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Lena Fischer
4.8(1,421 reviews)

A course by Lena Fischer, principal product designer

Product Design Foundations: From Brief to Prototype

Go from a vague brief to a tested, clickable prototype. You will frame the problem, sketch a dozen directions, pick one with evidence and present it like a senior designer.

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8 of 17 lessons complete

Lessons

17

Difficulty

Beginner

Students
12,840
Language
English
Subtitles
EN, ES, PT, DE
Resources
23 files
Duration
2h 46m
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Assignment

Redesign the checkout of a neighbourhood bakery app and test it with three people. Upload your prototype and a two-minute walkthrough.

Prerequisites

None. A laptop and curiosity about why things are hard to use.

Materials

  • Any design tool with a free plan
  • Paper and a black pen
  • A phone for testing

What you'll learn

  • Turn a fuzzy brief into a one-page problem statement
  • Run five-person usability tests on a budget of zero
  • Sketch, wireframe and prototype a three-screen flow
  • Present design decisions with trade-offs, not opinions

Course content

5 stages · 17 lessons · 2h 46m total

  1. Welcome and how this course works4:12
  2. What product design actually is11:40
  3. Reading a brief like a detective9:05
  4. Quiz: spot the real problem3:00

Your mentor

Lena Fischer

Principal product designer · Berlin · Design lead at a 400-person fintech

Fourteen years shaping banking, mobility and health products. Lena teaches the unglamorous middle of design: framing, trade-offs and getting a team to yes.

18.4klearners

4.9rating

14 yrsin industry

Learner reviews

4.8

1,421 reviews

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  • Daniel Reyes

    2 weeks ago

    Finally, the middle of the process

    Most courses show the shiny final file. This one showed the messy decisions in between, and the critique session alone was worth the price.

  • Kira Nakamura

    1 month ago

    Short lessons, real assignments

    Every lesson is under twenty minutes and ends with something to make. I finished on my lunch breaks in five weeks.

  • Sam Ortega

    2 months ago

    Changed how I present work

    The feedback from my mentor was specific, kind and a little brutal in the right places. My portfolio reviews go much better now.

  • Rob Hale

    1 month ago

    Great content, wanted more examples

    Clear and practical. I would have liked one or two more worked examples in the later stages, but the downloads fill the gap.

  • Grace Ampofo

    3 months ago

    Good, but pace yourself

    Lots of material. The exercises take longer than the timings suggest, so plan for that.

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