Bringing systems, strategy, & training together for teams building what comes next.

Bringing systems, strategy, and training together for teams building what comes next.

A good design system makes better products possible, and makes the people building them quicker and more sure of their own decisions.

We work on the foundations underneath: components and tokens, governance, the workflows that keep a system healthy, and the training that helps your team run it without us in the room.

What we do /

Systems are our thing.

People are the point.

Every engagement mixes those differently, depending on where a team is in the life of their system. Some come to us with a library that needs restructuring. Some have the library already and need a team that knows how to run it. And some have a design system strategy question that has to be settled before any of the building makes sense.

What we do /

Systems are our thing.

People are the point.

Every engagement mixes those differently, depending on where a team is in the life of their system. Some come to us with a library that needs restructuring. Some have the library already and need a team that knows how to run it. And some have a design system strategy question that has to be settled before any of the building makes sense.

What we do /

Systems are our thing.

People are the point.

Every engagement mixes those differently, depending on where a team is in the life of their system. Some come to us with a library that needs restructuring. Some have the library already and need a team that knows how to run it. And some have a design system strategy question that has to be settled before any of the building makes sense.

What we do /

Systems are our thing.

People are the point.

Every engagement mixes those differently, depending on where a team is in the life of their system. Some come to us with a library that needs restructuring. Some have the library already and need a team that knows how to run it. And some have a design system strategy question that has to be settled before any of the building makes sense.

Services

We love big, ambitious projects. We work alongside teams on component architecture, token structure, governance, and the harder questions that come with a design system read by designers, engineers, and AI agents alike. That last group is new, and it raises the stakes on precise naming.

Systems /

Audits

Architecture

Tokens

Documentation

Governance

AI + code

Systems /

Audits

Architecture

Tokens

Documentation

Governance

AI + code

Strategy /

System strategy

Brand + product

Roadmapping

Team structure

Adoption + rollout

Executive alignment

Strategy /

System strategy

Brand + product

Roadmapping

Team structure

Adoption + rollout

Executive alignment

Training /

Design tooling

System training

Team workshops

Cross-tool workflows

Live cohorts

Custom training

Training /

Design tooling

System training

Team workshops

Cross-tool workflows

Live cohorts

Custom training

Our design team couldn’t be happier with Baseline’s guidance. Everyone now has a strong understanding of the tooling and components behind our work, and we were even able to build our internal design system along the way. Baseline was thoughtful, clear, and incredibly helpful throughout. We’d highly recommend partnering with them for Figma training and design systems work.

Skye Gould

Managing Editor, Graphics, The Athletic

Our design team couldn’t be happier with Baseline’s guidance. Everyone now has a strong understanding of the tooling and components behind our work, and we were even able to build our internal design system along the way. Baseline was thoughtful, clear, and incredibly helpful throughout. We’d highly recommend partnering with them for Figma training and design systems work.

Skye Gould

Managing Editor, Graphics, The Athletic

Our design team couldn’t be happier with Baseline’s guidance. Everyone now has a strong understanding of the tooling and components behind our work, and we were even able to build our internal design system along the way. Baseline was thoughtful, clear, and incredibly helpful throughout. We’d highly recommend partnering with them for Figma training and design systems work.

Skye Gould

Managing Editor, Graphics, The Athletic

About us /

We keep the team small.

Not the thinking.

We're a small team of senior practitioners who stay close to the work, with a few trusted people we bring in when a project calls for it.

About us /

We keep the team small.

Not the thinking.

We're a small team of senior practitioners who stay close to the work, with a few trusted people we bring in when a project calls for it.

About us /

We keep the team small.

Not the thinking.

We're a small team of senior practitioners who stay close to the work, with a few trusted people we bring in when a project calls for it.

About us /

We keep the team small.

Not the thinking.

We're a small team of senior practitioners who stay close to the work, with a few trusted people we bring in when a project calls for it.

Our team

We're small by design. The people you meet are the people doing the work, and we stay close to the details the whole way through. When a project calls for something beyond our core team, we bring in trusted specialists we know and love working with.

Baseline was founded by Joey Banks, whose background spans design systems leadership at Twitter and Webflow and time as a Designer Advocate at Figma. We know what good looks like, and we know how hard it is to get there.

Joey Banks

Founder, CEO

Joey Banks

Founder, CEO

Kristen Banks

Kristen Banks

COO

COO

Murphy Trueman

Murphy Trueman

Dir. Design Systems

Dir. Design Systems

Noelle Lansford

Noelle Lansford

Strategic Partner, Shep

Strategic Partner, Shep

1500+

trainings completed since 2020

750+

companies we've partnered with

10+

years teaching systems & tooling

3,200+

people taught through
our live courses

live course participants

Writing /

Notes on design systems

Writing from inside the work: what's changing, what still holds, and what the day-to-day looks like right now.

Writing /

Notes on design systems

Writing from inside the work: what's changing, what still holds, and what the day-to-day looks like right now.

Writing /

Notes on design systems

Writing from inside the work: what's changing, what still holds, and what the day-to-day looks like right now.

Writing /

Notes on design systems

Writing from inside the work: what's changing, what still holds, and what the day-to-day looks like right now.

Contact us /

Let's work together

Tell us where your team's at and what you're running into. There's no wrong stage to reach out at, whether you're partway through a stalled rollout or just starting to picture what a system could be. We'll tell you honestly if we're the right fit.

Contact us /

Let's work together

Tell us where your team's at and what you're running into. There's no wrong stage to reach out at, whether you're partway through a stalled rollout or just starting to picture what a system could be. We'll tell you honestly if we're the right fit.

Contact us /

Let's work together

Tell us where your team's at and what you're running into. There's no wrong stage to reach out at, whether you're partway through a stalled rollout or just starting to picture what a system could be. We'll tell you honestly if we're the right fit.

Contact us /

Let's work together

Tell us where your team's at and what you're running into. There's no wrong stage to reach out at, whether you're partway through a stalled rollout or just starting to picture what a system could be. We'll tell you honestly if we're the right fit.

Notes on systems, craft, and the people behind them.

Made by hand in Framer

© 2026 Baseline Design, LLC

Notes on systems, craft, and the people behind them.

Made by hand in Framer

© 2026 Baseline Design, LLC

Notes on systems, craft, and the people behind them.

Made by hand in Framer

© 2026 Baseline Design, LLC

Notes on systems, craft, and the people behind them.

Made by hand in Framer

© 2026 Baseline Design, LLC