Learning paths
Programs
Six sequenced routes through the catalogue. Each path is ordered so that every course makes the next one cheaper to complete — the sequence is the point, not the collection.
Paths are a way of reading the catalogue. You can enrol in any course inside a path individually.
Product Design
From discovery to a defensible interface.
A complete route through product design for people moving from execution into judgement. It begins with discovery, establishes interface fundamentals, and finishes with the harder work of scoping and defending a design in front of people who disagree.
4
Courses
56
Lessons
19h
Study
CompletionA scoped product proposal with the evidence and reasoning attached.
- Product DiscoveryFinding out before building.Rafael Otero · Beginner · 3 h
- Interface CraftThe small decisions that make software feel considered.Rafael Otero · Beginner · 3.7 h
- Modern Product DesignFrom ambiguous brief to defensible interface.Rafael Otero · Intermediate · 7 h
- Accessible InterfacesDesigning so that more people can actually use it.Yuki Mori · Intermediate · 5 h
Modern Engineering
The platform, the data and the failure.
An engineering path that starts at the browser, moves through data modelling and ends inside architecture under pressure. Suited to engineers who want to reason about systems rather than assemble them.
3
Courses
44
Lessons
17h
Study
CompletionA written architecture defence for a system of your own design.
Creative Leadership
Direction, critique and a practice that lasts.
For senior practitioners taking responsibility for other people’s work. Combines leadership craft, studio economics and the discipline of critique into a single, demanding path.
3
Courses
33
Lessons
11h
Study
CompletionA direction document and a facilitated critique plan for your own team.
- Leading Small TeamsAttention, clarity and the conversations nobody wants.Peter Ashworth · Intermediate · 4.3 h
- Building a Studio PracticeThe unglamorous machinery behind a body of work.Margit Sole · Intermediate · 3.6 h
- The Practice of CritiqueReading work closely, and saying something useful about it.Ilse Varga · Advanced · 3.3 h
Digital Strategy
Positioning, pricing and the plan underneath.
A commercial path for product and business leaders. Positioning first, then pricing, then the design work required to make the strategy visible in the product itself.
3
Courses
45
Lessons
16h
Study
CompletionA positioning brief and pricing proposal with the arithmetic shown.
- Positioning & StrategyDeciding what you are, and what you are not.Nadia Rahman · Intermediate · 4.7 h
- Pricing as a PracticeThe most under-managed decision in most businesses.Nadia Rahman · Advanced · 4.3 h
- Modern Product DesignFrom ambiguous brief to defensible interface.Rafael Otero · Intermediate · 7 h
Research Practice
Asking, gathering, synthesising, reporting.
A research path from first interview to final report. Built for practitioners who need evidence that survives a sceptical room rather than research that decorates a decision already made.
3
Courses
31
Lessons
11h
Study
CompletionA full research report with method, findings and stated uncertainty.
Writing & Communication
Prose that carries an argument.
A path through the essay, the edit and the typographic page. For people whose work depends on being read carefully, and who would like that to happen more often.
3
Courses
41
Lessons
14h
Study
CompletionA revised long-form essay, edited twice and typeset properly.