UI/UX Design Roadmap

Learn to design interfaces people can actually use: research, structure, visual design, accessibility and testing.

9 milestones · ~115 hours total

1. 1

   Design thinking and user research

   ~12h

   Interviews, personas, journeys, jobs-to-be-done. Talk to five real users before you draw anything.

2. 2

   Information architecture

   ~10h

   Card sorting, sitemaps, navigation patterns, labelling; the structure beneath the screens.

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3. 3

   Wireframes and flows

   ~14h

   Low-fidelity layouts and task flows; solve one real problem from entry to completion.

4. 4

   Visual design basics

   ~18h

   Hierarchy, typography, colour, spacing systems (8-pt grid), alignment and Gestalt principles.

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5. 5

   Accessibility

   ~12h

   WCAG contrast, keyboard use, focus, alt text, colour-independence, touch-target sizes — design for everyone from day one.

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6. 6

   Design systems and tokens

   ~14h

   Components, variants, tokens, documentation; consistent UI that scales across a team.

7. 7

   Prototyping and usability testing

   ~14h

   Interactive prototypes, moderated tests with five users, fixing what you find, A/B tests.

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8. 8

   Portfolio case study

   ~20h

   One end-to-end case study: problem, research, decisions, results — and what you would do differently.

9. 9

   Take a rated UI/UX Design test

   ~1h

   Take a timed rated test to earn your first verified UI/UX Design rating — the number recruiters see.

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