Here's the Designlab Course Planner a recommended schedule for you to follow along with.

Change the schedule to

fit your own work/life schedule, and plan ahead. We suggest budgeting 30-60 minutes of work a day, and you'll
comfortably get through this course!

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Week 1 (6 hours)
Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Unit 1: Getting to know design (total time: 5 hours)

Startups, this is
how design
works - 25 min

Lessons

10 design
principles - 10
min
Projects

SuperGood
Landing Page 2 hours

Hierarchy of
Learning to see
needs - 30 min - 25 min
Questions for
critiquing - 5
min
Seeing Design 30 min

[OPTIONAL]
Tools module
(Sketch/Photos
hop/AI) - 3
hours
MENTOR SESSION 1 (30-60 minutes) - check your Designlab calendar for the date

Note: in your first mentor session, be ready to talk about a few things: your background in design, your overall goals in design, and
your Designlab course goals. Do you want to gain more proficiency with visual design? Do you have any projects you're currently
working on that you want to improve? Are you looking to create specific portfolio pieces in the next 6 weeks? You'll get the most out of
the course by sharing this information with your mentor, so you can both work towards your goals and adapt the course projects
accordingly.

Week 2 (6 hours)
Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Unit 2: Visual Hierarchy

Lessons

Projects

Video: Visual
Hierarchy - 15
min

Creating
Hierarchy article hierarchies - 10 min
45min

On visual
hierarchy - 15
min

Visual weight 10 min

Social Timeline Blog Article - 1

- 1 hour
hour

Project
feedback +
News Listings - iterations - 1.5
1 hour
hours

Thursday

Week 3 (5.5 hours)

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Unit 3: Layout
Lessons

Visual Design
Principles - 10
min

Whitespace - 10 Grids are good min

45 min

Proximity in web
design - 15 min

Projects

Web Layout - 1
hour

Project
feedback +
Wireframe - 1.5 iterations - 1.5
hours
hours

MENTOR SESSION 2 (30-60 minutes) - check your Designlab calendar for the date

Note: you start working towards your final project this week (with the wireframe project). We recommend chatting about your final project
with your mentor before you get started on that exercise.

Week 4 (3.5 hours)

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Unit 4: Typography
Lessons

Type fun 20min

Design for
readability - 20
min

Type
Basics of type - connection - 20
15min
min
Kern Type - 20
min

Projects

Choosing Type
- 1.5 hours

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Week 5 (4.5 hours)

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Unit 6: Color Theory

Lessons

Projects

Color template 20min

Color Concepts
- 10 min

Color in
branding - 10
min

Color Palettes 30 min

Meaning of
color - 15 min

Color game - 15
min
Color Picker - 1
hour

Color Style Tile

- 1.5 hours

MENTOR SESSION 3 (30-60 minutes) - check your Designlab calendar for the date

Thursday

Week 6 (7 hours)
Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Unit 6: Process
Lessons

Project scope - Polygon case

15min
study - 30 min
Workflow - 30
min

Flows - 10 min
Grey box - 10
min
Inspiration - 10
min

Projects

Final Project
first draft - 3
hours

Iterations +
edits - 2 hours

MENTOR SESSION 4 (30-60 minutes) - check your Designlab calendar for the date
Note: Start working on your final project early this week, so you have time for iterations based on your mentor's feedback!