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Designlab teaches in-demand UX/UI design skills online through 4-week short courses and a 15 to 28-week UX Academy. Designlab courses consist primarily of hands-on projects and 1-on-1 mentorship from expert designers so that students can master the techniques needed to design stunning web and mobile products. The Designlab community of mentors gives students timely feedback on work and Skype with students regularly to help them improve. Mentors include top industry professionals from companies like Twitter, Airbnb, Dropbox, and more. Courses are self-paced, which means students can complete the readings/projects whenever their schedules permit. Designlab is ideal for a developer, product manager, entrepreneur, marketer, aspiring designer, or anyone working on web/mobile products.
To apply for the UX Academy, applicants need to fill out an online application, and schedule a call with a Designlab representative. Applicants should have a love of good design, a grounding in design fundamentals, and commitment and resilience.
Graduates of the UX Academy work with a career coach to get help with their portfolios, job applications, and interview technique. Designlab offers a 6-month tuition-reimbursement guarantee for graduates of the UX Academy who are job hunting.
I absolutely love DesignLab, I just finished my month studying design 101 and already signed up to start the typography class. The interface is great, you are given all the tools you need to do great work, having a mentor who is an actual professional is such a great asset too. I already learned so much in the span of a month and I can't wait to keep going on my design journey with the help of DesignLab.
I have taken two courses this year - Design 101 and Branding - and both have been packed with excellent material and attentive mentors. This course in Branding is "short and broad"; a lot of material is covered in just four weeks, but it gives you enough of a foundation to keep going on your own after they are over, and a completed project to put in your portfolio. You will not become an expert overnight, but you will know the process to creating a brand very well by the time it's over.
I have taken two courses this year - Design 101 and Branding - and both have been packed with excellent material and attentive mentors. This course in Branding is "short and broad"; a lot of material is covered in just four weeks, but it gives you enough of a foundation to keep going on your own after they are over, and a completed project to put in your portfolio. You will not become an expert overnight, but you will know the process to creating a brand very well by the time it's over.
Regarding the course material itself. I have found the Branding course to be a very big leap in expectation from Design 101 in terms of pre-requisite knowledge and time commitment. I recommend asking someone before taking the course if the brand you want to create matches your current skill and career level, emphasis on the combination of those two together. For example, I discovered that creating my own brand before I had an audience or portfolio to market myself to was not a good grounding for success. The lecture material, at time of writing, is a bit sparse, but my mentor filled in the gaps for me quite well. The focus is very heavily skewed towards understanding marketing, and the actual visual design does not come until after the mid-point of the course. I felt unprepared to tackle this course with my current skill level, and wished I had access to someone to ask questions more frequently than once a week, and for fuller lecture material to fill in those gaps. In the end, however, it still worked out favorably because my mentor was able to teach me during our sessions. Recognizing that no learning path is ever perfectly straight and comfortable, the end result of this course is still a solid grounding in the activities that go into creating a brand, and it definitely delivers well if that is your goal.
Overall this is an excellent value for someone who already knows what branding is and wants to get their first brand portfolio piece, or who does not know what branding is and wants to get a grasp of what goes into creating one.
Really great experience that felt like a jump start on design. My work improved as immediete as the next version of a project. I'm excited to start the UI course next.
With Design 101 you're paying for the amalgamation of free online resources and time with your mentor, both of which are worth the price. Mentor sessions is where this program really shines because they provide feedback on your work and answer any and all questions you have about how to progress in a design career. However, this course only focuses on web design which is a determinent to individuals (like me) who are just starting out because I wanted a more well-ro...
With Design 101 you're paying for the amalgamation of free online resources and time with your mentor, both of which are worth the price. Mentor sessions is where this program really shines because they provide feedback on your work and answer any and all questions you have about how to progress in a design career. However, this course only focuses on web design which is a determinent to individuals (like me) who are just starting out because I wanted a more well-rounded experience. Your mentor does provide outside sources if you ask for them, which are great, and you can take the initiative to find other material, but the course should really be renamed to a Web Design 101 since you don't learn anything about print or mobile design for that matter.
This course is great if you have zero knowledge of design and want to gauge your interest. Other reviews have mentioned the rigorous course structure and it does require a fair amount of time during the week, especially if you're completing iterations of a design. But don't expect to walk away with a portfolio piece. This really is the very first step.
I am a software engineer and I was wanting to learn to learn the principles of UI design. This course was perfect. They give you good content to read and assign you very helpful projects. The real value is in the advice and feedback you get from your mentor. You are gaurnteed 4 one hour skype session plus they leave you feedback on each version of each project. I couldn's for more at the price of $400.
I took up the course as part business owner and part designer.
My main objectives for joining the course were all met - how to layout sites to make them visually appealing, how to use font and colour to make the UI and UX interesting and engaging
The projects were relevant and flexible allowing me to work on both 'fixed' formats as well as flexible - choose your own subject ones. Its was very useful as this mix ensured learning and relevance.
The mentor was ou...
I took up the course as part business owner and part designer.
My main objectives for joining the course were all met - how to layout sites to make them visually appealing, how to use font and colour to make the UI and UX interesting and engaging
The projects were relevant and flexible allowing me to work on both 'fixed' formats as well as flexible - choose your own subject ones. Its was very useful as this mix ensured learning and relevance.
The mentor was outstanding - he ensured that I not only got the relevant and timely feedback and support, but also explained things that were not very clear due to my non-photoshop background.
Finally, The designlab team's responses were always prompt and holistic - a rarity in today's online world!
Previously I had web design and coding experience as well, these are definitely should be mentioned as triggers.
I'm not a shy person, but I had some concerns before like how I'll get a job (is this really enough as a preparation), how the whole group learning will work out, if I get nice and helpful mentors, and so on. Altogether does this really worth it or am I just wasting my time.
At the beginning it was really shocking amount of hours we put inside the projects an...
Previously I had web design and coding experience as well, these are definitely should be mentioned as triggers.
I'm not a shy person, but I had some concerns before like how I'll get a job (is this really enough as a preparation), how the whole group learning will work out, if I get nice and helpful mentors, and so on. Altogether does this really worth it or am I just wasting my time.
At the beginning it was really shocking amount of hours we put inside the projects and everybody struggled to finish the projects in time. But later we got the rhythm together, and helped each other so we started to enjoy.
Personally I liked every single bit of it, we got an equally balanced knowledge of theoretical and practical part of UX. I think the whole course is a big challenge to tackle in the end, if you are doing it good. I think I was competing with myself along the way to deliver better and better outcomes of each modules so I could proudly present to the others.
At first I was worried about mentorship and group critiques since I've never involved anything like these before, but actually it turned out that these elements in the course helped the lot if not the most. Special thanks for my mentors Chrissy and Vibhas who helped me in the different phases and making my work better.
My favorite part was the group hangout during the weekends (Saturday or Sunday), when everybody prepared his / her work for showcasing and explaining the different design decisions to the others. I think we learnt a lot from each other in many different ways. Sometimes we stayed even after the dedicated time just to finish a story or to share thoughts about a problem we were facing. I would recommend everyone to GO HARD! Approach the units with a never ending willingness to experience something new whether is it a new tool or a tutorial video. I think it's also important to be open-minded and stay active on the slack groups with the others so you always feel you are a part of something evolving. I got the job offer just before I started my second capstone to be a UI designer in Amsterdam for the global team of UX design.
I took this course thinking I would immediately or almost immediately enroll in the UX Academy. I took the DesignLab over Career Foundry for three reasons. First because it was U.S. based;second, the costs associated with the program; and three both offered abiliity to get a job withiin 6 mos. after enrolling. iI choose DesignLab because I liked what previous enrollees and/or students stated about the 1:1 mentorship and the diversity of the student and their feedback.
I si...
I took this course thinking I would immediately or almost immediately enroll in the UX Academy. I took the DesignLab over Career Foundry for three reasons. First because it was U.S. based;second, the costs associated with the program; and three both offered abiliity to get a job withiin 6 mos. after enrolling. iI choose DesignLab because I liked what previous enrollees and/or students stated about the 1:1 mentorship and the diversity of the student and their feedback.
I signed up with Desgin101 since any past experience I had was way out of date as far as tools and i needed a refreshers. This course delivered on so many different levels. Rigourous is an understatement but this course was intense and baked a lot of what you read from week to week with projects to reinforce what you read. The feedback from your mentor is key. Your fellow students are too busy doing their own thing to gvive you feedback. i will say the reading reinforces what you learn and it will be up to you to reach out to your friends, family blog following, etc. to provide you key feedback by week 3 & 4. My mentor was great and although we missed in week 3, our time interacting was valuable and timelly and he was willing to have me communicate with me via e-mail or make up with another time/date conference call. I would highly recommend this overview for anyone whose not current with Design 100 concepts or tools (e.g. Sethc, Adobe Illustrator, or Photoshop, etc.). Whatever you do, stay in contact with yourmentor and the students even though they mabe too busy to engage until week 4. It's worth it if it's new to your or you need a refreher.
This is a four week class designed to give you an overview of what user experience design can entail. This course was more or less a pre-requisite for me to join Designlab's UX Academy, which I'm now participating. I had an outstanding experience and was thoroughly impressed and satisfied with the structure, content, and support offered. The online interface is easy and fun to use. That might not come as a surprise as a site teaching you UX but I think nailing the delivery of new concepts ...
This is a four week class designed to give you an overview of what user experience design can entail. This course was more or less a pre-requisite for me to join Designlab's UX Academy, which I'm now participating. I had an outstanding experience and was thoroughly impressed and satisfied with the structure, content, and support offered. The online interface is easy and fun to use. That might not come as a surprise as a site teaching you UX but I think nailing the delivery of new concepts via remote learning online can still be hard. But Designlab really makes it easy. You are provided a mentor who you'll have up to four virtual sessions with (we had ours via google hangouts) and will guide your progress, give feedback on your work, and offer other thoughts and resources to help you learn. My mentor was terrific. She responded to questions super quickly, was flexible with schedule, was knowledgeable about all the content, and most important, I felt like she really cared about my growth. The curriculum is robust and well planned; the lessons build on one another. One thing to note is that this course focuses more on the implementation side of UX design - layout, visual hierarchy, typography, color, and wireframing. All essential things yes, things like user researching, usability testing, and validation are not covered. I would highly recommend this course! I happened to score some discounted price but even at full price, I feel like I got more than my money's worth!
My university doesn't facilitate non-graphic design students taking graphic design classes, so I needed to find another way. The small price-point ($300) including course material, projects, and mentor support convinced me that DesignLab would be a great option to at least get my design game off the ground.
The course material wasn't too challenging and the projects were interesting enough that it didn't take over my schedule, but kept me interested.
My mentor was supe...
My university doesn't facilitate non-graphic design students taking graphic design classes, so I needed to find another way. The small price-point ($300) including course material, projects, and mentor support convinced me that DesignLab would be a great option to at least get my design game off the ground.
The course material wasn't too challenging and the projects were interesting enough that it didn't take over my schedule, but kept me interested.
My mentor was super helpful in helping me to see what I didn't understand and where I needed more practice. I really appreciated her help.
The only downside of this course was it's super fast pace (4 weeks), but hey, it is a bootcamp. The plus side of this is that even after the end of the course my mentor is available to critique future versions of my projects so that I can continue to refine my skills.
I have learned from many different platforms and this is one of the best and here is why
I have learned from many different platforms and this is one of the best and here is why
This has been a great learning experience. The content is great and easy to learn and remember and my mentor is very nice and very knowledgeable in her field.
Remember - this is not like any other online learning site, you have to pracise and you have to really commit to your learning. Your mentors are very detailed and can point out where you need to improve so this is great.
All the very best and happy learning!
I was in the second cohort of the new UX Academy from Designlab.
I had a wonderful experience and learned a lot! The curriculum was good, the mentors were great, and the community of other students was so helpful!
I got a job as a Product Designer just 3 months after I finished the course.
Highly recommended!
How much does Designlab cost?
Designlab costs around $7,749. On the lower end, some Designlab courses like 1. UX Academy Foundations cost $499.
What courses does Designlab teach?
Designlab offers courses like 1. UX Academy Foundations, 2. UX Academy (Part-time), 3. UX Academy (Full-time), 4. Data-Driven Design and 3 more.
Where does Designlab have campuses?
Designlab teaches students Online in a remote classroom.
Is Designlab worth it?
Designlab hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 744 Designlab alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Designlab on Course Report - you should start there!
Is Designlab legit?
We let alumni answer that question. 744 Designlab alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Designlab and rate their overall experience a 4.77 out of 5.
Does Designlab offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
Right now, it doesn't look like Designlab offers scholarships or accepts the GI Bill. We're always adding to the list of schools that do offer Exclusive Course Report Scholarships and a list of the bootcamps that accept the GI Bill.
Can I read Designlab reviews?
You can read 744 reviews of Designlab on Course Report! Designlab alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Designlab and rate their overall experience a 4.77 out of 5.
Is Designlab accredited?
While bootcamps must be approved to operate, accreditation is relatively rare. Designlab doesn't yet share information about their accreditation status.
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