About Freshdesign

Built for the AI era of design

FreshDS started from a simple observation: AI coding tools are fast, but they still start from scratch every time. We're changing that.

Our mission

Give every team a production-ready head start

Design systems have always been the secret weapon of great product teams. But they take months to build and years to maintain — a luxury only large engineering orgs could afford.

Freshdesign changes the equation. Set your brand colors once. Get a complete, token-driven design system that every AI coding tool can use out of the box. No more blank canvas. No more reinventing buttons.

We believe the next generation of products will be built by small, focused teams moving fast with AI. FreshDS is the foundation they need to move fast without sacrificing quality.

  • 2022
    Design systems consulting begins
    Started building custom design systems for enterprise product teams, learning what slows teams down at every stage.
  • 2024
    First pattern library prototype
    Built the first version of the pattern library to share reusable layouts across consulting clients.
  • 2025
    FreshDS v1 — AI-first architecture
    Rebuilt the system from scratch with token-driven theming designed specifically for AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor.
  • 2026
    Private beta — limited seats
    Opened access to a small group of product teams. 100 seats. Actively iterating with early users.
What we believe

Principles behind every decision

Tokens over hardcodes
Every color, size, and spacing value is a token. Brand changes propagate everywhere — no manual find-and-replace, no drift.
Framework-agnostic
Standard web components work with React, Vue, Svelte, plain HTML — or whatever your AI coding tool generates. No lock-in.
Patterns, not just components
Components are building blocks. What teams need are complete, real-world patterns — auth flows, dashboards, onboarding, AI interfaces.
The maker

Built by a designer who codes

Freshdesign is a solo product. That means every decision — from the token architecture to the pattern library to this website — is made by one person who cares deeply about quality.

No committee. No lowest-common-denominator decisions. Just a strong point of view on what good design systems look like, refined over years of doing this work with real teams.

If you want to talk shop, explore consulting, or share feedback on FreshDS — we'd love to hear from you.

RS
Raj Sidharthan
Founder · UX designer & design systems specialist

Ten years building products and design systems for enterprise teams. I've worked across healthcare, fintech, and SaaS — always coming back to the same problem: great design systems are too hard to build and too easy to break. FreshDS is my attempt to fix that.

Ready to see it in action?

Browse 100+ patterns, or request access to start building with your own brand tokens.

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