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Product Design Fundamentals
Learn the principles of designing usable, beautiful software from scratch. Build a complete portfolio piece by the end.
What you'll learn
Course curriculum
8 modules · 42 lessons · 12 hours total
Module 1 — The principles6 lessons · 1.5h
Module 2 — Research without a team5 lessons · 1.25h
Module 3 — Wireframing & prototyping6 lessons · 1.5h
Module 4 — Visual hierarchy, typography & color5 lessons · 1.25h
Open to view 5 lessons.
Module 5 — Building your first design system6 lessons · 2h
Open to view 6 lessons.
Module 6 — Engineering handoff that doesn't suck4 lessons · 1h
Open to view 4 lessons.
Module 7 — Building the portfolio piece6 lessons · 2.5h
Open to view 6 lessons.
Module 8 — Career & portfolio4 lessons · 1h
Open to view 4 lessons.
Your instructor
Anika Shankar
Design Lead at Vercel · Previously Stripe, Notion
Anika has been designing products for 12 years. Before going independent she led design teams at Vercel and Stripe. This is her 4th course on Polymath — total 38,000 students taught.
Recent reviews
"Best course I've taken on the topic — and I've taken several. The workshops are what made it stick."
Reyna Pereira
Now a designer at Mercury
"Worth every dollar. Anika answers questions in the community within hours."
Diogo Teixeira
Engineer turned designer
One-time purchase
$89 $119
30-day refund · Lifetime access
This course includes
- 42 video lessons
- 8 hands-on workshops
- Figma source files
- Private community
- Certificate of completion
- Lifetime updates
- Mobile + desktop access
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