Product Design Foundations

8 weeks duration

6 modules

Updated Aug 5, 2026

Design

Course Overview

Get to know what this course is all about and what you'll learn

Course Description

Product Design Foundations is a eight-week, hands-on introduction to designing digital products people actually want to use. You'll learn the full process — from understanding users to shipping polished, prototyped screens — and finish with a case study that anchors your portfolio.

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

How it's delivered

Weekday lessons are on-demand (Monday–Thursday); live sessions on Friday and Saturday apply each week's topic with a mentor. The course ends with a capstone project. Submit every exercise and your capstone through your workspace.

What You'll Learn

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.

Course Curriculum

6 modules • Instructor-led • Hands-on projects

Course Curriculum

Prerequisites

None. No design experience required. A laptop, an internet connection, and a free Figma account.

Learning Objectives

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

Course Modules

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

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