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Proximity School of Design — Design school & design pattern library
Learn UX, visual, and interaction design at Proximity School. We focus on practical skills and techniques you can use right away. Check out our UI & Visual Design pattern library, free design bootcamp, and online design courses
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This is super needed (and well designed too). My question: is this more for new designers or can designers who've been at it a while also get value from the course?
@pjrvs For designers with more experience (maybe 3+ years) I think it depends on your background. If you're self-taught, it's really tough to get a good foundation in design theory. The course would definitely help fill in knowledge gaps.
And even if some people know the general concepts, they don't always make a habit of using them. 😉 So the course has in-depth demonstrations showing how to use design theory in a real project. So it's more than just learning the concepts, but using them too.
Hey there, hunters! Proximity School is my show, and here's the story of how this project started.
But first, I just set up a discount just for ProductHunt. If you are interested in the design course, TheorySprints, get $25 off with this code: "ProductHunt25". (The design pattern library is totally free, though.)
In the years since writing my ebook Bootstrapping Design, I was surprised to find designers reading such a basic book, which I'd intended for developers building side projects. After a few years and lots of conversations with designers, I realized there's a huge gap in design education.
Most places are teaching popular topics like UX & research, design systems, design thinking, etc. But the thing is, those are advanced techniques. It's hard to find a place to learn fundamental design theory.
For newer designers, and those of us who didn't go to design school, it's hard to round out your knowledge with design principles because no one teaches it. So I decided to write a course.
I launched the course privately to my newsletter, have had a couple of rounds of new students, and now it's time to open it up to the world.
I'm celebrating the launch by adding a whole new design pattern library. There are 2 up right now, and the 3rd pattern ships on Tuesday Jan 23. I have 7 more after that queued up. And a list of 50 more to write.
Thanks for checking out my project. Hope you find it useful! 🙌
@studiofellow congrats on the launch! Is this targeted at designers, developers, both..neither?
@rbazinet Thanks Rob! Primarily designers under 5 yrs of experience. But, there are developers taking the course who are finding it useful, and I wrote it as a starting point for anyone who wants to learn design.
@studiofellow Jarrod, I am currently working through the portfolio builder section of TheorySprints and I got to say that TheorySprints is easily the best course (or even best resource, period) on design I have ever taken. It has given me so much more confidence in my skills, I love it!
I'm already looking forward to whatever you're working on next. Also, loved the design patterns pdf from yesterday.
@antonis_tsagari Thank you! I'm so glad the course is helping you. Excited to see more of your practice projects! I thought the first one was such a cool concept. Did you get a chance to revise it yet?
Oh, and I have more lots more design patterns on the way. Watch your inbox every Tuesday morning. (Currently have articles queued up through mid April.)
@studiofellow I have done some revisions, I'll be sharing them with the group soon! Thanks!
I know what I'll be doing with my Tuesday mornings in March & April ☺️
Hi @studiofellow, thanks for this course. If I would like to create design templates, does this course help me learn how to do so to create professional templates with best practices so that I can also sell them? :)
Also, if my challenge is to be able to document my creative process and pass on what's in my head to my team members, does your theory sprint course teach that?
Meanwhile, I'm now reading the book "The Design Method" by Eric Karjaluoto. What does your course cover out of what Eric has already covered in his book? Understand this may not be a fair comparison, thought I ask to clarify, thank you! :))))
@marilyn_wo Thanks for the questions!
1) The course is about design theory & process, not a business course. So it won't teach you how to launch a business and sell products. But, you'll learn how to make beautiful design, and that would be essential if you want to start selling design templates. That said, there's nothing specific in the course about making templates.
2) The course does teach the design process, including specific phases and how to refine your process so that it works for you, rather than the other way around. However, the course is not about managing a team or clients. It's all about you and the way you work.
3) I haven't read The Design Method, but it looks great! From looking at the table of contents, it looks like the main focus is a high level process. It looks like a book for senior-level designers who already have the fundamentals down. It doesn't look like it has practical guidance like how to pair typefaces, use alignment and space, etc. My course is for people who need to learn how to make great design on their own. It's about the fundamentals, not leadership.
Hope that helps! If you have more questions, you can also email me directly here: https://proximityschool.com/support
@attacomsian Whoa, thanks! Looks like an awesome newsletter. Just subscribed.
Hey Jarrod! I'm in your email list. Just wanted to say thanks for all the content and being in my inbox. You rock!
Jarrod has helped me to find new ways to see my design process.
He has an amazing method of teaching. The course has a very good structure.
Pros:This course is great if you want to improve your skills.
Cons:I really have not found any cons.
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