Introducing Subatomic: The Complete Guide To Design Tokens
BIG NEWS! We’re hard at work making an online course called Subatomic: The Complete Guide To Design Tokens.
Over the past decade, Ian Frost and I have created design token systems for dozens of organizations — including some of the largest organizations in the world — to help them power their multi-product, multi-brand, multi-platform, multi-generation, Multi-All-The-Things product landscapes.
We’ve have seen so many design system teams struggle to establish/evolve a solid design token architecture, which is why we’re so excited to create this comprehensive course. We want to save teams time, money, and agony by sharing all of our hard-earned lessons, core concepts, Figma and code architecture, naming conventions, and processes to help teams successfully create and maintain robust design token systems.
What’s in the course
We’re going deep and providing everything we possibly can to set teams up for design tokens success. The course includes:
- Over 10 hours of in-depth videos
- Figma & code sample architecture
- Naming & governance workflows
- PDF with examples and resources
- Certificate of completion
- Live team training option
In my opinion, the sample Figma and code architecture alone is worth the price of admission. This architecture has been vetted and iterated over with dozens of teams, and our consulting clients leap for joy whenever we bust these assets out. In our experience, having a jumping off point that isn’t overly-prescriptive is the sweet spot, and that’s what we’re aiming for with this entire course. Solid foundational knowledge backed up by working architecture that teams can take forward and customize to their organization’s specific needs.
Taking Preorders Now
Ian and I are hard at work putting the course together and are aiming to have the first chapters out in January. While we produce the course, we’re offering limited preorders to passionate design system practitioners that are eager to elevate their game and want to come along this journey with us. Preordering the course gets you:
- Over 25% off the full price
- Exclusive videos with tips, mistakes to avoid, resources, and homework while we put the full course together
- First access to course content as it becomes available
- Help shape the course as its made by giving us feedback
- Access to a private Slack channel
- Our eternal gratitude for supporting us
Sign up for the email list to preorder the course and/or to stay in the loop. We’re going to be sharing plenty of design tokens tips and resources along with course updates along the way.
An exciting format
This is a new adventure! I’m incredibly excited for so many reasons, including diving into this new format.
We’ve done so much work co-creating and consulting with SO MANY TEAMS through so many client engagements. On top of that, I’ve run countless workshops at conferences, companies, and online events. I’ve even made a Skillshare class, a video series, and many other projects.
But here’s the thing: there’s never been enough time. Due to the pesky laws of physics, time, and space, we always run out of runway. I’ve long wanted to go deep and comprehensive with a number of topics, and the online course format finally gives us a chance to do just that. WE ARE SO FREAKING PUMPED.
The course website was a hell of a lot of fun to make and shows off what design tokens can unlock for you:
So head over there and sign up to the newsletter to get preorder info and hop on the tokens train with us.
Struggling with tokens? Have questions about the course? Email us at courses@bradfrost.com or reach us on Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Mastodon and we’ll get back to you.
Here we go!