Learn UX / UI Design

Ethical and inclusive design means including and learning from people with a range of perspectives. This is the foundation of our curriculum – that’s why it’s our very first module, covered in full starting on the first day of the course.

Great design starts with research. Students will learn how to frame research questions and how to choose qualitative and quantitative methods to answer them. They will also develop their skills in synthesizing data, identifying opportunities, and presenting their findings.

Foundational research means collecting various types of data points to improve or create a digital product. One example is conducting market research and user interviews to add a new mobile app feature.

Students will get to leverage their creativity and problem solving skills to ideate and innovate solutions for the product. Students will learn the importance of sketching and rapid prototyping to evaluate early ideas.

Ideation and Innovation are steps within the Product Design process to constantly look for ways to improve the product. By rapidly sketching out ideas in a brainstorm, students are able to provide different avenues to solve a problem.

Students will learn the principles of User Interface (UI) Design. From discovering what visual designs draw user’s attention to the best practices for content layout, students will begin to master visual composition to effectively communicate through fonts, shapes, lines, colors, images and negative space.

Example: Compiling images and designs into a grid layout for a mobile app

Students will dive into color theory and typography. Students are encouraged to seek instructor feedback to continually refine their skills in applying color themes to the elements of a UI, creating visual balance, emphasis, organization, and direction of a product.

Typography and Color are main components of the User Interface, which is meant to simplistically communicate thoughts and ideas in an impactful way.

Students will be introduced to interaction and animation principles as they dive deeper into how detailed designs can turn a good digital product into a great one.
Interaction and Animation designed with the intent of making the user interface meaningful and simplistic will differentiate the product.

Students will learn how to organize and structure information in the most effective way by building clickable prototypes that present the interactions and navigation possibilities of a product.

Information design is the practice of presenting information in a way that reduces uncertainty and makes it accessible and easily understood by most users.

People consume information constantly–including instructions, figures, data, and tables. Designers must work with a set of defined objectives to ensure the right message is transmitted clearly and accurately.

Unlike other design programs, Flatiron School’s Product Design course teaches students the basic web development languages of HTML and CSS. Students will graduate with enough HTML and CSS knowledge to be highly competitive in the job market.

In addition to basic web development languages, students will also learn how to leverage responsive designs for various screen sizes and how to hand-off designs to developers.

Students will design mobile apps for both Android and iOS while prototyping designs natively on their respective operating systems.

Students will learn the basics of a product strategy as well as approaching the product lifecycle with both the Agile and Lean methodology.

Learn to work cross-functionally with various teams from Software Engineers to Product Managers to Marketing, Sales, and Operations.

Students will be equipped to understand the various functions of other teams, while having an arsenal of tools to work efficiently across teams.

Students will learn how to organize and structure information in the most effective way by building clickable prototypes that present the interactions and navigation possibilities of a product.

Students will be able to choose whether they would like to dive-deeper and specialize in User Experience Research, User Experience Design, or User Interface Design.

Specialization helps a designer focus in areas of passion whether it is identifying opportunities through research, improving user experience through sketching or fixating on the visual details for a world-class user interface.

Students will practice clear writing while applying best practices for designing a presentation – all with the intent of mastering visual storytelling.