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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)

Anonymous
Graduated: 2023

12/18/2023

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UX Academy Foundations

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"great intro course"

the foundations course was exactly what i was looking for to get started. i really appreciate how easily accessible designlab makes this course, it's not a huge commitment off the bat but a trial incase you decide to continue afterwards. the course itself... Read More

Anonymous
Graduated: 2023

12/8/2023

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UX Academy Foundations

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"very good for beginners with no experience"

- beginner friendly - content is easily digestible - some videos and examples were very complicated and did not really connect with the topic of the unit - my mentor was great - really easy UI to navigate - very baseline content, not too much detail on... Read More

Joseph Maxwell Roach
Graduated: 2023

12/8/2023

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UX Academy Foundations

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"Design Lab Foundations Course"

The Foundations Course offered be DesignLab was invaluable in breaking into the UX/UI industry. Without the skills I learned in this course, I would have been in way over my head for the UX/UI Academy! The assignments progressively got more difficult,... Read More

Nadia Metelitsa
Graduated: 2023

12/7/2023

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UX Academy Foundations

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"Solid fundamentals with hands on projects and mentor support"

I took UX Foundations course by DesignLab to get acquainted with the world of UI UX design and see whether it could be a good march for me to make a career change. The course itself is pretty solid, it introduces basic design principles followed by short... Read More

Abigail Mansel
Graduated: 2023

12/7/2023

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UX Academy Foundations

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"UX Basics"

UX Foundations was a great way to see if I wanted to if I wanted to make a career pivot without committing to a UX Academy. I like that I had a mentor to give me feedback and the projects where challenging enough to make things interesting. I would recommend... Read More

Jeffrey
Sr.Motion Designer | Graduated: 2023

12/6/2023

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"UX Foundation of Designlab"

Mentorship programs is amazing. He keeps you on track and eligibility to ask offline questions are deffinitly a huge plus handsdown. 2nd advantage is scheduling. We have one week of completing the assignment it could be submitted any day before the due... Read More

Anonymous
Graduated: 2023

12/5/2023

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UX Academy Foundations

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"Supportive learning experience"

I really enjoyed the Foundations course with DesignLab. I committed myself full time and successfully completed the material in 4 weeks as I planned. The material was dense enough to learn some basics and make me feel confident on my path. I do suggest... Read More

Anonymous
Graduated: 2023

12/4/2023

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UX Academy Foundations

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"Going through and graduating from Designlab's UX Foundations was an incredible experience!"

The structure of Designlab's UX Foundations course is excellently crafted! The lessons from reading, how to videos and hands on projects are well curated and it really made my professional designer skills to expand and emerge. I found the team at Designlab... Read More

Anonymous
Graduated: 2023

12/1/2023

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UX Academy Foundations

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"Great online course to start leaning UI!"

I am new to UX/ui design and I really enjoyed this course! The units were well put together and gave you a good understanding of the subject matter! Having a mentor and being able to have a meeting with them during each unit is really what, I think, makes... Read More

Anonymous
Graduated: 2023

12/1/2023

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UX Academy Foundations

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"Interesting, well-paced, with just the right amount of challenge."

I really enjoyed the UX Academy Foundations course through DesignLab. I liked the fact that this program was separate from the full UX Academy and focused exclusively on UI/design. I felt like it covered a lot of information in a rigorous but not overwhelming... Read More

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