hacking design education

Choose your future skill set

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During the full-time program, you will:

Design your own learning experience

Students are individuals—not statistics. Your learning needs are individual. You decide what you want to learn.

Choose the skills you want to bring to your new career

What do you want to do? From UI Designer to full Product Designer, choose the point or part of the spectrum where your interests lie.

Work with real clients and projects

Throughout this journey, you’ll have the opportunity to build a strong portfolio with real client work or launch a personal project in a supportive environment, with expert guidance.

During our innovative 12-month digital design program, you’ll take ownership of your learning journey. With the help of acclaimed industry professionals, staff facilitators, and your peers, you’ll define your goals and work towards them. You’ll learn by doing, in a studio-like environment.

How you'll put this into practice

Masterclasses

Two-to-five-day deep dives on a subject with a leading industry expert. A time to learn, network and be inspired.
Past guests include Vitaly Friedman (co-founder and editor-in-chief at Smashing Magazine), Chris Murphy (The Belfast School of Art), Trine Falbe (UX consultant), and Jeremy Keith (co-founder and technical lead at Clearleft), among others.
Projects

Real design briefs from real clients. TNDS will suggest some, but you’re more than welcome to develop your own. This is your opportunity to build a strong portfolio or launch a personal project in a supportive environment, with expert guidance.
Mentoring

Staff facilitators will guide you on your learning journey and projects.
Workshops

Short, action-driven learning sessions focused on working together on a project or problem, to get feedback and boost your progress.
Webinar

Online sessions will to provide students with exposure to as many industry professionals and companies as possible, regardless of their location.
Culture

At TNDS, you’ll find a positive, open and transparent culture, based on trust. You’ll build bonds with your colleagues that will go way beyond work. Students and staff will regularly share feedback to improve your experience.

Masterclasses
Projects
Mentoring
Workshops
Webinars
Culture

Two-to-five-day deep dives on a subject with a leading industry expert. A time to learn, network and be inspired.
Past guests include Vitaly Friedman (co-founder and editor-in-chief at Smashing Magazine), Chris Murphy (The Belfast School of Art), Trine Falbe (UX consultant), and Jeremy Keith (co-founder and technical lead at Clearleft), among others.

Real design briefs from real clients. TNDS will suggest some, but you’re more than welcome to develop your own. This is your opportunity to build a strong portfolio or launch a personal project in a supportive environment, with expert guidance.

Staff facilitators will guide you on your learning journey and projects.

Short, action-driven learning sessions focused on working together on a project or problem, to get feedback and boost your progress.

Online sessions will to provide students with exposure to as many industry professionals and companies as possible, regardless of their location.

At TNDS, you’ll find a positive, open and transparent culture, based on trust. You’ll build bonds with your colleagues that will go way beyond work. Students and staff will regularly share feedback to improve your experience.

Past students have learned from

Masterclass

Trine Falbe

UX Research

Jeremy Keith

Progressive Enhancement

Masterclass

Javier "Simon" Cuello

UI Design for Mobile Devices

Masterclass

Verne Ho

Design Management

Webinar

Laïla von Alvensleben

Kickstarting Remote Design Teams

Idea Generation

Responsive Web Design

Webinar

Gregg Bernstein

Data Driven UX

The logistic details

2020 Program Details

Dates for 2020
(Still being defined)
Language
English
Location
Portugal

Skills learned

Design Thinking, User Experience (UX) Design, User Interface (UI) Design, HTML/CSS, project/client/team management, plus whatever you want to add to the list.

Expected student availability

This is a full-time program with a flexible schedule. Often, you’ll be able to manage your own time.

YOU CAN READ MORE ON OUR FAQ

To join TNDS...

You need:

a passion for design

to be a self-starter and a
knowledge-seeker

You don’t need to:

You don’t need:

an academic degree

a background in design (or any other discipline)

"So, where do I start?"

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