Design
Decision Entropy
Design systems and strategy for complex products
Instructor
Usama Zahid
Program overview
Every unnecessary component raises the uncertainty a user feels. Learn to build design systems, design complex SaaS interfaces, write case studies and position yourself for serious client work.
Tuition
Rs120,0006 monthly payments of Rs 50,000
What's included
- ✓72 hours of live instruction
- ✓Weekly 1-on-1 mentor sessions
- ✓Design system project with full review
- ✓Published case study with editorial feedback
- ✓Proposal and pricing templates
- ✓Community access
Next cohort
2027-02-01
Everything in your enrollment
- ✓72 hours of live instruction
- ✓Weekly 1-on-1 mentor sessions
- ✓Design system project with full review
- ✓Published case study with editorial feedback
- ✓Proposal and pricing templates
- ✓Community access
What you'll study
24 weeks · Advanced · 72+ hours of mentor-led content
Design tokens, Figma variables, naming conventions, spacing, type and colour scales, light and dark themes. Deliverable: A token set and foundations file.
What you'll learn
Concrete skills — not vague promises.
- ✓Build a design system with tokens, variables and light and dark themes
- ✓Design components with variants and states and document usage rules
- ✓Design a dashboard with tables, filters and charts that reduces user decision load
- ✓Audit a live product for decision entropy, trust friction and perception gaps and present the findings
- ✓Write and publish a case study that shows the problem, the decisions and the result
- ✓Scope a project, write a proposal and price it with a clear flat-fee structure
- ✓Position yourself for founder clients with a one-line offer and a portfolio built around it
Your instructor
Pakalign StudioFounder of IOP digital & IOP academy
Usama Zahid
Brand & Product Designer
Usama is a brand and product designer with 6 years in the industry, 150+ projects and 60+ clients. He studied Physics before design, and it shaped his approach: he looks for the invisible force behind a visible result. His branding starts with positioning, deciding what a stranger must believe in the first four seconds before any logo is drawn. His product design starts with effort, removing the steps that add doubt and keeping the ones that build trust. He teaches the same way he works. See first, then learn the tools.
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Tuition
Rs120,0006 monthly payments of Rs 50,000
2027-02-01
Prerequisites
Portfolio with at least two shipped UI projects. Four Seconds is recommended.
Refund policy
14-day full refund.
Common questions
Specific to this program.
No. It is the capstone of the ladder and assumes solid UI and product design skills.
A design system and one published case study.
Plan for 10 to 12 hours: two live sessions, project work and one mentor call.
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Rs120,0006 monthly payments of Rs 50,000
What's included
- ✓72 hours of live instruction
- ✓Weekly 1-on-1 mentor sessions
- ✓Design system project with full review
- ✓Published case study with editorial feedback
- ✓Proposal and pricing templates
- ✓Community access
Next cohort
2027-02-01
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