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This is the actual path every learner walks, and the same project builds up as you scroll through it.
This is the actual path every learner walks, and the same project builds up as you scroll through it.
Stage 1 · Learn
Every course is designed and taught by practitioners working at product companies right now. You learn the same design-thinking process they use on the job, from research through to delivery.
Explore Courses →Stage 2 · Practice
You don't watch. Each week you work a real problem brief, moving from research to wireframes using the same tools working designers reach for daily. Our directory of 1,700+ curated tools means you're never stuck figuring out what to use.
Browse Tools & Resources →Stage 3 · Feedback
Post your work-in-progress in the community and get direct critique from mentors and peers, not polite silence. Batches are capped small so your educator actually knows your project and can push back on specific decisions.
Visit the Community →Stage 4 · Portfolio
Every project becomes a written case study that goes beyond a Figma file. The strongest work gets featured in our public portfolio gallery, the same one recruiters and hiring managers browse when evaluating our alumni.
View the Portfolio →Stage 5 · Certify
Complete your course and present to a jury of industry designers for a certificate that actually reflects your strengths, shareable directly on LinkedIn. Our design publications cover what juries look for and how to prep before you get there.
Explore Design Content →Stage 6 · Get Hired
Our job board is private, curated specifically for alumni. Refer a friend once you're placed and you both get rewarded, so the network keeps pulling more people through behind you.
Browse the Job Board →Stage 1 · Learn
Every course is designed and taught by practitioners working at product companies right now. You learn the same design-thinking process they use on the job, from research through to delivery.
Explore Courses →Stage 2 · Practice
You don't watch. Each week you work a real problem brief, moving from research to wireframes using the same tools working designers reach for daily. Our directory of 1,700+ curated tools means you're never stuck figuring out what to use.
Browse Tools & Resources →Stage 3 · Feedback
Post your work-in-progress in the community and get direct critique from mentors and peers, not polite silence. Batches are capped small so your educator actually knows your project and can push back on specific decisions.
Visit the Community →Stage 4 · Portfolio
Every project becomes a written case study that goes beyond a Figma file. The strongest work gets featured in our public portfolio gallery, the same one recruiters and hiring managers browse when evaluating our alumni.
View the Portfolio →Stage 5 · Certify
Complete your course and present to a jury of industry designers for a certificate that actually reflects your strengths, shareable directly on LinkedIn. Our design publications cover what juries look for and how to prep before you get there.
Explore Design Content →Stage 6 · Get Hired
Our job board is private, curated specifically for alumni. Refer a friend once you're placed and you both get rewarded, so the network keeps pulling more people through behind you.
Browse the Job Board →What makes our model different
Batches are capped at 12 learners, so every session is live and every critique is direct, not recorded content watched alone.
See how batches run →We thread AI and LLMs through every stage of the process, research to prototyping, so you ship faster without cutting corners.
See the AI-first workflow →Courses are designed backwards from job requirements, so everything you learn is hireable.
See where alumni land →See a working designer's real availability and book a live session directly, for project feedback or career advice beyond scheduled class time.
Browse educators →Present your final project to a jury of industry designers, then walk away with a shareable certificate and a public case study recruiters actually browse.
See learner portfolios →Principled turns design-principle recall into a nine-level timed game with live leaderboards, a genuinely different way to make fundamentals stick.
Play Principled →Designers who use AI ship 10x faster. Across every course at Designers Academy, we thread AI and LLMs into the way you work, from research to prototyping, so you leave with habits you'll actually reuse on the job.
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Courses, all AI-augmented
8
Stages of the process AI touches
100%
Batches taught AI-first
Research
Run secondary research and competitor analysis in a fraction of the time.
Personas
Turn interview transcripts into personas and empathy maps with AI, then validate them.
Problem Definition
Build journey maps and prioritise insights with AI doing the first pass.
Ideation
Generate concepts, flows and sitemaps at 10x volume, then apply your own taste.
UX Writing
Write UI copy with AI, in a voice that stays consistently yours.
Visual Design
Use AI for a first-draft palette and assets, then art-direct them into your own.
Testing
Run usability tests and let AI synthesise raw feedback into patterns.
Prototyping
Build design systems and interactive prototypes with an AI-augmented toolchain.
Every batch is live and capped small, so your educator can actually critique your work in real time. Join in person in Bengaluru or Hyderabad, or online from anywhere, on a fixed weekend schedule. Nothing here is a pre-recorded course you watch alone.
Hybrid
In person or online
Sat-Sun
Schedule
Max 12
Batch size
Product Designer
Funded Startup
UX Designer
Fortune 500
Visual Designer
Design Agency
Every Designers Academy graduate gets access to our private job board: curated listings from companies who specifically seek our alumni.
Browse Job Board →
A 12-week program that threads AI and LLMs through every stage of the UX/UI process, from research to prototyping.
A 10-week program of mock interviews and portfolio feedback that turns a stuck job search into a design offer.
A 13-week, mentor-led program that takes complete beginners to a hire-ready UX/UI designer with a real portfolio case study.
A 5-weekend live program where designers and non-tech beginners build and ship a fully working app using plain English and Claude Code, no prior coding experience required.
Book a live, one-on-one session with a working design mentor.
A 5-week, one-on-one program where job-seeking designers rehearse live interview rounds with an AI that's actually read their profile and target role, then finish with a real interview from a dedicated Designers Academy educator.
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