Designlab Reviews
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Channing
UX Academy Foundations
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I completed Designlab's 8 week UX Foundations course and found it extremely beneficial. I have no technical design background, so I found the course did a great job in giving background context, giving vocabulary necessary, providing tutorials with sketch/figma, and supporting me with my mentor, slack community, and checkin from Designlab admissions support along the way as well. It's important to me that if the course is going to teach UX Design, that it should be extremely user-friendly itself- and Designlab definitely delivers here. I have no hesitation in wanting to continue with them to UX Academy, and feel confident I will be able to gain the skills/knowledge necessary to transition my career, and also the guidance and support as well -
Helene Sparangis
Amazing Program
This program helped me immensely with my interest in UX/UI. I had absolutely no experience prior to this program, and now I love reading and learning about UX whenever I can. My mentor was fantastic and the program itself was super helpful in really understanding the basics of the UX field. -
Sam
It's okay
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It was pretty organised but for a course tailored for total designers they tend to forget that.. the time allocated for tasks was too short and some of the tutorial were so brief, you had to go on YouTube and just learn anew.. which defeats the whole purpose of signing up with them. But other than that.. the course was okay.. I would recommend it to someone interested in UX. Even though I believe we touched more on UI than UX, but I suppose it's because UI has more content? Idk. -
Ethan K.
Great content, structure, and price point!
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I was in search of a UX Design course so I could gain experience, build a credible portfolio, and have some sort of certificate for proof of my professional education. My criteria when looking for a UX course/bootcamp was the following:
- Online, but well structured
- Affordable
- Self-paced as an option (in case I needed to work on the side)
- a mentor or similar (for my questions and feedback)
- a reputation online
- project-based.
Designlab fulfilled all of these. While I can't say Designlab is the only one that checks all the boxes, I will say that I have zero regrets going with Designlab. I've loved the course and would recommend it to anyone looking to get started in UX Design! If you're trying to decide if you should go with a credited college/university, or go with an online course, consider this: Which one puts everything it has into the design course, and specifically for your online learning? Probably isn't the traditional college. Besides, colleges are almost always more expensive.
Something unique I didn't expect but that I've really liked, they give you a time limit (deadline) for each of your projects for you to submit it. This is real-world practice as it's not uncommon that you'll have a deadline and unfinished work that's expected to be handed over. They encourage you to submit unfinished work all the time. And then, after submitting it, you can finish it how you like and then submit a version 2 (an iteration, if you will). As a perfectionist, this was really tough for me to want to do at the beginning, but I've gotten better with submitting. It's improved my prioritization skills, helping me to get things done, and then sharpening up those projects with what time I have left. Real-world skill right there.
Ps - There is "Job Assitance" with the UX Academy (which follows the foundations), but this isn't available for the foundations alone. For this reason, I left the "job assistance" rating as "not applicable" -
Marija
Great course 👍
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The biggest advantage is to work with an experienced mentor in the design field. My mentor has provided a ton of valuable feedback, told me a lot about the industry, junior designers, gave me practical tips and tools. Overall, I am happy with the outcome.
The con is more personal - I underestimated how much time the practical part would take. I studied part-time and still needed quite a lot of time to complete the course. -
Ebony Brown
UX Academy Foundations
I learned so much about design principles and the why behind UX/UI Design. This allowed me to create a deeper connection with the material. I enjoyed the suggested time plan that was provided in each unit to help guide me through assignments. -
Wendy
UX Foundations
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The best part of the course was my mentor who encouraged me to continue moving forward when I was behind. I truly appreciate her expertise and the resources she provided. Foundations is a precourse to the actual bootcamp. I would 100% recommend taking this course even if you have some graphic design experience. The course focuses on UI and teaches you how to use design tools - Figma and Sketch. -
Sami
UX Academy Foundations
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Had a great experience going through the UX Academy Foundations course on Designlab! It's a great start for anyone looking to break into UX/UI/Product Design and familiarize themselves with the software and processes. The courses are timed well, and I can't say enough great things about my mentor Chris. I was working full-time while going through the academy, and he was super flexible with our sessions — allowing me to work at my own pace while providing me with the guidance through every module completion. He answered every question, even those unrelated to the course itself (I had lots of questions about UX design in the real world!)
If you're on the fence, definitely make the jump! It's worth it! -
Samson
UX Academy Foundations
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I finished the UX Academy Foundations course yesterday and I want to say it is an excellent for those who are new to design. The course is online/self guided and will take you anywhere between 4-8 weeks. The structure of each lesson is reading + projects. This course focuses heavily on the fundamentals of design and ease you into UX/UI concepts. You are also paired up with a mentor, who can give you feedback to your project as well as industry insight. Overall, I was very happy with the course and the way it was taught. -
Krishnan C
Designlab - a great way to start your UI/UX journey
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I can speak highly enough about my experience in the UX Academy Foundations course.
From my initial enquiry all the way through to the end, whether through emails, webinars or calls, everyone I had contact with at Designlab was super helpful and super friendly.
This Foundations course took me eight weeks to complete as I was balancing another course on web development at the same time. You can however choose to finish the course over four weeks if your schedule allows. The course content itself is well structured and builds up upon itself as you progress through the units.
One of the best things about the course is having a mentor. It was excellent having someone go through your work, chat about design/UI, give you advice. My mentor gave me honest and encouraging feedback that made me enjoy the work and want to do even more.
Designlabs - a great team of people, a good course and an awesome attitude overall! -
Lena Chu
Loved the course!
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I took Designlab's UX Academy and really enjoyed every part of it. The course not only taught me essential design principles, but also helped me create 4 case studies to showcase my work. My mentor was very knowledgeable in the field and I am so grateful for his advice -- from honing pixel perfection to overarching design thinking. Also Career Services really helped gave me insightful tips on my job search! Totally recommend this course 100%! -
Fynn Tay
Fun & Useful Course
Design Lab offers good structure, light reading and interesting coursework to work on each week (something that I look forward to!). The mentor program is definitely useful for someone who has no UI/UX background. Over the 8 weeks, I can certainly see progress from my deliverables and I would recommend this to anyone who's interested in kickstarting a UI/UX career! -
Allison
Highly recommend the UX Academy Foundations course for anyone looking for an introduction to the world of design!
I took the UX Academy Foundations course this summer and am very satisfied. I came from a background with no design experience and now have a grasp of basic design principles and feel comfortable using my design tool of choice, Figma. I really enjoyed having a mentor who I could meet with after each unit to discuss any questions I had along with my project work. -
Caitlin Reynolds
Manageable yet thorough - a great course to take before committing to a full bootcamp
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I really enjoyed my experience taking the Foundations course. I found the curriculum and projects manageable yet challenging (in a good way). The best part of the program was working one-on-one with a mentor that is a successful designer. Designlab also has a really active Slack community, and I found that to be a great way to connect with other students and stay in the loop on any updates regarding Designlab, including frequent webinars that they hosted about various topics (they were all really well done and valuable).
Overall, I think this class is a great introduction to UI design and serves as a great pulse check before you commit to a full bootcamp. It helped me understand if I would like to learn on an online platform and assess how much time commitment it would be. I'd definitely recommend this course. -
Cassandra
UX Academy
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I decided to take UX Foundations first to see if I actually liked UX design (coming from a background in project management). After taking the short 8 week course, I fell in-love with UX and took the plunge to enroll in UX Academy. The course was very thorough and all of the staff and students were extremely helpful. I learned so much about UX and how it’s all around us. I was able to design 4 responsive projects which were super helpful. I’m order to get an interview or a job, it is typical to have at least 3-4 projects in your portfolio. The only not so great thing I can say about DesignLab is that the part-time course, really isn’t part time. It required me to put in an additional 10+ hours a week, while I was working full time. I also wished that at least 2 of the projects were team based and collaborative. It would have made the course much more enjoyable and I’d also be able to discuss how I worked in a team while in an interview. Instead, you’re working on your projects solo dolo. Other than that, I would honesty recommend to take the course. It is so we worth it if you desire a career in UX. -
Lorena
I had a amazing experience
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I had a amazing experience with Designlab's UI short course. The tasks and assignments were very interesting and inspiring and I really liked the self-schedule time management. I think the mentor aspect was particularly important. Talking to a real experienced designer and getting feedback has helped me a lot. I would highly recommend the Designlab to anyone who wants to improve their UI design skills. -
Sean K
Great introduction to visual design and technical skills with design software
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I'm reviewing the UX Academy Foundations (4-8) introductory course.
This was a really solid course. I learned a ton about visual design, UI design, color, and typography. I also found the mentor sessions really valuable. My mentor was great: supportive, insightful, and helped me many times along the way. The course is broken into eight units, with multiple readings and projects in each. One thing I really liked about the course was the teaching style. Most units involve a few readings to learn about basic ideas and concepts, then a project where you copy as closely as you can a successful website doing that concept, then you get a prompt where you are making the creative decisions yourself. I really liked the copywork where you're learning both the mental skills and the technical Figma/Sketch skills to make various things happen before you then start making the creative choices yourself.
There were one or two projects that were a little frustrating, but my mentor and the Slack community helped me out a lot.
I was able to complete the course in 4-weeks, putting in about 25-30ish hours each week. -
Katie
UX Academy Foundations
I had a great experience with Designlab and highly recommend it. -
Jaye Blocker
Great Experience, Great Staff
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This program was honestly a great experience. I'm an extremely honest person and I wouldn't write a review unless it was really good, or really bad... haha. I really did learn quite a bit when it comes to UI design standards. I also learned my chosen design software (figma) to a good extent as well. The projects seem to heavily focus on getting comfortable with the software which is what I needed. I found that the reading was a bit dense at times but there were some great resources and concepts that I learned from them. The projects were a bit vague at times but I liked that because it leaves room for creativity and interpretation. It was a great start into my career switch and really is designed for students like me with no prior design experience at all.
On a personal note I want to share that I experienced the greatest loss of my life by losing my mother and grandmother while I was taking this course. The staff was exceptionally understanding and flexible to my needs.
My critique would have to be being paired with a mentor who is on a completely different page then you. Having strong design skills and a passion for design doesn't necessarily make you a great mentor. I'm sure there are provisions and accommodations if you really don't mesh well with your mentor, but since it's a short course I would recommend just buckling down and bearing through if you're not a fan of your mentor. But that was the only part of the course that didn't sit entirely well with me. -
Ashley Boyce
Great Intro into UX/UI Design
A really great experience. The foundations course is just that with a great mix of both lessons and hands-on activities, I feel confident, after this course that I want to move onto the academy and start my career. -
Elias Ochako
The Best course for Learning UX/UI Design Intro.
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I attended this course to help me get to understand what UX/UI design is and to affirm that it was a good idea to shift my career to this field.
I have a biochemistry background and have always loved tech. I wanted to shift to tech and specifically to UX Research and design so as I can be able to use my skills and love for tech to solve daily problems affecting our society.
I got this from the UXA Foundations course. It opened up my view on solving problems and how to approach a challenge.
I learned UI Skills, including color & Typography.
The last 10-hour design challenge was so wonderful and I enjoyed administering my learning skills to execute the project.
Thank you the DesignLAB team for your help and My Mentor for guiding me through the course.
I am definitely going to join the UX Academy Bootcamp with DesignLAB so as to continue my journey in UX/UI design.
This course will definitely help you decide if you wanna continue in UX/UI design. -
Dan
I highly recommend Designlab
The pros are an excellent curriculum, support from the staff, lots of extra webinars, and a weekly meeting with a mentor. I did not know what to expect when I registered and was anxiously excited. The program far exceeded my expectations and I could not be happier. I'm enrolling in another course immediately. -
David Toobe
UI Foundation course.
DesignLab UX Academy Foundations is a really good online/mentor-based, that will give a UI base skills to get into a UX world. Expect to expend some extra time on the course than the one stated in the description by DesignLab, and note that 8 out 9 units are UI focus. -
Delayna A.
Amazing program
Foundations has been an extremely helpful program and I have learned so much along the way! Excited to move forward and learn more. -
Eric Lin
UX Academy
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I took the Design 101 course and followed it with the full UX Academy course (from Dec. 2019 to Aug. 2020).
I can say from personal experience, that the overall experience was great. The coursework, group critiques, mentor sessions and many more really helped me become a better designer. I enrolled in the UX Academy as a part time student because I really wanted to take my time to understand and practice the things I've learned. But if you have more time and really want to get through the courses quicker, full time is definitely do-able as well. I would say the most important part of the entire course was finding the right mentor for you, because if you can communicate and connect with your mentor well, it will totally help you improve as a designer. Definitely recommend DesignLab's courses to anyone looking to transition to this field.
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Jen Albright
Great foundations course!
This course helped me go from knowing very little about UX/UI Design to gaining the skills set to build a website from scratch and mobile app screens. It is self-paced and the weekly one-on-one meeting with my mentor was super helpful. -
Ines Martel
Hands-on, interactive, mentor-supported
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Overall, great course for someone with no design background. The content was interesting and up-to-date, most of the course was devoted to hands-on projects that were then discussed and iterated on with feedback from your mentor (best and most helpful part), and course structure was switched up just at the right times to keep up motivation. Great student community and great support from Designlab team. -
Christina Hoffmeister
Wonderful experience
I thoroughly enjoyed Designlab. The curriculum was engaging and my mentor was amazing. I felt encouraged and supported the entire time. Just from taking Foundations, I have learned so much and now have a solid base knowledge to go off of. I highly recommend Designlab! -
McKenna Klein
Awesome experience with Designlab's Foundations course!!
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Nothing but positive things to say about Designlab's Foundations course! I started four weeks ago with 0 experience in design, feeling unsure about whether or not I had what it took to become a designer. Fast-forward to today and having just finished the course, I can say that I have so much more confidence in my design abilities and have learned valuable skills that I feel will help me on my career journey to becoming a UX designer. The staff at Designlab has clearly put a lot of time and effort into creating a curriculum that helps even a design newbie like me confidently learn and build skills. If you're concerned about whether you can do this course part-time, don't be: the course is structured so that you can choose to finish on a full-time or part-time track. One of the best part's of the course, in addition to the Slack community of fellow students, is having one-on-one time with a mentor. Designlab clearly puts a lot of thought into who they choose for their mentorship program and I feel that this was a major key to my success in the course. The mentor assigned to me for the duration of the course has over ten year of experience in UX/UI design and I learned so much through working with him throughout the course. Being able to ask questions, hear about industry trends and real-life design projects and experiences was invaluable to me. If you're on the fence about taking a course, I highly encourage you to sign up for an informative webinar and/or chat with someone from Designlab! In addition to having a friend who graduated the course prior to me, speaking with Designlab staff and getting my questions answered during the webinar is what helped me make the decision to invest my time and money in the course and I'm so glad I did!! I now feel confident and excited to continue on this path and I plan on continuing to the full UX Academy. -
Bobby Shaw
Great UX/UI Introduction Experience!
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I've been really impressed with Designlab and the whole experience overall. From the very start you're able to "stick your toes in the water" through a series of live video sessions (or "open houses") that they encourage anyone that is interested in learning more about their program / courses and what sets them apart from the other opportunities out there. For me, I was able to help grow my knowledge while experiencing hands-on environments, incredible software (some free and others at discounted rates), group crits, and a weekly one-on-one meeting with an expert in the field known as a mentor (she was a rockstar encourager and challenged my creative process and thinking so well) - this is a big area that sets Designlab apart from others. That and the killer site they've developed for those enrolled. Seriously, if you want to have a good UX/UI experience, look for the places that actually have a good UX/UI experience. Designlab stands out lightyears above the other places I researched before committing.
I really enjoyed being able to grow my portfolio while walking through the learning process and to see the differences from the start to where I am now. There's still a lot to learn and move forward in, but I'm excited to continue moving towards whatever might be next in my creative journey with Designlab helping me get there! -
Melina Merdanovic
Great online course on UXR
Coming from a qualitative research background, the course helped me to get a practical grip of the design process in the digital space. The assignments were practical and I enjoyed the hands-on approach to learning. My mentor was great in giving me design industry insights and sharing constructive feedback on my work. I highly recommend this course! -
Brianna Garcia-Milner
Fun and exciting
I enjoyed the UX Academy Foundations. I learned so much. I struggled along the way but my mentor was always there to help me out. I am so happy I took the course. -
Jennifer
Foundations Course
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I loved the DesignLab Foundations course. It taught me all the basic of UX/UI Design and how to build and create nice, clean webpages and app screens. The pros to the Foundations course includes: 1) Assigned mentor: You have a mentor there that you can used for 8 sessions to schedule appointments with for feedback and additional help. 2) Saved Coursework: You are able to review your peers coursework in the Designlab website for inspiration. This helped me a lot when I got stuck with trying to design things. Also, if you need to look back on your work and edit it, it will stay on the course website. 3) User-Friendly: The Designlab courses are user friendly and extremely easy to navigate. Although there are a lot of pros, there is one con that I can think of for the DesignLab course. For example, the content is strictly online only and you have to teach yourself. There are no distance learning or in-person courses. -
Emily
Fun and insightful
Foundations is a great little glimpse into UX if you’re just starting out. The fact that you’re paired with a mentor is wonderful, they give you constructive feedback on your designs (and great life advice too). Overall, it was a fun experience :) -
Jon Cooper
UX Academy Foundations
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After many hours of research, I chose Designlab to kickstart my UX design education. There are so many choices, but I had a good vibe from their site, and reviews online. I couldn't be happier with my choice. For real.
I'm not a typical student for this course. While I have decades of graphic design experience, my interactive experience has been mostly as an entrepreneur, developing my own interactive-based businesses. I knew I had the underlying skillset to become a proficient designer and content creator. Most of my career has been in television development and production.
After answering questions about the kind of mentor might be a good fit for me, I was assigned the ideal person. On the first call he asked me my goals, and understood that I wasn't a young person seeking a digital design career. He tailored his approach, interactions, and reviews perfectly.
And Designlab's platform is solid, well-designed, and a pleasure to work on.
The coursework has been obviously honed over years, and thousands of hours of students' studies, and updated to be relevant to today's tech and trnds. The structure of each unit was ideal, and each unit built on the previous lessons. My mentor was always available for questions on Slack and weekly video and screen-share calls.
I'm starting my next course, Designlab's 15-week intensive Academy, in a couple weeks! -
Stephany Smith
Valuable program that reshaped my design skills
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I really liked Designlab’s foundation course because of how fun and relaxed it is. The staff is awesome. There are many features to their program such as being able to explore your peers’ work, an open comment system for feedback, your own mentor, and group crits. It was a pleasure logging on because of how clean, fun, and easy their interface is!
There aren’t any complaints on my end other than a few “could be better” moments with my mentor. Sometimes my mentor didn’t understand what I was asking, didn’t go into much detail about critiquing my work at times, and didn’t initiate the convo in most of our meetings.
There were some moments where the projects given totally reformed, revamped, and improved my designs and I also learned how to design on Figma!
I would recommend this course for people who have never taken design and depending on your previous design experiences, this program could be a breeze for you yet still be of great value :)
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Kyle Wenig
Foundations
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I am a captain in the united states merchant marines currently working for a tugboat company in san francisco bay. However, I am considering a transition into a ux/ui role and this course was incredibly helpful for someone who knew nothing about what goes into becoming a ux/ui designer. The course was great and I learned a lot but where the real money is, I believe, is the one on one mentorship. I got along great with my mentor and feel like I have a strong foundation to build further on. I told him to be tough on me and he was fair about everything I turned in. Not only was this helpful for completing the course but we also got to talk about his experience in the industry, how he started out, mistakes he made and anything else I could think of. I would definitely recommend this to a friend. -
Jessica Rodriguez
UX Academy foundations
I really enjoyed taking this course. The presentation of the coursework was well organized. They offer 1-on-1 mentorship which I found to be the best aspect of this course. After completing this course, I felt I learned a lot. I'd highly recommend this course to anyone looking to get into UX. -
Jordan Carey
UX Academy foundations
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I just completed the UX academy foundations course. I absolutely Loved it. I finished it within 2 months. The overall course was well planned out, every week i was definitely learning something new. I started with no knowledge of design and now i look at websites and think " I could recreate that". ( The simple websites) but more than i could when i started. I met up with my mentor once a week and went over my course work. The reading material and the projects are great exercises. As the course went on i looked at the upcoming projects i had to do and i was so intimidated by them, but once I got to it i knew exactly what i was doing. The support from my mentor and the slack group was great, and there's always something going on weather it be webinars, fun projects, and just if you need help with something somebody is always there to respond. As I said coming into the course I didn't know what I was doing if I was going to proceed into the academy, but i really enjoyed the course and I've applied to get into the academy and see what more I can learn. I would highly recommend this course for somebody trying to break out and try something new the foundations course will give you a taste of what more you can learn. -
Angelica Nicolle Clemens
UX Academy Foundations was a great start!
UX Academy Foundations was a great start to learning UX/UI. They teach you design fundamentals and enforce it by pairing you with a working designer.