Visual Thinking for Human-Centred Design
Unlock your creativity, communicate with impact and enhance the capability in your design practice. Created for researchers, designers and lifelong learners.
Online cohort course
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3 weeks
Online/Live
August 5–26, 2023
From USD 250
From USD 200*
*20% early bird discount
USD EUR AUD
See class timetable
Join us live for 20 minutes a day. Practice daily and learn all about:
Sketching, Synthesis, Visual Storytelling and Creative thinking.
The Experience
Visual Thinking for Human-Centred Design is a 21-day online learning experience designed around practical applications, daily practice and social learning.
Course takeaways:
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Become proficient at communicating and synthesising ideas visually
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Learn the fundamentals of sketching and practical ways to apply it to your work
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Apply the skills to a work-related project and receive feedback from your course peers
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See case studies and methods shared by 8 senior design practitioners
Designed for:
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Drawing skills of any level; what’s key is a willing attitude to learn and share your findings with peers.
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Flexible learning format; join live sessions or learn at your own pace.
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3–4 hours a week over three weeks.
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Design researchers, product designers, service designers, and professionals in design-adjacent fields.
The topics
Week 1
Core skills
Week 2
Applications in design
Week 3
Advanced visual thinking and practice
Course format
Video lessons
Lessons contain a mix of concepts, demonstrations and exercises. Each lesson also comes with a visual and text summary.
Daily practice
Complete lessons and exercises with us live for 20 minutes a day, or do them at your own pace. Either way, we’ll share our work and learn from each other over three weeks.
FAQs
1. Who should attend this course?
2. What is visual thinking?
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7. Who is Visual Academy?
Your instructor:
Justin Cheong
Founder and Instructor,
Visual Academy
Justin Cheong is a multi-disciplinary designer, researcher, and an editorial illustrator for the Adobe Design Blog.
Over the past 10 years, Justin has consulted for dozens of companies whilst applying visual thinking to his UX, research and service design work. Justin has taught UX and sketching to individuals and teams across the globe, including to students at General Assembly.
Reviews
Rated 5.0★ on Indeed Certifications
“Justin provides a clear, structured and engaging course that is full of practical advice and fun (sometimes challenging) exercises to gain confidence in sketching and apply visual thinking in your everyday. The pace and length of the course is great – regular bite-size learning and practice over 3 weeks so you can easily fit it into your schedule.”
– Lis Shorten, Design Research Lead @ Australia Post
“Bite sized visual thinking lessons that help you build better habits around expressing concepts and ideas through illustration. The pacing and cadence is manageable for those working full-time, and the regular meetings will keep you engaged (this is not your typical video tutorial course).”
– Katie Langerman, Senior Designer @ Github
“This course has helped me form a daily drawing habit, which is something I wanted to achieve. The content is excellent, with insights that I’ve applied to my work. It’s helped me to enhance my communication through applying visual design principles to presentations, documentation and more. Highly recommended.”
– Steve Howe, Senior Content Designer @ Shopify
“A comprehensive yet step-by-step course that introduces you to the fundamentals of visual thinking plus practical ways to apply visual thinking to your work.”
– Emily Ong, User Researcher @ GovTech Singapore
Contributors
This course contains case studies and contributions from practicing designers and visual thinkers. Special thanks to:
Brian Kuzmanoski
Ethan Fisher
Jodie Moule
Josh Smith
Justin Cheong
Harriet McDougall
Mike Rohde
Will Farrier
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