Designlab classes

Designlab

Designlab teaches in-demand UX/UI design skills through fun, part-time, online courses. Courses consist primarily of hands-on projects and 1-on-1 mentorship from expert designers. Designlab mentors offer students timely feedback on work and even have the ability to Skype with students regularity to provide guidance. Designlab’s community of mentors includes top industry professionals from companies like Twitter, Airbnb, Dropbox, and more.

Designlab courses are self-paced, so students can complete the readings/projects on their unique schedule. Students have the option to begin with introductory courses, or jump straight into UX Research & Strategy, UI Design, UX Interaction Design or other offerings.The courses are especially helpful for developers, product managers, entrepreneurs, marketers, aspiring designers and those working on web/mobile products

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Designlab Courses & Classes

  • In this 4-week part-time, online course built for design beginners, you’ll learn about the fundamentals of color theory, typography, and layout in web design, gain familiarity with the design tool of your choice (Photoshop, Sketch, or Illustrator), hone your skills & start building your portfolio with a series of hands-on projects, and work 1-on-1 with an expert mentor. Your mentor will give you written feedback…
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  • The ​course ​takes ​you ​through ​the ​process ​of ​designing ​user ​interfaces ​from ​scratch. ​You ​will ​start ​by becoming ​familiar ​with ​Sketch ​and ​its ​available features ​by ​creating ​existing ​UI ​elements ​and interfaces ​using ​the ​tool. ​As ​you ​work ​through ​the ​course, ​you ​will ​also ​create ​your ​own ​UI ​elements before ​diving ​into ​designing ​the ​interface ​for ​entire ​apps. ​To ​complement ​the ​highly ​practical aspects ​of…
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  • UX Academy is an intensive online design program catered towards career-switchers looking to get their first UX/UI/product design role. You’ll complete over 480 hours of coursework, develop a portfolio, and hone your skills through 1-on-1 mentorship, peer Group Critiques, and Career Services. The program is broken into 2 main phases. Phase 1 is devoted to skills building, through a series of 40-60 hour modules that…
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  • In this 4-week online course, you’ll learn the basics of UX and user-centered design, explore the core research techniques professionals use to gain customer insight, and get experience by working on hands-on projects. You’ll develop your UX portfolio, create deliverables like personas, storyboards, customer journey maps, & empathy maps, and work 1-on-1 with an expert mentor, with feedback on all your work and weekly Skype…
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  • In this 4-week online course you’ll develop an eye for seeing, and a language for talking about, interaction design. You’ll become familiar with human interface guidelines, principles of usability and fundamental interaction design details. You’ll also practice evaluating if and how interactions can be improved. Finally, you’ll develop a portfolio to demonstrate your interaction design prowess. As with all Designlab courses, you’ll work 1-on-1 with…
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