Designlab
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Designlab is an online training provider that teaches in-demand UX/UI design skills through their UX Academy and short courses. Designlab’s top-tier online programs connect students with expert design mentors, empowering them to launch and advance their career in digital design. Whether students are transitioning into UX design with Designlab’s flagship UX Academy or refining their skills through advanced courses designed for seasoned designers and design teams, Designlab offers meticulously crafted programs to help learners achieve their goals.
With mentorship and community at the core of every course, students benefit from weekly 1:1 video calls in UX Academy and UX Academy Foundations, as well as small peer group sessions in advanced and short courses. Through personalized feedback and guidance, Designlab’s network of experienced mentors helps students navigate the design industry, offering career advice and insights into market trends from a professional’s perspective.
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.
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ErickGraduate • 1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJul 15, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/AUX Academy Foundations Review
Good 4 week intro to UI Design course.
Most useful part is the 1on1 meetings with a Senior Design Professional who is available to help critique your coursework and answer any questions you may have.- Matt GarridoStudent • 1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJul 15, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
UX Academy Foundations
Great course to learn the basics of visual and UI design. The only issue that I had was coordinating with my mentor in Australia but he was fairly responsive to email. - Jenny NgoGraduate • 1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJul 14, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
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Pros:
-Everything is well structured. The Foundations course is broken up into 8 units, with 1-7 being learning based. In those units everything is broken down by time and it's really nice that they encouraged you to upload work even though it's not finished.
-You get a mentor and there's a dedicated discord community you have to join when you start Design Lab. It's full of love and support.
-On top of reading for knowledge, you get to do tutorials, and most of the unit i...Pros:
-Everything is well structured. The Foundations course is broken up into 8 units, with 1-7 being learning based. In those units everything is broken down by time and it's really nice that they encouraged you to upload work even though it's not finished.
-You get a mentor and there's a dedicated discord community you have to join when you start Design Lab. It's full of love and support.
-On top of reading for knowledge, you get to do tutorials, and most of the unit is project based
Cons:
-Very few (probably just one) of the video tutorials is not up to date (I'm looking at you auto layout tutorial) which made it really difficult to learn.
- I feel like I spent way more time to finish a few of the final projects in each unit. I definitely spent long hours/ days on some of the copy work projects but this is where "it's okay not to finish comes in"
*I am not going to put a rating for "Job Support/ Assistance" because it's not applicable for the foundations course. Foundations give you a snapshot for design work. You definitely need to take the Academy Bootcamp to get access to their Job Support services. Would highly recommend! - Jordan TemproPhotographer • Graduate • 1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJul 06, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
DesignLab's Foundation Course is PERFECT
When I discovered the world of UX Design I remember I was flooded with feelings of intrigue, curiosity, and excitement. You mean I get to work in tech making creative impacts based on logic and best practice? Wow! It didn’t take very long for me to understand: I want to be a UX Designer. The Foundations course at Design Lab has tripled my excitement about transitioning into a career in UX Design. Having just graduated, I feel empowered to not only design and collaborate, but also...When I discovered the world of UX Design I remember I was flooded with feelings of intrigue, curiosity, and excitement. You mean I get to work in tech making creative impacts based on logic and best practice? Wow! It didn’t take very long for me to understand: I want to be a UX Designer. The Foundations course at Design Lab has tripled my excitement about transitioning into a career in UX Design. Having just graduated, I feel empowered to not only design and collaborate, but also to keep learning as I take the next steps towards my career goal. My time in Foundations has been priceless. I’ve been heard, supported, and also challenged…consistently, all in an effort to ensure I have the best possible experience. My favorite parts of Foundations has been chatting with my peers in the robust Discord community, as well as my time with my amazing mentor, Amandreo! To be honest, I really don’t think I could have asked for a more perfect mentor match. Amandreo was present, straight-forward, and immeasurably insightful. Foundations has been the perfect first chapter in my story as a UX Designer, and DesingLab as a whole has watered my intrigue, curiosity, and excitement more than I expected. - Stephanie Domingo1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJul 06, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Foundations is alright in conjunction with other paid instruction
I found the course adequate. Not great but alright. I do fear the experience will be similar with UXA but I know what to do going forward (to take other classes simultaneously since the level of instruction is poor). My first mentor didn’t work out so I was flailing about for a bit until placed with someone new. It worked out in the end because I had extra time to perfect with final product with my mentor. The DL support team is top notch. Rudi is the best! - Tasheem BrownStudent • Student • 1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJul 05, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Mentoring Is Key
More than anything, I feel that while you are learning many UX/UI Fundamental at the same time I felt that the material could be easily learned elsewhere. hat is not to say that the material is useless or bad. Mentoring took the material to another level and especially receiving feedback from your work. My mentor was great and I enjoyed the community of people along with that/ - MelodyStudent • 1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJul 05, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great experience
Pros: work on your own time, get feedback from a professional, have a structure
Cons: Limited meeting times with mentor. - Lim HuanStudent • 1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJul 05, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Great experience, perfect for someone who has no background
I was impressed with the platform they use cos it made everything so easy and smooth to locate and find. You do your lessons there, checkout other students submissions and see how they're doing and also schedule your mentor sessions there.
The course is broken up onto 7 units, each with subunits and the content is broken up into bite size which is easy to digest, they also provide a cheatsheet at the end of the unit for you to refer to. After the lessons, you get to do some copy ...I was impressed with the platform they use cos it made everything so easy and smooth to locate and find. You do your lessons there, checkout other students submissions and see how they're doing and also schedule your mentor sessions there.
The course is broken up onto 7 units, each with subunits and the content is broken up into bite size which is easy to digest, they also provide a cheatsheet at the end of the unit for you to refer to. After the lessons, you get to do some copy work followed by designing a page based on what you have learnt. Do note that this course focus mostly on UI than UX and the content shared is concise in terms of what you need to know but if you really want to learn more you need to do some exploring and reading up on your own.
You'll also have a weekly session with your mentor, or however often you decide it to be. I did it weekly and finished the course in 8 weeks. The mentor sessions were really helpful for me to gain insights about the industry and clarify any information I'm unsure about. He's really patient, knowledge and is happy to share everything he knows.
Overall, I would really recommend this course to anyone who has no experience and is interested in learning UI design. - Luke PetleyGraduate • 1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJul 05, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Academy Foundations
This course is a great way for visual learners to learn the world of US and UI design. It is interactive as well as being very informative! - Anshuman KStudent • 1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJul 05, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
UX Academy foundations
UX academy foundations was, in my experience, a very fun and useful introduction to UI design. It's meant to serve as a way to get people with no experience comfortable with creating responsive design layouts for mobile and desktop web and it does that up in a very effective way.
The best part, in my opinion, is that the structure of each unit is thorough and represents a learning arc that takes you from reading to doing; by the end of each week, you're given an opportunity to es...UX academy foundations was, in my experience, a very fun and useful introduction to UI design. It's meant to serve as a way to get people with no experience comfortable with creating responsive design layouts for mobile and desktop web and it does that up in a very effective way.
The best part, in my opinion, is that the structure of each unit is thorough and represents a learning arc that takes you from reading to doing; by the end of each week, you're given an opportunity to essentially do a peer-reviewed project associated with a particular skill set that is part of the design process, and this happens once a week for the length of the course. I think it's an effective structure, and it has been fun (there are several boring bits when you're essentially rote memorizing through repetition, but if you have to learn a software tool inside out to be effective, like figma or adobe xd, you have to be tolerant of a certain degree of boredom).
The mentorship experience was unequivocally what made the course excellent. Working alongside or getting regular feedback from a peer with experience is pretty much invaluable for reinforcing skill acquisition, and it worked for me. My mentor was fun to talk to and easy to work with, and that was great too.
Overall, I'm quite positive about the experience, and it rates quite well compared to the many other uni courses I've taken. - AnnieGraduate • 1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJul 03, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Foundations Course
I am very happy with my decision to take Designlab's Foundations course. As someone with no design background or experience, this was a great prerequisite course for learning basic design principles. Taking the Foundations course also helped me to decide if UX design was a track I wanted to take. What I love most about the Foundations course were the projects and mentor sessions. The projects really helped me to apply my learning and get a feel for UX design, while the mentor sessions w...I am very happy with my decision to take Designlab's Foundations course. As someone with no design background or experience, this was a great prerequisite course for learning basic design principles. Taking the Foundations course also helped me to decide if UX design was a track I wanted to take. What I love most about the Foundations course were the projects and mentor sessions. The projects really helped me to apply my learning and get a feel for UX design, while the mentor sessions were great for refining my work and answering my questions. I also love that the course is spread out into units with projects and a reflection/quiz at the end of each unit. If you are considering a career change into UX Design and have no previous background, I highly recommend taking the Foundations course. - bonnie linGraduate • 1. UX Academy Foundations • OnlineJun 20, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
great mentor, reasonably challenging workload
Laura was a fantastic mentor, i worked well with her grading style and she was very quick with uploading feedback as well as being very thorough with feedback as well. the course was easy to navigate. the workload was as expected. i wish rubrics for each deliverable had examples of what good and bad work looks like rather than a few sentences. i also wish there was more info on auto-layout as i had to learn that on my own with the help of youtube videos. maybe make it an optional but hig...Laura was a fantastic mentor, i worked well with her grading style and she was very quick with uploading feedback as well as being very thorough with feedback as well. the course was easy to navigate. the workload was as expected. i wish rubrics for each deliverable had examples of what good and bad work looks like rather than a few sentences. i also wish there was more info on auto-layout as i had to learn that on my own with the help of youtube videos. maybe make it an optional but highly encouraged section of a unit.
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Based on 700+ Designlab alumni reviews on Course Report, students consistently praise the hands-on projects, 1-on-1 mentorship from industry professionals, and the comprehensive UX/UI design curriculum. A student shared, "Designlab is a very solid introduction into the world of UX/UI design... Before you know it, you have the confidence to start making your own icons and building a brand." Some critiques, however, mention the reliance on Discord for community interaction, which some found less professional than alternatives like Slack.
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How much does Designlab cost?
Designlab costs around $7,749. On the lower end, some Designlab courses like 9. Design 101 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 5 more.
Where does Designlab have campuses?
Designlab teaches students Online in a remote classroom.
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