❮ Course overview · Part 2 ❯
Part 1
Introduction to Design
You’ll cover:
- What this course is about, and how to succeed
- Exercises to audit your current skills and set some goals
- What design is, and what it isn’t
Total time: 6 hours
Work through the assignments in order.
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1. Welcome to Baseline!
Intro 5 minutes
2. The Baseline philosophy
Intro 5 minutes
3. What you need for this course
Intro 5 minutes
4. Start sketching
Icebreaker 1 hour
How to succeed
5. How to succeed with this course
Read 5 minutes
6. Embrace imposter syndrome
Read 5 minutes
7. Six great designers who taught themselves
Read 5 minutes
8. How you can get good at design
Read 10 minutes
Set your goals
9. Assess your existing skills
Icebreaker 1 hour
10. Set some personal goals
Icebreaker 30 minutes
11. Building a library of design resources
Read 10 minutes
What is design?
12. Describe your idea of design
Icebreaker 30 minutes
13. What design is (and isn’t)
Read 10 minutes
14. Identify some design problems
Icebreaker 1 hour
15. What are professional design skills?
Read 10 minutes
Wrap-up
16. Reflection on Part 1
Reflect 30 minutes
Finished Part 1? Nice work!
In Part 2, you’ll learn about, practise, and apply different design principles.
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