1. UX Academy Foundations

I recently decided that I wanted to make a career shift from the advertising field to UX/UI design. I had a bit of experience designing websites from a graphics perspective but I wanted to find a bootcamp to develop my skills and portfolio. The Foundations course at Designlab is a prerequisite for their full UX Academy. This course gives you the opportunity to learn the basics of design, how to approach finding the solutions to briefs, thinking like a designer and how to design in Figma. It was really helpful to go through all of the projects and work with an amazing mentor who gave really insightful feedback. I would recommend doing this course if you're interested in learning more about design and seeing if this type of work is a fit for you.

I struggled a lot with the time management of esch proyect to upload. Since all works were subjective in my opinion. I dont think i could actually work with the knowledge i get in here. Obviously i need to keep learning but with only foundations you would think this can be a steping stone, but i would say i would need more than that.

Designlab's UX Academy Foundations course is a wonderful first step for those who have little to no experience in the field and are looking to either learn new skills or initiate a career change. I really love that the entire course is self-paced, but has built in markers (like mentor check-ins, the 8 week max timeline) to ensure students are progressing sufficiently. I also appreciate that Designlab has a thriving community on Discord, which students can access to ask questions, engage in group crits, and learn about what's happening in the UX / UI world at-large. I have no cons that immediately come to mind to be completely honest! I really enjoyed this course and plan to move ahead with the Academy eventually. 

Overall great experience and loved that I get to have one on one meets with my mentor. Would recommend to anyone trying to get into UX. I would definitely make sure you work ahead because it is really easy to fall behind. So far it’s been worth every penny. 

Designlab's UX Academy Foundations is a great intro course that covers what the field is about, how to use commonly-used applications (Figma, Sketch), and what to expect from a career in the field.  Despite being an "intro" course, I found that a lot of the course work goes pretty in-depth, and a lot of suggested materials really supplement the curriculum.  Weekly 1:1 mentor support is invaluable; I received live help on issues I was encountering, and also discussed real-world topics that I might not have learned from reading a blog or forum.  The curriculum is fairly paced with a specific weekly topics and assignments peppered throughout.  Access to see other students' work is a great feature so one can get inspiration from others who are on the same path.  There is also a great Discord community where students can interact with each other and get live questions answered during virtual office hours.Overall, I highly recommend the course for those interested in UX but without any prior design experience.  It covers a lot of ground, can give you an inside look into the field, and is a great value for what you get out of it.

The UX Foundations course eith design lab was thorough but also a great option for those new to design like me. I found the information easy to digest and apply to projects. The feedback from my mentor had also helped tremendously in building my skills and making better design choices. 

Going into Designlab and deciding to go with them over other boot camps was the best decision I ever made! Not only has it provided me with great resources and access to learning new design tools, but it has also provided a mentorship that has significantly helped me with understanding UX/UI design. I highly recommend this program to anybody looking to enter this industry with no design experience.

Designlab's UX Academy Foundations course was a challenging and fun introduction to UX design. It appeals to different learning styles with both videos and articles, and plenty of hand-on practice. The best part, hands down, was access to a mentor for one hour each week of the program. My mentor, Clara, was great to talk to. Friendly, knowledgable, honest and insightful. I would recommend UX Academy Foundations to anyone who is looking to get a feel for design before committing to an intensive and expensive bootcamp. 

My overall experience with Designlab's UX Academy Foundations course was great! It was a manageable workload with my full-time job and my mentor was fantastic at getting back to me about questions, mentor sessions and reviewing my projects so that I could move on to the next unit as soon as possible. The course materials and projects were presented in a way that was easy to digest, I will say that some of the video tutorials were hard to follow along with because they were made with an older version of Figma but nothing that held me back too much. 

Before signing up for the Designlab UX Academy Foundations, I was trying to study UI/UX on my own for about three months with learning materials on Udemy. I did make some progress while studying on my own, but I could get lazy and less-motivated along the way and when there's no one to view my design, I wasn't sure whether I was doing the right thing or not. After signing up for Designlab, I felt much more motivated than before. The course content from Designlab is easy-to-understand. The design project for each unit is very well-made. Whenever I finished a project, I could feel that my design skills have been lifted to the next level. I was also fortunate that I've got a great mentor who's always challenging me to think more on my design. I finished the Foundation course in about 6 weeks and I'm proud to say that my design skills and knowledge have substantially improved!

This is a comprehensive course power packed with content to help get started on everything you need to know about UI/UX Design. It is structured with great resources and different hands-on activities and projects using popular design tools like Figma and Sketch. I feel very confident using these design tools after completing the course. Highly recommend to anybody who is considering to get started with UI design. 

DesignLab is a very tried and true online platform for learning digital product design. The UX Foundations course was a very solid introduction into the world of UX/UI design. They covered the basics of design thinking, exploring your creativity, layout, scale, color, typography and more. The projects were challenging and rewarding and build up more and more as the course goes. Before you know it you have the confidence to start making your own icons and building a brand. The one thing that I didn't really like about the course was using Discord for the community aspect. I would have preferred to have used Slack as it has a more professional focus.I highly recommend anyone who is thinking about learning UI/UX design look at starting off with DesignLab's Foundations course. 

I had a very enjoyable experience with the Foundations course. The course was set up so you can go through it at your own pace; it didn't feel rushed and yet at the same time there was so much material that was covered in 8 weeks, you really do learn a lot from this course. In Foundations, we focused on learning Figma through different projects. These projects were fun and challenging, and they were always a great application of UI concepts (with these projects, we created mock desktop landing pages, forms, and mobile app screens). I also loved having a mentor meeting with me every week, guiding and helping me to improve my work and develop good design practices. Overall this course has given me a great overview of UI design. I feel prepared and look forward to starting UX Academy!

Designlab was the best decision I ever made! The course was very fair, challenging, and insightful. I had a lot of fun and learned a lot through giving and receiving feedback. My mentor and the staff were super helpful and supportive!

When I joined the program I didn't know any of the technical aspects of Design. After completing UXAF I started seeing the shift in my deisgn knowledge. I am so glad that I took this program. The time constraint on projects had its pros and cons. But overall I like the foundation course

The course was good. I thought it was going to be lecture videos, but no it's self-read and learn UX/UI principles by yourself. There was a mentor that would make comments on our project and be there if you need help. However, I didn't meet my mentor as much because the material is straightforward. My mentor was pretty good and fast at responding back. When I do have a question, my mentor explained pretty good.

This short, 9 unit course does a really good job setting up the basics of UI design. I found a few errors in the lessons, but nothing too drastic that you still can't get what you need from them. My UI design skills and understanding of Sketch and Figma grew immensely over the course, however most of that has to do with my mentor. They were a good fit for me and challenged me in the right ways. I have noticed some of the other mentors being unhelpful or unavailable to their mentees (one mentor took a multiweek vacation in the last two weeks of the course so the student was unable to get feedback from their mentor on their final design project before needing to submit it). This course is great if you have an understanding of design and UI, your mentor works well for you, and you aren't expecting much hand holding. If you were hoping for networking opportunities or social interaction, this course isn't for you. The Discord server is the main way students get to interact but it's not very active besides a few people posting all of their projects asking for feedback. This was not a big deal for me as I am not really a discussion board person, I much prefer to watch and not interact. On the point about interaction, I was promised Group Critique sessions (that are optional but good practice for presenting design to a group of peers), however every single day they are scheduled, they are canceled. I was unable to benefit from this.  

I completed the Foundations course in preparation for the UX Academy, and now that I've started in the Academy, I'm so glad that I did.  It's an excellent intro to UI Design, which provides (per the course title) a great Foundation on which to build an entry-level understanding of UX Design.  The course is comprehensive and fluid -- the curriculum is progressive and includes relevant projects that apply new skills immediately after they're introduced.  The final project brings everything together and offers an excellent opportunity to work with a mentor to make it something worthy of a portfolio.  There's a brief intro to some more complex UI topics like Design Systems.  Robust and rigorous but also very approachable.  I highly recommend it.

I liked how I was able to complete this program completely at my own pace. I also enjoyed the different projects that had you apply what you learned from the reading assignments; although these projects did help me learn, I do wish there was some variability (maybe 2-3 options) with what kinds of projects (e.g., clothing company, travel company, etc) we could do. Additionally, with some more techincal aspects like auto layout and components, it wouldn't been really nice to see the figma files they used as part of the tutorials. Additionally, I would've loved to have more smaller (30 min) assignments to practice individual parts leading up to larger projects. Sometimes, it felt like I would just read all the material and then be expected to immediately apply all of it in 3-hour-project. Using 10-20 minute assignments to practice skills would help ease this transition.

I enjoyed the readings and the critiques I had with my mentor were helpful. The Designlab video tutorials for how to use Figma aren't really helpful. They're too fast and don't do a good job explaining the tools/process; they just show what they're doing instead