic and component

  • Handling developer handoff inside Figma

  • How design systems evolve over time

  • Design systems adoption strategies

  • Maintaining systems in growing organizations

Outcome:
You learn how to scale, maintain and drive adoption of design systems, making them usable, sustainable and impactful within real-world teams and organizations.

Week 5: AI, Career & Business

Week 5: AI, Career & Business

Focus: Leveraging AI, building career narratives, and understanding business as a designer.

What you’ll learn:

  • AI assisted workflows for design systems

  • Using cursor for generating components

  • Using Claude and GPT Codex for documentation and tokens

  • Writing effective prompts and evaluating real outputs

  • Positioning your portfolio for design system roles

  • Transitioning from individual contributor to consultant or founder

  • Key lessons from building a design education business

Outcome:
You learn how to use AI effectively, present your work to land opportunities, and think strategically about your growth as a designer in both career and business context.





Focus: Leveraging AI, building career narratives, and understanding business as a designer.

What you’ll learn:

  • AI assisted workflows for design systems

  • Using cursor for generating components

  • Using Claude and GPT Codex for documentation and tokens

  • Writing effective prompts and evaluating real outputs

  • Positioning your portfolio for design system roles

  • Transitioning from individual contributor to consultant or founder

  • Key lessons from building a design education business

Outcome:
You learn how to use AI effectively, present your work to land opportunities, and think strategically about your growth as a designer in both career and business context.

[Plan]

Unlock the Experience That Suits You

Unlock the Experience That Suits You

Anatomy Base

Entry level access with a very essential perks included.

Only 70 Seats

What's included

12 live sessions cohort with Rajat Patel

Full curriculum: interface building plus design systems from scratch

Weekly assignments and checkpoints

Component library build: tokens, components, states, scalability

Design system strategy: architecture, atomic design, planning

Experience Audits: Frameworks, Execution and Insights

Style guide creation: documentation, rules, and communication

Token system build: primitives, semantic and component tokens

Design System QA, Testing, and Developer Handoff

Community access for cohort discussions and support

Certificate on meeting completion criteria

Lifetime access to recordings and resources

Anatomy Base

Entry level access with a very essential perks included.

Only 70 Seats

What's included

12 live sessions cohort with Rajat Patel

Full curriculum: interface building plus design systems from scratch

Weekly assignments and checkpoints

Component library build: tokens, components, states, scalability

Portfolio ready capstone packaging System walkthrough, documentation audit, final presentation

Advanced system extension Dark mode or second theme, accessibility pass, complex states

Advanced system extension Dark mode or second theme, accessibility pass, complex states

Using Claude and GPT Codex for documentation and tokens

Integrating AI without losing design judgement

Private Pro community group

Pro Certificate on meeting completion criteria

Priority review lane for assignments

Anatomy Base

Entry level access with a very essential perks included.

Only 70 Seats

What's included

12 live sessions cohort with Rajat Patel

Full curriculum: interface building plus design systems from scratch

Weekly assignments and checkpoints

Component library build: tokens, components, states, scalability

Design system strategy: architecture, atomic design, planning

Experience Audits: Frameworks, Execution and Insights

Style guide creation: documentation, rules, and communication

Token system build: primitives, semantic and component tokens

Design System QA, Testing, and Developer Handoff

Community access for cohort discussions and support

Certificate on meeting completion criteria

Lifetime access to recordings and resources

Anatomy Pro

Top-tier luxury treatment with exclusive benefits.

Only 30 seats

What's included

Everything in Anatomy Base

15 day extended track for deeper build and polish

Smaller cohort, higher feedback frequency

Component library build: tokens, components, states, scalability

Portfolio ready capstone packaging System walkthrough, documentation audit, final presentation

Advanced system extension Dark mode or second theme, accessibility pass, complex states

Advanced system extension Dark mode or second theme, accessibility pass, complex states

Using Claude and GPT Codex for documentation and tokens

Integrating AI without losing design judgement

Private Pro community group

Pro Certificate on meeting completion criteria

Priority review lane for assignments

Anatomy Pro

Top-tier luxury treatment with exclusive benefits.

Only 30 seats

What's included

Everything in Anatomy Base

15 day extended track for deeper build and polish

Smaller cohort, higher feedback frequency

Component library build: tokens, components, states, scalability

Portfolio ready capstone packaging System walkthrough, documentation audit, final presentation

Advanced system extension Dark mode or second theme, accessibility pass, complex states

Advanced system extension Dark mode or second theme, accessibility pass, complex states

Using Claude and GPT Codex for documentation and tokens

Integrating AI without losing design judgement

Private Pro community group

Pro Certificate on meeting completion criteria

Priority review lane for assignments

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