← Ray Tao

A design system for myself

Oct 4, 2026

Every new experiment starts with the same blank page. New type. New color. New radius. I spend the first hour remaking decisions I have already made.

I want a design system that is just for me. Not a product library. A personal kit I can practise in — typography, motion, spacing, the quiet parts of branding — until my side projects feel like they came from the same person.

I want it polished. I want it beautiful. I want it to hold my experiments so I can spend the time on the idea, not the foundation.

This is the start of that. Notes first. Then the pieces.