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UX/UI Product Design
Design products people find usable, useful and delightful.
UX/UI Designers research, design and test digital products so they’re usable, useful and beautiful. A strong, evidence-led portfolio is your ticket in — and this path offers creativity, remote work and steady demand.
The complete UX/UI Product Design field roadmap - everything worth learning, from fundamentals to advanced. Highlighted core topics are the ones we take you through in the UstackSchool programme.
Core - taught in the programmeRecommendedOptional / advanced
1
Design Foundations
Design principlesColour theoryTypographyVisual hierarchyLayout & gridsGestalt principles
2
UX Research
User interviewsPersonasUsability testingSurveysJourney mappingEmpathy mapsCompetitive analysis
3
Information Architecture
User flowsWireframingSitemapsNavigation designCard sorting
4
Interaction Design
Interaction patternsStates & feedbackMicro-interactionsPrototyping
5
UI Design
FigmaDesign systemsComponents & auto-layoutResponsive designDesign tokensIconography
6
Prototyping
Figma prototypingInteractive prototypesMotion & animationProtoPie
7
Accessibility
WCAGContrast & colourScreen readersInclusive design
8
Design Systems
Component librariesDocumentationTokens & themingGovernance
9
Collaboration & Handoff
Developer handoffDesign critiqueWorking with PMs & engineersFigma branching
10
Specialisms
Product designUX writingMotion designDesign ops
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Get job-ready
Case-study portfolioCapstone projectInterview + whiteboard challenge
Tools & technologies
FigmaFigJam / MiroMaze / UserTestingNotionDesign tokensContrast checkersFramer (intro)Adobe (intro)
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