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How to Get Hired: Understand If You’re an I, T, or X-Shaped Person
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How to Become a Designer Without Going to Design School
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7 Reasons Why You Should Get Into UX Design
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UX Design

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Why User Research Matters
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From MS-DOS to Material Design: A Brief History of User Interfaces
May 2017
Pattern Libraries: What They Are and Why You Need One
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Software Tools

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4 Figma Tips For Prototyping Like A Pro
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Sketch Tips To Maximize Your Productivity—Part 3: Composition, Light, and Shadow
Jan 2017
Sketch Tips To Maximize Your Productivity—Part 2: Editing And Exporting In Sketch
Dec 2016

Changing Careers

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UX or UI—Which Career is Best for You?
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Aspiring Coder Christine Oskison Realizes Design is Her Language
Mar 2016
Why UX & Product Design Careers Are Perfect For Millennials
29 Jan

Tips & Tutorials

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Building Your Design Portfolio: 10 Dos and Don’ts
May 2017
12 Days of UXmas: Day 9—Sketching
Jan 2017
16 Vital Typography Terms To Learn To Start Enhancing Your Designs “Invisibly”
May 2016

Design History

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Learning In The Bauhaus School: Five Lessons For Today’s Designers
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The Dada Movement: 5 Lessons For Today’s Designers
Mar 2018
Black, White, and Rainbows: A Brief History of LGBT+ Design
22 Feb

Designlab Updates

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How Having A Mentor Made A Difference For This Design 101 Student
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5 Ways To Get The Most Out Of A Designlab Short Course
Jul 2017
Check out these amazing projects by Design 101 students
Jan 2018

Free Courses

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Mentoring

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Mentor Spotlight: Patrick Multani, Lead Designer at Designlab
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Mentor Spotlight: Kurt Yalcin, Senior UX Researcher at FutureFuel
21 Mar
Mentor Spotlight: Michelle Lin, Product Designer at Reddit
Jun 2018

UX Academy

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Welcoming the Industria Cohort to UX Academy
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7 Ways Roy Lichtenstein Inspires Us—Introducing the UXA Lichtenstein Cohort
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UX Design Group Crits: A Primer. Part 3: A Handy List of Questions
May 2018

Success Stories

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Meet Marko, the self-taught freelancer
Jul 2016
Meet Emily: "I'm a habitual quitter–completing UX Academy is a first for me"
Dec 2017
How Molly Went From UX Academy To Founder Of Quanti Design
Aug 2017

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Launching Figma 101!
Jun 2018
Launching Sketch 101!
Dec 2017
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Week 5: Research: An Origin Story (And the Mother of Effective Design Storytelling)
Mar 2018
Week 8: Teatime Topics with Robbin Arcega, UX Academy Alum
Apr 2018
Week 4: Newbie Design Student Tips From The Future
Mar 2018

Inspiration

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Learning to Solve
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Netflix’s Abstract: The 3 Must-See Episodes
Feb 2017
Everyday Creativity: Alban Thiery’s Collages of Manchester
Aug 2018

Visual & UI Design

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40 Tips For Inclusive And Accessible User Interface Design
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11 Tips For Designing High-Converting Landing Pages
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11 Tips For Building Great Color Palettes
May 2017

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Where will UX design be in 5 years? 5 Predictions
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Users As Ends In Themselves: 7 Heuristics For Humane Design
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3 Product Design Predictions for 2018
Jan 2018

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