Here's the Designlab Course Planner a recommended schedule for you to follow along with.
Change the schedule to
fit your own work/life schedule, and plan ahead. We suggest budgeting 30-60 minutes of work a day, and you'll
comfortably get through this course!
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Week 1 (6 hours)
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Unit 1: Getting to know design (total time: 5 hours)
Startups, this is
how design
works - 25 min
Lessons
10 design
principles - 10
min
Projects
SuperGood
Landing Page 2 hours
Hierarchy of
Learning to see
needs - 30 min - 25 min
Questions for
critiquing - 5
min
Seeing Design 30 min
[OPTIONAL]
Tools module
(Sketch/Photos
hop/AI) - 3
hours
MENTOR SESSION 1 (30-60 minutes) - check your Designlab calendar for the date
Note: in your first mentor session, be ready to talk about a few things: your background in design, your overall goals in design, and
your Designlab course goals. Do you want to gain more proficiency with visual design? Do you have any projects you're currently
working on that you want to improve? Are you looking to create specific portfolio pieces in the next 6 weeks? You'll get the most out of
the course by sharing this information with your mentor, so you can both work towards your goals and adapt the course projects
accordingly.
Week 2 (6 hours)
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Unit 2: Visual Hierarchy
Lessons
Projects
Video: Visual
Hierarchy - 15
min
Creating
Hierarchy article hierarchies - 10 min
45min
On visual
hierarchy - 15
min
Visual weight 10 min
Social Timeline Blog Article - 1
- 1 hour
hour
Project
feedback +
News Listings - iterations - 1.5
1 hour
hours
Thursday
Week 3 (5.5 hours)
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Unit 3: Layout
Lessons
Visual Design
Principles - 10
min
Whitespace - 10 Grids are good min
45 min
Proximity in web
design - 15 min
Projects
Web Layout - 1
hour
Project
feedback +
Wireframe - 1.5 iterations - 1.5
hours
hours
MENTOR SESSION 2 (30-60 minutes) - check your Designlab calendar for the date
Note: you start working towards your final project this week (with the wireframe project). We recommend chatting about your final project
with your mentor before you get started on that exercise.
Week 4 (3.5 hours)
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Unit 4: Typography
Lessons
Type fun 20min
Design for
readability - 20
min
Type
Basics of type - connection - 20
15min
min
Kern Type - 20
min
Projects
Choosing Type
- 1.5 hours
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Week 5 (4.5 hours)
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Unit 6: Color Theory
Lessons
Projects
Color template 20min
Color Concepts
- 10 min
Color in
branding - 10
min
Color Palettes 30 min
Meaning of
color - 15 min
Color game - 15
min
Color Picker - 1
hour
Color Style Tile
- 1.5 hours
MENTOR SESSION 3 (30-60 minutes) - check your Designlab calendar for the date
Thursday
Week 6 (7 hours)
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Unit 6: Process
Lessons
Project scope - Polygon case
15min
study - 30 min
Workflow - 30
min
Flows - 10 min
Grey box - 10
min
Inspiration - 10
min
Projects
Final Project
first draft - 3
hours
Iterations +
edits - 2 hours
MENTOR SESSION 4 (30-60 minutes) - check your Designlab calendar for the date
Note: Start working on your final project early this week, so you have time for iterations based on your mentor's feedback!
