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[VIP] DesignCourse: Kickstart your UI/UX Design Career

Our Interactive UI/UX Course will help you design better & earn more. AI is here. Don’t become obsolete. Enhance your UI/UX Skills with AI. by Gary Simon.

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[VIP] DesignCourse: Kickstart your UI/UX Design Career

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A Comprehensive Approach to UI Design

Video

Learn by video by watching Gary Simon

UI Tests

Interactive UI tests are a fun way to learn fundamentals.

Mentor

Receive real feedback & guidance for your design submissions.

Interactive UI Tests

Our interactive UI Test platform is a fun way to help develop an eye for design.

Design Mentor

When you signup for Design Mentor, your work is critiqued and reviewed -- providing you with valuable feedback to progress as a designer.

Step 1

Watch Challenge Video

Each challenge starts off with a video that describes the design objective.

Step 2

Download a Figma File

All challenges are set up as templates with instructions in a Figma file.

Step 3

Design & Submit

Once you’ve completed the design challenge, you submit your Figma prototype using the challenge form.

Step 4

Receive Mentor Review

If you’re a Mentor participant, you will receive a notification email with a link to access your review. The reviews contain a rating, comment(s) and possible design iterations if the submission needs noticeable improvements.

The Curriculum Roadmap

DesignCourse is structured to providing aspiring designers with the necessary foundation to produce beautiful user interfaces

#01. Fundamentals

Understanding & applying the core UI design fundamentals will serve as your foundation.

#02. Component Design

Start off with the basics of component design.

#03. Layout Design

Once you understand basic component design -- level up with layout design basics.

#04. Design on Desktop

Learn how to design full layouts on desktop.

#05. Mobile Design

Discover how to make your desktop designs responsive to fit any sized device.

#06. Putting it All Together

Bring everything you learned throughout the course into full projects.

UI design fundamentals

White Space
Contrast
Scale
Alignment
Colors
Typography
Visual Hierarchy

Component Design

Buttons
Footers
Cards
Features
Navigations
Price Charts
Forms
Galleries
Order Forms
Articles
Hero Sections
Testimonials

General Topics

Defining layouts with shapes
Photography in UI Design
Illustrations in UI Design
Dark / Light Mode Design
Creating Prototypes
UI Animation
Design Systems

Projects

Responsive
Design Prototyping
Component Challenges
Full Layout Challenges
+ 8 Other Challenges

Live UI/UX Workshops

Engage with Gary Simon during bi-weekly Live UI/UX Workshops.

Introducing your Teacher, Gary Simon

Gary has over 20 years experience as a UI/UX Designer & Frontend Developer. After enjoying a freelance career that lasted over a decade, Gary’s content has reached millions of people and helped countless individuals establish careers.

The Ins & Outs of Figma

The DesignCourse UI/UX Curriculum is taught entirely with Figma. You will go from absolute Figma beginner, to an advanced level user throughout the course.

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