Design is a Party

The Art of Typography

Elizabeth Lin

Building an alternative design school starting with The Art of Visual Design.

Follow my step-by-step process for building a type hierarchy from scratch.

Build effective type hierarchies

Learn to critically analyze and assess examples of typography. What makes a good type pairing?

Evaluate examples of good typography

Tired of using Inter for everything? Practice exploring more creative and advanced type pairings.

Explore creative type pairings with me live

Master Figma, learn app design from zero to 100. Deliver designs faster & with more confidence.

Design products you're proud to share

Apple

Amazon

LinkedIn

Microsoft

GitHub

Nima Tahami

Product Designer (15 years), Instructor (18K+ students), Founder @CueClip.app

Cohort 10

Cohort 11

As a product designer, your process and skills define the speed &amp; quality of designs you deliver. Designing the "easy" way in Figma takes away precious time. This course helps you gain all the necessary skills and tools it offers to build an efficient design process and deliver high-quality designs that "Wow" your product team and end users while leveraging AI.Here's what you'll walk away with by the end of this course:💎 Putting together a design system from scratch💎 Turning concepts into wireframes💎 Structuring your designs using Components, Auto-layout, and Variables💎 Creating responsive designs for web &amp; mobile💎 Leveraging AI (both inside Figma and out) to get more done faster💎 Creating an advanced prototype using Animations and Variables💎 A complete mobile &amp; web app design that you can add to your portfolio What our cohorts look like:✅ A community of like-minded designers✅ Up to 6 months of Figma Professional Features Included ($90 value)✅ Lifetime access to 160+ lectures that you can watch at your own pace✅ 6 Live Zoom sessions for group learning and Q&amp;A as we design together✅ Direct feedback from me in your Figma file

Learn how to craft beautiful product designs faster

Learning how to design apps from scratch

A stunning project for the portfolio

Putting together a design system

You're a designer looking to improve your process!Level up and get quick in using components, auto-layout, variables, and more.

You're looking to switch into product design.You've done some design work or dabbled with UI/UX and now looking to get serious with it.

You're an entrepreneur looking to make a killer app!You have an idea on paper and want to turn it into prototypes to "Wow" investors.

Go from a designer who presents work to a strategic partner who influences what gets built.

Medium's Top Design Writer. Educator.

Medium

Designlab Learning

ADPList

Substack

National Cancer Institute

Kai Wong

Medium's Top Design Writer. 13 Years Defending Design Where UX Wasn't Valued.

May Cohort

June cohort

Most designers do great work. But when they present it, they say "reduced cognitive load" and executives hear "nice to have." They say "user friction" and leadership hears "fix it later."They leave the room. Nothing changes.This isn't a design problem. It's a translation problem. It's why strong designers get ignored, passed over for promotion, and waiting for buy-in. Or stuck in a job search where the portfolio doesn't land."Selling and advocating for design is 50 to 60% of a designer's job." — Director of UX, Ford"You have to translate usability findings into how it's driving your business KPIs." — Design Leader, MastercardMake the Case gives you the frameworks to translate design decisions into the business outcomes leadership needs. It also comes with AI workflows to help apply them without your evenings disappearing.Built from 13 years presenting design in low-UX-maturity environments, pressure-tested with 30 leaders at Target, Ford, Mastercard, Meta, and Amazon.8 sessions over 4 weeks. 60 minutes each, Mondays and Wednesdays. You'll learn pressure-tested frameworks and how to implement them in the same week.By the end, you'll make the case. And it will land.

Great design Doesn't Speak for Itself. Learn to Speak for It.

Connect your design work to business outcomes

Build the business case for your design work, even without perfect data

Turn research findings into decisions, not just data

Make recommendations leadership can't ignore

Structure arguments that hold up under scrutiny

 Adapt your argument for the room you're actually in

Designers who want to use data to bypass office politics to start having a bigger impact

Designers ready to operate at the strategic level, using evidence to shape what gets built, not just how it looks

Designers in low-UX maturity environments who've outgrown relationship-building as their only tool

Unlock the mindset of a UX designer and bring your ideas to life — faster, smarter, and cleaner in just 4 days.

15+ years in UX — now at YouTube

Google

YouTube

Shutterstock

MongoDB

Major League Baseball

Erin Essex

Design Leader at Google | Ex. Product Design Director of MongoDB & Shutterstock

March Cohort

August 2026

Figma has become the go-to tool for modern design teams and solo creators. Whether you’re sketching your very first wireframe or collaborating on polished prototypes, this course will give you the confidence and skills to create, collaborate, and share ideas seamlessly. In just four sessions, you’ll go from beginner to confident user — ready to design smarter and faster.

Ready to transform the way you design in Figma?
 

Master Figmas interface and workflow

Prototype Realistic User Flows & Present with Confidence

Create Clean, Consistent Designs with Certainty

Transform Ideas from Low-Fidelity to High-Fidelity

Build Professional, Reusable Systems

Collaborate Seamlessly in Real Time

Beginners who want to learn Figma from scratch. (PMs, engineers, rising digital designers, etc.)

Startup founders and business owners who want to be hands on and involved in the design and creation of their product.

Graphic designers looking for a new tool and skills for UX/UI, product, and collaborative design.

Learn how designers turn ideas into designs using Claude Code

Product Designer at Eve

Ayon Bhattacharya

Product Designer who does 95% of his work directly in Claude Code (and Cursor)

Founder of Design with AI

Adobe

Etsy

Workday

Xinran Ma

Founder of Design with AI |  3x Author | Startup Advisor

Cohort 1

Designers are increasingly expected to prototype faster, communicate more directly with engineering, and explore product ideas with greater fidelity. However, most AI coding tools are still taught from an engineer-first perspective.This hands-on workshop helps designers bridge that gap by learning practical, hands-on workflows for using Claude Code. You'll learn how to go from ideas to working interfaces, prototypes, and product experiences.Rather than focusing on theory, the session teaches participants how to collaborate effectively with AI tools, structure projects for better outputs, and build confidence working directly in modern AI-native product workflows.You’ll get hands-on practice and support throughout this 2-hour workshop.

Learn how to use Claude Code for designing and prototyping from a Figma file—step by step, hands-on.

Use Claude Code confidently in a real product design workflow.

Turn Figma designs into interactive prototypes faster with AI assistance.

Build faster with workflows that increase design leverage and speed.

Product designers who want to learn how to use Claude Code practically in their day-to-day.

Design leaders who want a hands-on walkthrough of applying Claude Code to real-world workflows.

Anyone who is interested in learning how to use Claude Code to design, think, and build.

Agentic AI

Coding with AI

AI Workflows

Claude Code

OpenClaw

Vibe Coding

AI Evals

AI Transformation

RAG & Search

AI for PMs

AI for Engineers

AI for Designers

AI for Marketers

AI for Founders

Product Sense

Product Discovery

User Research

Prototyping

Growth

Analytics

Tech Foundations

Strategy

Influence

Leadership

Career Growth

Machine Learning

LLM Ops

Context Eng

Security

System Design

Figma

Design Systems

Visual Design

Design Strategy

Automation

Content Marketing

Demand Gen

Go-to-Market

Product Marketing

Positioning

Social Media

Brand

B2B Marketing

SEO & AEO

AI for Leaders

AI Governance

Communication

Management

People Operations

Exec Presence

Storytelling

Goal-setting

Personal Brand

Fundraising

Everyone

Operators

Data Scientists

Business Analysts

User Researchers

Customer Success

Project Managers

HR Professionals

Sales People

Lawyers

Finance

Investors

Real Estate

Educators

Creators

Designers who craft user experiences, interfaces, and visual design.

User researchers conducting interviews, usability studies, and customer research to inform product decisions.

Creating compelling visual identities, illustrations, motion design, and brand-aligned aesthetics.

The Art of Typography

What you'll learn

Why this topic matters

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Elizabeth Lin