AI & Design Systems
- Level
- Beginner
- Language
- English
- Where
- Hobo Hotel
- Length
- 7,5 h
THE WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT. You can email jani@grandone.fi to be put on a waiting list in case there are cancellations.
AI is here whether we’re ready or not. It’s powerful—and that means it can make a huge mess when it collides with an organization’s standards, constraints, and realities.
Design systems help teams ship consistent, high-quality UI by providing shared language, reusable parts, and guardrails across design and engineering. In this workshop we’ll combine those forces: use AI with design systems to strengthen foundations, improve product work, and responsibly explore what’s next.
The workshop will be led by Brad Frost, one of the world’s leading experts on design systems and the author of Atomic Design. He will also deliver a keynote at Grand One AI Day on October 29. Masterclass participants receive a 15% discount on AI Day tickets (cannot be combined with other discounts).
Please note: maximum number of participants for this workshop is 40. There will be an assistant teacher alongside Brad to help with the exercises.
The workshop is held in Hobo Hotel in Helsinki. Lunch with the teacher and other participants is included.
Who is this course for?
This course is for anyone invested in the success of digital products at your organization. Whether you’re a designer, developer, product owner, manager, or leader, you’ll learn how AI & design systems work together to help you create better digital products.
What to expect?
- A taught, practical day: concepts + examples + hands-on exercises
- Real demos: prompts, workflows, and “how this actually works at a company”
- Discussion + Q&A throughout (not just at the end)
- Artifacts you can reuse: checklists, prompts, and a playbook outline
What you’ll learn
- Cut through the AI hype learn the core concepts for using design systems and AI together
- Identify the 3 core use cases for AI + design systems
- Use AI to audit and strengthen design system foundations (tokens, components, docs)
- Use AI to audit and strengthen design system foundations (tokens, components, docs)
- Apply a context-based design systems workflow across the entire product lifecycle
- Learn how to operationalize DS+AI in your organization’s workflow
- Create a culture of flexibility and adaptability in an ever-changing technology landscape
Course teacher
Brad Frost
Brad Frost makes things and helps people. He’s a web designer & developer, speaker, writer, teacher, consultant, musician, artist, and enthusiasm enthusiast located in beautiful Pittsburgh, PA. He is the author of Atomic Design, which introduces a methodology to create and maintain effective design systems. He helps digital designers and developers level up through online courses about design systems, design tokens, frontend development, collaboration, and more. He hosts the Wake Up Excited! podcast where he talks to exuberant people about living a creative and fulfilling life. Not short on projects and passions, Brad’s created projects like the Open Up Podcast, Cold Album Drumming, Frostapalooza, Style Guides Podcast, Pattern Lab, Styleguides.io, This Is Responsive, Death to Bullshit, and more.
LinkedIn WebsiteTestimonials from Brad’s workshops
“Brad ran a fantastic two-day workshop with our team and struck the perfect balance between design and engineering. His thoughtful and pragmatic approach really resonated with us.”
Chris Saint-Amant
Manager UI Engineering at Netflix
“Brad is a long-time trusted expert in Design Systems, who literally wrote the book on Atomic Design. He’s one of the most knowledgeable people in this space, and this paired with his depth and knowledge of Figma makes him a perfect person to run a deep-dive course on Design Systems.”
Noah Levin
VP of Product Design, Figma
“Brad has been instrumental in advancing the concept of design tokens and design systems. I am constantly referring to Brad’s talks and articles, especially the article about a three-tiered approach to design tokens. Brad and Ian are amazing teachers and writers so I know this course will be amazing.”
Danny Banks
Creator of Style Dictionary, Design Systems Architect at Amazon
“It was definitely worth the investment, and Brad really went above and beyond what we expected from him.”
Mike Aparicio
Groupon
“Brad’s design system workshop helped inform, inspire, and enabled us to create working, tangible deliverables…”
Ben Ramsey
Experience Design Manager, Abercrombie & Fitch
What you’ll take away
- Hands-on practice with real design challenges (not theory)
- Proven frameworks you’ll use immediately in your work
- Miro workspace with templates, exercises, and resources
- Complete workshop materials as PDFs for reference
- Practical techniques that fit your existing workflow
What to bring
- A laptop + your preferred note-taking tool
- Optional but helpful: Figma, a code editor, and access to your design system docs
- AI tool access (Claude recommended; other LLMs are fine)
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