STUDIO

Design Foundations

Live instructor • Ten week course
Weekly office hours • Fully remote

Develop a baseline set of skills in visual communication, the design process, and critique to present ideas in a way that are memorable and easy to understand. Take this beginner-friendly course intended to foster a sense of fearlessness in getting thoughts out of your head and into the world.

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Who should take this course?

UX & Product
Practitioners

Deepen your expertise in creating impactful user experiences. Engage in high-level sketching, visual communication, and public presentations. Equip yourself with tools to evaluate your work critically and communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Visual Designers

Expand your skill set with foundational design principles. Learn practical techniques in sketching, prototyping, and storyboarding. Embrace ambiguity, iterate rigorously, and deliver high-fidelity presentations to tackle complex design challenges confidently.

Aspiring Designers

Kickstart your career with a solid foundation in visual communication and critique. Master design thinking, problem definition, and ideation techniques. Build a robust portfolio showcasing your skills with practice in various sketching mediums and fidelity levels.

Studio: Design Foundations

NEXT COURSE BEGINS: JULY 21, 2024

Upon completing this course, you will be able to effectively facilitate a dialogue on the ethical implications of design work in a broader societal context. You will be able to evaluate and advocate for more inclusive and equitable design projects.

Format: Receive live instruction from AC4D faculty in a remote setting
Duration: 10 weeks
Time per week: 4 course hours per week, 40 course hours in total; 6 -9 PM CST
Tuition: $4,000 $2,500
Location: Remote

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This course will enable you to:

A high-level of comfort of effectively sketching (i.e. hand drawing) at varying degrees of fidelity.
An understanding of the basics of visual design and communication.
Familiarity with design and collaboration tools.
Embracing ambiguity and messiness in order to move quickly.
The ability to talk, present, and think visually in a public setting.
The ability to communicate and recruit people to a vision of the future with confidence.
An understanding of and competence in high-value critique
Use frameworks/heuristics for evaluating various forms of design and communication.
Practice sketching through a variety of mediums, and execute at various levels of fidelity.
Generate and sustain your own creative momentum.
Understand the value of rigor and iteration through the design process.