Overview

How Designer In You maps Book + Lab across color, type, and layout.

Designer In You is a Book + Lab companion for product design decisions. Color is the deepest domain today, with typography following the same loop. Learn why, experiment, lock a system. AI can streamline later. First you need the craft.

What this guide covers#

The guide is organized by decision domain:

  • Color — perception, spaces, gamuts, contrast, and shipping OKLCH.
  • Typography — modular scales, measure, leading, and exportable type tokens.

Each domain pairs chapters with a live lab. Studio sits across domains as the place decisions become a system.

How to read it#

Read color in order the first time — chapters build. Other domains can be opened when you need them. Every chapter is also usable as a reference later.

From theory to the labs#

Use this map when you want the interactive version of a concept:

DomainConceptLab
ColorOKLCH, palettes, contrast/colors
TypeModular scale, measure, leading/type
SystemTokens on live UI/studio