Design
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beginner Level
Foundation Course
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Product Design Foundations
Starts 12 October 2026•8 weeks
Overview
About this programme
Design real products in eight weeks. Product Design Foundations takes you through UX research, design thinking, wireframing, and high-fidelity UI in Figma — ending with a portfolio-ready case study you can show employers.
Curriculum
Programme structure
Prerequisites
None. No design experience required. A laptop, an internet connection, and a free Figma account.
What you'll learn
- Apply the design-thinking process to frame and solve a real user problem
- Conduct user and competitive research and turn it into personas and insights
- Structure information architecture and map user flows
- Create wireframes and low-fidelity mockups in Figma
- Design high-fidelity, responsive screens using a design system
- Build an interactive prototype from your designs
- Produce a portfolio-ready case study that documents your process
6 modules
- Establishes what product design is and how it differs from (and includes) UI and UX. Covers the design process, the principles that guide good design, and the workspace setup — Adobe Figma, Adobe XD, and the plugins you will use across the rest of the program.
- Define product design and articulate how it relates to UX and UI design.
- Walk through the design process from discovery to launch at a high level.
- Identify the kind of app you will design across the program and who it is for.
- Set up Adobe Figma and Adobe XD with the recommended plugins.
You'll build: a teardown of an existing product, mapped against the design process
Module 1: Introduction to Product Design
Establishes what product design is and how it differs from (and includes) UI and UX. Covers the design process, the principles that guide good design, and the workspace setup — Adobe Figma, Adobe XD, and the plugins you will use across the rest of the program.
- Define product design and articulate how it relates to UX and UI design.
- Walk through the design process from discovery to launch at a high level.
- Identify the kind of app you will design across the program and who it is for.
- Set up Adobe Figma and Adobe XD with the recommended plugins.
You'll build: a teardown of an existing product, mapped against the design process