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Build a working design system — tokens, components, documentation and governance — on a real product, in 10 days.
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Figma Advanced: Variables, Modes & Dev Mode — 10-Day Weekend Workshop
Move from Figma user to Figma architect — variables, modes, advanced components, libraries and handoffs that engineers praise. A professionals-only cohort of 15, five weekends of hands-on studio work, and an artifact you leave with — not just notes.
Workshop at a glance
- Format: 10 days across 5 weekends (Sat & Sun) — live, hands-on studio sessions, never passive lectures
- Cohort: strictly 15 professionals — small enough that every person's work is critiqued every weekend
- Next start: upcoming Saturdays
- Fee: ₹15,000 · GST invoice for employer sponsorship · Scholarship Test discounts apply
- You leave with: a real, portfolio-grade artifact + a completion certificate with a verifiable ID
How the 10 days run
Weekend by weekend
Every weekend follows the studio rhythm: teach → build → critique. You work on a real project throughout — yours or a live brief — so learning compounds instead of evaporating.
Weekend 1 · Architecture mindset
File and library structure, naming systems, the timed baseline rebuild — we measure your speed now to beat it later.
Weekend 2 · Auto layout & components deep-dive
Complex responsive components, slots and composition patterns; rebuild drills with live critique.
Weekend 3 · Variables & modes
Token variables, light/dark and density modes, platform theming — wire a real kit end to end.
Weekend 4 · Dev Mode & collaboration
Annotations, measurements, code-connect thinking; an engineer joins to review your handoff cold.
Weekend 5 · Speed & showcase
The final timed rebuild against your baseline, library publishing ceremony, and portfolio-ready documentation of your kit.
What you'll learn
Skills you'll actually use on Monday
- Variables and modes: theming, density, platform switching
- Advanced auto layout and responsive component architecture
- Library strategy: structure, publishing, versioning
- Dev Mode mastery: annotations engineers actually read
- File hygiene and performance at scale
What you'll leave with
Artifacts, not just notes
- A themed, mode-switching component kit
- A published team library with governance notes
- A timed rebuild that proves your speed doubled
Who should attend
- Working designers who plateaued at intermediate Figma
- Design system contributors
- Freelancers whose files must impress clients
Why only 15 seats
Small on purpose
Fifteen is the largest cohort where every participant's work can be critiqued live, every weekend, by the facilitator and peers. Bigger rooms turn workshops into webinars — and webinars don't change how you work.
Weekends only, because this is built for working professionals: no leave applications, no career pause — just ten deliberate days that compound.
Your facilitator
Staff Interaction DesignerGlobal tech GCC · 10 yrs
Specialties: Motion & prototyping
“Craft obsessive; pixel courtroom judge.”
Placeholder archetype — publish the real, consented facilitator profile before launch.
Workshop FAQ
Straight answers
How advanced is advanced?
You should use components and auto layout daily; if Figma is new to you, start with our Certificate course instead.
Why a workshop instead of YouTube?
Speed and structure come from drills under critique — the format YouTube cannot provide and employers can feel in your files.
Do the drills use my real work?
Half the drills are standard challenges for fair comparison; the capstone kit can absolutely be your product's.
What is the measurable outcome?
Participants typically cut rebuild time 40–60% between the weekend-one and weekend-five timed drills — you will see your own number.
Professionals also take
Fifteen seats. Five weekends. One skill, properly built.
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