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About Designlab

Location: Online

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... Read 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.

Courses

UX Academy

Cost: $7,749
Duration: 15 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

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.

Designlab has just released an updated curriculum for 2022 building on all of the things that have made UX Academy so successful, including 30+ new video tutorials, 60+ new lessons, and over 50 reimagined projects to help you put theory into practice and build a unique, diversified portfolio that contains 4 stellar case-study projects.

The program is broken into 2 main phases.

Phase 1 is devoted to skills building, through a series of 40-60 hour modules that cover the UX design process (topics like User Research, Interaction Design, Prototyping & Testing, UI Design, and more). In Phase 1 you will go through lessons (readings and videos) followed by projects. In total, you'll do 30-40 short projects in the first phase of the course (each module contains many hands-on exercises to help you build skills).

Phase 2 is focused on portfolio-building, through in-depth capstone projects that you work on. You will work on 3 in-depth capstone projects in this portion of the course — end-to-end design projects that help you build on the foundation you developed in Phase 1. You’ll create portfolio deliverables, write case studies, and put it all together with your own online portfolio. We’ll also focus on getting prepared for the next steps: creating a cover letter and resume, cleaning up your online presence, and putting together an action plan for your job search.

Once this core coursework is over, we’ll begin the next stage of the journey: your job search.

We’ll pair you up with your own Career Coach, who will work with you to see where you are in the process — beginning with a skills assessment and a review of your portfolio and job search plan. After this session, your Coach will provide tailored coaching and mentorship each step of the way to help you succeed (additional curriculum to build skills, feedback on portfolios and cover letters, practice interviews and critiques, negotiation help, and more).

Subjects:
Design Principles, Responsive Design, UI Design, UX Design

Advanced Figma

Cost: $699
Duration: 4 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

Become a Figma expert. In this four-week online course, you'll master auto layout, build robust component libraries and design systems, and learn the strategies and workflows of the most skilled and experienced product designers. Each week you'll complete a combination of self-paced lessons and hands-on projects before coming together in weekly scheduled peer group sessions – each led by one of our expert mentors.

Data-Driven Design

Cost: $999
Duration: 6 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

Data forms the foundation of effective product and UX design, empowering designers to shape products that precisely address user needs and enhance user journeys. Moreover, data cultivates collaboration by allowing designers to more effectively communicate with diverse teams and quantify design's impact on business metrics. In this 6-week course, experienced UX/product designers will build strong proficiency utilizing product data – from selecting pertinent metrics to devising experiments, formulating data-informed design improvements, and delivering data-driven insights to colleagues within their organizations. Students will engage in self-paced online lessons and participate in hands-on projects each week. They will also meet with an assigned peer group at a regular, scheduled time. These peer group sessions will be led by a design mentor with expertise in data-driven design and will aid students in refining their project work, addressing outstanding questions, and ultimately gaining the confidence to leverage data in their respective design roles adeptly.

UX Academy Foundations

Cost: $499
Duration: 8 weeks
Locations: Online
Course Description:

Looking to transition your career into the world of UX/UI design? Learning visual and UI design is a great place to start. Through our flexible, 4-8 week UX Academy Foundations course, you'll work 1-on-1 with an expert mentor to learn key visual design concepts and practical skills. Your mentor will give you written feedback on all your work and also meet with you for 8 personalized sessions to further discuss concepts, project work, and the UX/UI industry in general. By the end, you'll have completed a final design challenge which you can use in your application for UX Academy to showcase your newfound knowledge and skills.

Duration: flexible pacing, designed to take you 4-8 weeks

Subjects:
UI Design, UX Design

Designlab Reviews

Average Ratings (All Programs)

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4.75/5 (973 reviews)

Brynn Elliott
Graduated: 2024

1/8/2024

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UX Academy Foundations

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"Foundations a gave me a great jump start to the Academy."

The curriculum was straight forward, easy to follow and could be done at my own pace. My mentor was helpful and took the time to work with me when I had questions. Personally I would have appreciated a few more videos with directions built in, instead... Read More

Dylan Hepburn
Graduated: 2024

1/7/2024

Course
UX Academy Foundations

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Job Support

"Amazing, informative and all around great experience."

Pros -Informative -Engaging community -Well structured Cons - For me personally, time constrictions -Too many small projects clustered together Overall I'd say 8/10. This was a very well made and straight forward program!! I have almost zero complaints... Read More

K. Thornton
Release Manager | Graduated: 2024

1/2/2024

Course
UX Academy Foundations

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Job Support

"Manage the release process from concept to production."

This is a great program if you’re new to UX or if you’re not sure where to start transitioning your career. I like that you have access to a mentor and have 1 face to face session each week. I like that the course is self-paced so you have to control... Read More

Anonymous
Graduated: 2023

12/30/2023

Course
UX Academy Foundations

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"Helpful"

I liked the way this course was structured. It gave me a solid introduction into the world of UX. I would definitely recommend this platform to a friend. My mentor was also very engaging and took her position seriously. I hope to move forward to the UX... Read More

Anonymous
Graduated: 2023

12/29/2023

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UX Academy Foundations

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"UX Academy Foundations"

It was a great adventure studying online with Designlab. I've been looking for places to learn UI/UX, luckily I found Designlab. Even though the process took me more than it should be fore average student, but thankfully I close my 2023 with a graduation... Read More

Meira Eckman
Student | Graduated: 2023

12/27/2023

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UX Academy Foundations

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"I throughly enjoyed my experience at design lab."

I had a lot of fun with design lab, learning UX/UI skills and allowing myself to use it as a creative outlet. My mentor helped me with his skills to better my projects. I found that the material was manageable and very fasiniting. The website was designed... Read More

Matt
Graduated: 2023

12/26/2023

Course
UX Academy Foundations

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Job Support

"Great Introduction into UX/UI Design!"

UX Foundations was a great introduction into UI design tools (Figma, Sketch) and the overall UX/UI design industry. The course was well structured and the projects throughout the course were fun and helpful in learning Figma. My favorite aspect of the... Read More

Denny Alvarez
Service advisor | Graduated: 2023

12/26/2023

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UX Academy

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Job Support

"Advising customers with their vehicles"

All the module are good and easy to follow and all the files for each project were provided, using the Figma online program was actually really good for using it on any computer available without needing to have the personal computer. Learning the program... Read More

Magdalena Wilfort
Digital Marketing Manager | Graduated: 2023

12/21/2023

Course
UX Academy Foundations

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Job Support

"Great course with easy to follow curriculum and instructions."

I really liked how the course was structured, it was easy to follow and it was progressive in terms of task difficulty and how each consecutive module allowed for using the skills learned in previous lessons. I am a big fan of having the sessions with... Read More

Drew Ollero
Operations Manager | Graduated: 2023

12/19/2023

Course
UX Academy Foundations

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"Intensive, but solid content and projects."

Overall, I was pleasantly surprised on the quality of the entire program. As someone new to formal design education, the curriculum was just right. Although the content was mostly asynchronous it was informative and provided opportunities to do additional... Read More

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