Designlab Bootcamp Review

Designlab offers 3 foundational courses, Design 101, Branding, and Typography, and 3 user experience courses, UX Research & Strategy, Interaction Design, and Prototyping and Testing. Also offered is a more intesive online course, UX Academy, for those that want to become a UX Designer. For all courses, students meet with a design mentor once a week via Skype.
Design 101 is for developers, product managers and those new to design. It extends 6 weeks and requires 6 hours of work per week. Branding and Identity Design and Typography Courses are 4 weeks each, requiring 6 hours per week of work. Branding teaches designers, marketers and business leaders how to create a brand, including a logo, while Typography helps designers and developers distinguish and set type to create beautiful layouts. All three User Experience Design courses are 4 weeks each, requiring 10 hours of work per week.
The UX Academy is a full online design bootcamp that offers 3 different commitment levels – 12 weeks at 40 hours per week, 22 weeks at 20 hours per week, and 44 weeks at 10 hours per week. Core skills training makes up the first two-thirds of the program while job prep makes up the final third.
Their Design 101, Branding & Identity Design, and UX: Interaction Design courses cost $299 each, while the UX Academy is $2,799.