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Winter cohorts begin the week of 12 January. Applications close 5 January.
school@example.comThree courses. One way of working.
Every course is live, small and built around one brief. Pick by the work you want to do next, not by your job title. Prices below are samples.
Saturday studio
Three hours of making, with an instructor at the table
Product Design Foundations
The whole craft in one pass: from a vague brief to a tested product and a case study you can defend. Built for people new to product design and for designers coming from print, brand or engineering.
Length
10 weeks, plus a reading week
Live sessions
Tue and Thu, 18:30 to 20:30 CET
Saturday studio
10:00 to 13:00 CET, every week
Level
Beginner to working level. No portfolio needed
Next cohort
13 January · US cohort 20 January
Sample price
$2,400, or 3 payments of $820
Week
Topic
In the studio
You leave with
W01
Framing the problem
Rewrite a vague brief into a problem worth solving
A one-page brief
W02
Talking to people
Two practice interviews, in pairs, with notes
Interview guide and notes
W03
Making sense of it
Affinity mapping on the shared cohort board
Three insights, one principle each
W04
Flows before screens
Map the main task end to end, on paper
A task flow
W05
Sketching wide
Eight-up sketches, then choose two directions
Two directions, sketched
W06
Structure and hierarchy
Wireframe the key screens in greyscale
Wireframes for five screens
W07
Type, colour and grid
Apply a small system to your wireframes
A styled screen set
W08
Prototype and test
Test with five people outside the course
A tested prototype and notes
W09
Iterate
Change what the tests showed, then pin up
Version two
W10
Telling the story
Write and present your case study
Case study and 1:1 review
Interaction and Prototyping
For designers who can already make a screen and want it to behave well: states, timing, motion, errors and prototypes real enough to test and hand over.
Length
8 weeks
Live sessions
Mon and Wed, 18:30 to 20:30 ET
Saturday studio
11:00 to 14:00 ET, every week
Level
Some design experience. Bring one past project
Next cohort
15 January · Europe cohort 2 February
Sample price
$2,100, or 3 payments of $720
Week
Topic
In the studio
You leave with
W01
States and edge cases
List every state of one real component
A state map
W02
Feedback and timing
Prototype three loading patterns and compare
Timing notes
W03
Motion with purpose
Storyboard transitions on paper first
A motion storyboard
W04
Forms people finish
Redesign a long form and test it
A shorter, tested form
W05
Errors and recovery
Break your own flow on purpose
A set of error states
W06
Prototyping for real
Build a high-fidelity prototype of one journey
A clickable prototype
W07
Handoff that survives
Write the spec a developer would ask for
An annotated spec
W08
Crit and demo
Demo to the visiting critic
Recorded demo and 1:1 review
Research for Product Designers
Interviews, synthesis and the harder part: turning what people say into decisions a team will act on. Open to designers, product managers and engineers.
Length
6 weeks
Live sessions
Tue, 18:30 to 20:30 CET
Field days
Two Saturdays, in weeks 3 and 6
Level
Any level, any role in a product team
Next cohort
3 February
Sample price
$1,600, or 2 payments of $820
Week
Topic
In the studio
You leave with
W01
Questions worth asking
Turn assumptions into research questions
A research plan
W02
Recruiting and consent
Write a screener and invite real people
Screener and consent note
W03
Interviewing
Field day: three interviews, recorded with consent
Interview notes
W04
Synthesis
Cluster, name and rank what you heard
A findings board
W05
From findings to decisions
Workshop with a mock product team
A decision log
W06
Sharing it
Field day: present back to the cohort
A readout people will read
The kit list. Short on purpose.
Every course starts on paper. You do not need paid software to apply; we set up the tools together in the reading week.
01
A sketchbook
Plain or dot grid, A5 or larger. Most of week one happens on paper.
02
Black fineliners
Two widths, 0.3 and 0.8. Pencils smudge on camera.
03
A laptop
Any recent machine that runs a browser-based design tool smoothly.
04
Headphones with a mic
Crit is a conversation; a headset keeps it clear for everyone.
05
Camera on for crit
You will point it at your paper. A phone stand works well.
06
Two quiet hours a week
On top of the live sessions, for the async tasks and reading.
Applications for winter close on 5 January.
No portfolio needed for Foundations. Tell us what you make now and what you want to make next.
Step 01 · 15 minutes
A short written application
Five questions about your work and what you hope to change. No essays.
Step 02 · within 5 days
A twenty-minute call
With the instructor who leads your course, to check the fit both ways.
Step 03 · two weeks before
Pre-work and your seat
Pay the deposit, meet your cohort online and start a light reading week.