Create Interfaces That Feel Natural and Look Beautiful
Learn to craft visual designs that communicate clearly while building the systematic thinking that keeps products consistent as they grow.
Back to HomeWhat This Course Brings to Your Skills
This intensive program helps you develop an eye for visual design while teaching you to think systematically about how interfaces scale. You'll learn not just to make things look appealing, but to understand why certain design choices work better than others and how to maintain consistency across an entire product.
Over eight focused weeks, you'll create a complete app interface and build a design system from scratch. These aren't just portfolio pieces—they're demonstrations of your ability to think through complex design challenges and create solutions that work for both users and development teams.
Visual Confidence
Make intentional design choices with typography, color, and spacing
System Thinking
Build design systems that scale with products and teams
Developer Partnership
Learn handoff practices that make implementation smooth
Common Challenges Visual Designers Face
Many designers who come to this course already have creative skills but want to strengthen their systematic approach to interface design. These are some concerns they often share.
Inconsistency Across Screens
You can design attractive individual screens, but when you step back to look at the full product, things feel inconsistent. Spacing varies, components don't quite match, and you're recreating elements rather than reusing them. You know there must be a better way to maintain coherence.
Difficulty Explaining Design Decisions
You make design choices based on intuition, but struggle to articulate why one approach works better than another. When stakeholders or developers ask questions, you find it hard to defend your decisions beyond saying something "looks better" or "feels right."
Disconnection from Development
Your designs look polished in Figma, but something gets lost in implementation. Developers ask questions you can't answer, or they make changes that compromise the design. You're looking for ways to bridge this gap and ensure your vision translates to the final product.
Scaling Design for Growth
As products grow, maintaining design quality becomes overwhelming. Each new feature requires custom work, and updates mean touching dozens of files. You want to learn how companies create design systems that help products scale without sacrificing consistency or quality.
Our Approach to UI Design Education
This course balances visual design skills with systematic thinking, teaching you to create interfaces that are both aesthetically pleasing and structurally sound.
Visual Design Fundamentals
We start with core principles: typography hierarchy, color theory, spacing systems, and visual weight. You'll learn why certain combinations work harmoniously and others create tension. These aren't arbitrary rules—they're based on how people perceive and process visual information. Through exercises and critique, you'll develop your eye for detail and learn to make design decisions with clear reasoning.
Component-Based Design Thinking
You'll learn atomic design methodology, breaking interfaces into reble components that combine to create consistent experiences. We'll show you how to design buttons, form fields, cards, and navigation patterns that work individually and together. This modular approach reduces redundancy and makes updates manageable as products evolve. You'll practice building component libraries in Figma with proper documentation.
Design System Development
Your main project involves creating a comprehensive design system from scratch. You'll establish design tokens for colors, typography, spacing, and other values, then use these to build a scalable component library. We'll cover style guide creation, documentation practices, and governance approaches that help teams maintain consistency. You'll understand both the design and organizational aspects of system work.
Interaction and Animation Principles
Static designs only tell part of the story. You'll learn to design micro-interactions and transitions that provide feedback and guide users through interfaces. We'll cover animation principles, state changes, and responsive behaviors that make interfaces feel alive and responsive. You'll create interactive prototypes that demonstrate not just appearance, but behavior and flow.
Your Eight-Week Journey
This intensive program moves quickly, with each week building directly on the previous one. You'll need to dedicate time to practice and projects outside of class sessions.
Intensive Learning Sessions
Each week includes focused sessions where we introduce concepts through demonstrations and hands-on exercises. You'll work directly in Figma, receiving immediate feedback on your approach and decisions.
The pace is demanding but manageable if you stay engaged. We expect you to show up prepared, having reviewed materials and worked on assigned exercises. This isn't passive learning—you'll be actively designing throughout each session.
Critique and Iteration
Regular critique sessions help you see your work through different perspectives. You'll present designs to the group, explain your reasoning, and receive constructive feedback from both instructors and peers.
Learning to accept and apply criticism is part of professional growth. These sessions teach you to separate your ego from your work and to iterate based on feedback rather than defending initial choices.
Practical Exercises
Weekly assignments that reinforce concepts through focused practice with specific design challenges.
Industry Insights
Learn from designers who work with design systems daily in product companies.
Tool Mastery
Develop advanced proficiency in Figma, including components, variants, and auto-layout.
Program Investment
Complete UI design and design systems training
Complete Program Includes
The program fee covers all instruction, materials, and project support. There are no additional costs or required tool purchases beyond what you already have.
What to Expect From This Program
Eight weeks is a short timeframe for comprehensive learning. Here's what you can realistically achieve and what will require ongoing practice.
Skills You'll Develop
You'll gain competence in visual design principles, component-based design thinking, and design system architecture. You'll know how to make intentional decisions about typography, color, spacing, and visual hierarchy.
Your Figma skills will advance significantly. You'll understand components, variants, auto-layout, and other features that enable systematic design work. You'll also learn documentation and organization practices that make your files maintainable.
Portfolio Outcomes
You'll complete a full app interface design showing your visual design capabilities and attention to detail. More significantly, you'll create a documented design system that demonstrates systematic thinking and organizational skills.
These projects show potential employers or clients that you understand both aesthetic and structural aspects of interface design. They're conversation starters that let you explain your process and thinking.
Course Progression
Visual fundamentals. Learning design principles and beginning to apply them consciously rather than intuitively.
Component design. Building reble elements and understanding how they combine into larger patterns and systems.
System creation. Developing your design system, documenting decisions, and preparing portfolio-ready work.
How We Support Your Learning
This is an intensive program that demands commitment. We provide structure and support, but your success depends on the effort you bring to the work.
Pre-Program Consultation
Discuss your current skills and goals to ensure this program matches your learning needs.
Small Group Format
Limited enrollment ensures you receive individual attention and meaningful feedback.
Continued Guidance
After program completion, we're available for questions as you apply what you've learned.
We're committed to providing quality instruction and honest feedback. However, we can't guarantee specific career outcomes or that you'll master every aspect in eight weeks. Design excellence develops over time with continued practice and real-world application.
How to Begin
If this intensive program sounds like the right challenge for you, here's how to move forward.
Submit Your Information
Tell us about your current experience with visual design and what you hope to achieve.
Schedule a Discussion
We'll arrange a conversation to assess fit and answer your questions about the program.
Start the Program
If we're a good match, you'll receive enrollment details and preparation materials.
Important Considerations
This program works best for designers who already have some experience with digital tools and basic visual design concepts. If you're completely new to design, you might benefit more from starting with our UX Fundamentals course.
The eight-week format is intensive. Plan to dedicate significant time outside of class sessions for project work and practice. We'll discuss time commitments during your consultation.
Ready to Strengthen Your UI Design Skills?
This intensive program gives you the systematic thinking and practical skills to create interfaces that scale. If you're ready for focused, challenging work, let's talk.
Schedule Your ConsultationNext session starts late November 2024
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