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Part 2
Design Principles
You’ll cover:
- Fundamental visual, usability, and ethical principles
- Exercises to identify those principles at work
- Short design briefs to help you start applying them
Total time: 10 hours
Work through the assignments in order.
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Introduction
1. Design principles basics
Read 10 minutes
Visual principles
2. Visual principles
Read 20 minutes
3. Identify visual principles
Practise 1 hour
4. Apply visual principles
Apply 2 hours
Usability principles
5. Usability principles
Read 10 minutes
6. Identify usability principles
Practise 1 hour 30 minutes
7. Apply usability principles
Apply 1 hour 30 minutes
Ethical principles
8. Introduction to ethical principles
Read 10 minutes
9. Ethical principles
Read 10 minutes
10. Identify ethical principles
Practise 1 hour
11. Apply ethical principles
Apply 1 hour 30 minutes
Wrap-up
12. Reflection on Part 2
Reflect 30 minutes
Finished Part 2? Nice work!
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In Part 3, you’ll learn about design tools, good workflow, and collaboration tips.
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