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Intro to Design Systems

A beginner's guide to building, implementing, and maintaining a design system. Learn how to create consistency and scale your designs.

Pivoting to UX & From Adjacent Field

Make the switch to UX design. Learn how to leverage your existing skills from adjacent fields to build a portfolio and land a new role.

Setting Up Context in Design Critiques

Learn how to set the stage for effective design critiques. Provide the right context to get actionable, constructive feedback and improve your designs.

Structuring your Figma Files

Learn best practices for organizing your Figma files to improve collaboration, maintain consistency, and speed up your design workflow.

Gestalt Principles

Master the Gestalt Principles of perception to create powerful, intuitive, and visually harmonious designs that captivate and guide your users.

What is Design Strategy

Learn how to use design strategy to align user needs with business goals, drive innovation, and make a lasting impact.

Requirements Gathering for UX Designers

Master the essential skills for gathering project requirements. Learn how to work with stakeholders to define project scope and create better products.

Responsive Design

Learn the principles of responsive design to create websites and apps that look and function perfectly on any device, from desktop to mobile.

Prototyping

Learn the fundamentals of prototyping. This guide covers the different types and tools to help you test and iterate on your designs.

What is Market Research?

Learn the fundamentals of market research, including key methods and how to use data to make smart business decisions and gain a competitive edge.

Behavioral Interviews for UX Designers

Master the STAR method and ace your UX design interviews. Learn to tell compelling stories that showcase your skills and land the job.

Day in the Life of a Product Designer

Take a peek into the daily routine of a Product Designer. See how they balance meetings, design work, and cross-functional collaboration.

Heuristic Evaluation

Learn how to conduct a heuristic evaluation to identify usability problems and improve your product's user experience with Nielsen's 10 principles.

Design Affordances

Learn what design affordances are and how to use them to create intuitive, user-friendly designs that guide people to interact with your product.

Figma Community

Learn how to leverage the Figma Community to find free resources, plugins, and templates to streamline your workflow and level up your designs.

Measuring Success in UX

Learn how to define and measure success in UX. This guide covers key metrics and analytics to prove the value and impact of your design decisions.

Systems Thinking in UX Design

Master systems thinking to design cohesive, scalable products. Learn to see the bigger picture and understand how every part of a design connects.

Wireframing

Learn the fundamentals of wireframing. This guide covers how to create low-fidelity layouts to quickly test ideas and build the foundation of great design.

What is Freelance Design?

Get a complete overview of freelance design. Learn how to build a business, find clients, and manage your projects to succeed on your own terms.

What is Usability?

Learn the core principles of usability and why it's essential for creating user-friendly products. This guide covers the 5 key components of great design.