Learn Design and AI From the Best

Get industry-recognized

Google logo 5 stars rating
Course Certificate
Future Product Days

“IxDF is a renowned global player in quality education...”

Forbes

“Ivy League level education in UX, Product Design...”

AiGA Design

“The courses are based on research and the experience of industry...”

UX Planet

“Courses with a strong practical focus and robust, user-centered...”

Don Norman

“IxDF has excellent courses and material.”

Don Norman

Combine AI skills with timeless design expertise that AI can't replace. Learn from 240 industry leaders in 40 courses, from beginner to advanced.

Image
New

Object-Oriented UI Design: Build Interfaces Users Love

23
57
9
45
Lessons
Image
New

Present Like a Pro: Communication Skills to Fast-Track Your Career

4 days
46
Lessons
Image

User Experience: The Beginner's Guide

5 days
64
Lessons

UX Design and AI Courses – All Levels

Learn to design products and experiences that make users smile and businesses grow.

Image

Mobile UX Design: The Beginner's Guide

Course Closed
Re-opens soon
Fully booked
Image

Gestalt Psychology and Web Design: The Ultimate Guide

23
57
9
75
Lessons
Image

Design for a Better World with Don Norman

23
57
9
53
Lessons
Image

Personas and User Research: Design Products and Services People Need and Want

23
57
9
41
Lessons
Image

The Practical Guide to Usability

1
23
57
9
91
Lessons
Image

Design for the 21st Century with Don Norman

1
23
57
9
43
Lessons
Image
New

Accessibility in Practice: Build Digital Experiences Everyone Can Use

1
23
57
9
63
Lessons
Image

Information Visualization

2 days
63
Lessons
Image

Creativity: Methods to Design Better Products and Services

2 days
57
Lessons
Image

Perception and Memory in HCI and UX

2 days
37
Lessons
Image

Web Design for Usability

3 days
36
Lessons
Image

Human-Computer Interaction: The Foundations of UX Design

3 days
56
Lessons
Image

Interaction Design for Usability

4 days
104
Lessons
Image

Build a Standout UX/UI Portfolio: Land Your Dream Job

4 days
51
Lessons
Image
New

Present Like a Pro: Communication Skills to Fast-Track Your Career

4 days
46
Lessons
Image

User Experience: The Beginner's Guide

5 days
64
Lessons
Image

Design Thinking: The Ultimate Guide

5 days
83
Lessons
Image

Data-Driven Design: Quantitative Research for UX

5 days
87
Lessons
Image

Visual Design: The Ultimate Guide

Course Closed
Re-opens soon
Fully booked
Image

UI Design Patterns for Successful Software

Course Closed
Re-opens soon
Fully booked
Image

Design for Thought and Emotion

Course Closed
Re-opens soon
Fully booked

UX / UI Design Courses – All Levels to Intermediate

Advance from designer to senior or leadership roles. Get insider knowledge from industry leaders.

Image

UX Management: Strategy and Tactics

Course Closed
Re-opens soon
Fully booked
Image

Emotional Design — How to Make Products People Will Love

23
57
9
85
Lessons
Image
New

Object-Oriented UI Design: Build Interfaces Users Love

23
57
9
45
Lessons
Image

UX Design for Augmented Reality

1
23
57
9
43
Lessons
Image

UX Design for Virtual Reality

1
23
57
9
55
Lessons
Image

User Research – Methods and Best Practices

2 days
64
Lessons
Image

Gamification - How to Create Engaging User Experiences

3 days
103
Lessons
Image

Service Design: How to Design Integrated Service Experiences

3 days
60
Lessons
Image

Agile Methods for UX Design

4 days
60
Lessons
Image

Mobile UX Strategy: How to Build Successful Products

Course Closed
Re-opens soon
Fully booked
Image

Conducting Usability Testing

Course Closed
Re-opens soon
Fully booked

UX and UI Design Courses – Intermediate to Advanced

Become an industry leader yourself.

Image

The Ultimate Guide to Visual Perception and Design

Course Closed
Re-opens soon
Fully booked
Image

How to Create Intuitive Products by Imitating Physicality

23
57
9
24
Lessons
Image

Get Your Product Used: Adoption and Appropriation

1
23
57
9
53
Lessons
Image

Affordances: Designing Intuitive User Interfaces

2 days
44
Lessons
Image

Dynamic User Experience: Design and Usability

Course Closed
Re-opens soon
Fully booked

1-Hour Master Classes With Global Design Leaders

Stay updated, stay inspired.

Image
New

Sketch with Confidence: The Skill That Gets Your Design Thinking Out of Your Head

Image
New

How to Build Agentic AI Workflows for Product Design: Go from Prompts to Systems

Image
New

AI in Healthcare UX: How You Can Design Trustworthy Interfaces in High-Stakes Environments

Upcoming Live Master Classes

Join live training and ask global design leaders your questions directly.

Image
New

Agentic AI for Everyone: How to Integrate Agents into Your Day-to-Day Work

7 days
Thu
4 Jun
Image
New

Own Your Typographic Decisions in UI Design

14 days
Thu
11 Jun
Image
New

How to Make Your User Research Indispensable to Product Decisions

42 days
Thu
9 Jul

Earn Industry-Recognized Certificates

Industry giants trust our courses to train their teams, and prestigious universities integrate our content into their curricula. Add your certificates to your LinkedIn profile, résumé, and job applications.

Our clients: IBM, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, NASA, Adobe, Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, LinkedIn
Course Certificate

Build a Design Portfolio.
Find Your Dream Job

Industry experts help you build your design portfolio so you can show you have the hands-on skills to get hired or promoted.

No design experience? No problem! Our courses make it easy for you to build an impressive portfolio: Step-by-step with downloadable templates.

How It Works

  1. Take Online Courses by Industry Experts

    Industry leaders from companies like Adobe, Google, and NASA teach you real-world skills grounded in industry practice and research.

  2. Combine AI and Timeless Design Skills

    Learn both AI and the human-centered design skills that AI can't replace.

  3. Earn Industry-Trusted Certificates

    Add IxDF Course Certificates to your LinkedIn profile and résumé to show you've completed an evidence-based curriculum taught by industry leaders.

  4. Increase Your Career Opportunities

    Design is one of the fastest-growing professions worldwide, with a 45% projected job growth by 2030.

  5. Join a Global Design Community

    Connect with designers in 495 cities across 105 countries. Learn together, get mentored, and build friendships that grow your career.

What the Design Industry Says

Everything you learn at IxDF is evidence-based and designed to create actual results in your job and career.

Hear from designers, career switchers, and product leaders who share their experience with IxDF.

Review from Forbes.com
"Ivy League level education in UX, Product Design or Human-Computer Interaction."

– Forbes.com

Review from UXPin
"As someone who's worked on quite a few 150+ page ebooks at UXPin, even I was impressed by the depth of the material and author expertise."

– UXPin

Review from Petal Health
"IxDF is our go-to learning platform—a flexible, engaging toolbox of articles, courses, and Master Classes. The Master Classes are perfect for busy professionals. We appreciate the flexibility to learn at our own pace and have gained practical insights into mobile design and how people think."

– Petal Health

Review from UxManiac
"The clarity and practicality of the courses really stand out."

– UxManiac

Review from Don Norman
"The IxDF has [..] really excellent courses and excellent materials"

– Don Norman

Review from UsefulUsability.com
"I found the amazing quantity and quality of available UX design courses to be almost overwhelming. The primary value is unlimited free access to over 34 top of the line, high quality courses in the UX design field."

– UsefulUsability.com

Review from Future Product Days
"IxDF is a renowned global player when it comes to quality education, and their involvement in our conference proved exactly that."

– Future Product Days

Review from Employed World
"Our community absolutely loves IxDF for its masterclasses."

– Employed World

Review from Trustpilot

4.8/5 “Excellent” (based on 2,341 reviews)

– Trustpilot

Review from Critical Techworks
"IxDF helps us meet the very specific learning needs of our UX roles—something we’ve struggled to find elsewhere. The user activity reports also give us great visibility into our team’s progress."

– Critical Techworks

Review from Sagicor South Africa
"IxDF is a pillar in UX learning. IxDF helped us close foundational UX knowledge gaps—giving our team the tools to tackle real experience challenges in financial products."

– Sagicor South Africa

Review from Leads.Lab
"IxDF is an incredible resource for building strong design foundations."

– Leads.Lab

Review from UX Mastery

9/10 “I highly recommend it for anyone.”

– UX Mastery

Review from NextGen Healthcare
"IxDF is a useful resource to learn about new and trending design topics. IxDF also gave our team a simple, structured way to stay sharp on trending topics like AI—and helped them speak more confidently about modern design challenges"

– NextGen Healthcare

Review from Toools Design
"IxDF is one of the most credible UX learning platforms out there."

– Toools Design

Review from AiGA Design
"The courses are based on research and the experience of industry experts."

– AiGA Design

Review from Core77
"...an incredibly rich compendium filled with a wide variety of lessons and information"

– Core77

Review from IBM
"IxDF is more than a learning platform—it’s a trusted learning partner."

– IBM

Review from UX Planet
"Courses with a strong practical focus that help you build robust, user-centered products."

– UX Planet

Review from George UX Conf
"Their courses elevate UX from a mere polishing tool to a vital enabler of innovation."

– George UX Conf

Review from SAP Community Network
"Top-grade educational materials by the world's technology elite... on how to make technology more people-oriented and easy-to-use."

– SAP Community Network

Review from Canon
"IxDF helps us bring UX maturity into real company projects. IxDF also represents the professionalization of the design craft—and shows that design is a growing, valuable discipline for companies that embrace it. Moreover, IxDF gave our team the freedom to keep learning—at a pace that fits into busy work routines, and sparked conversations across our team—it’s become part of how we grow together as designers."

– Canon

Review from UI Gradient
"Our community has used IxDF to upskill, switch careers, or land new design roles."

– UI Gradient

Review from UX Salon Barcelona
"Self-paced learning that actually sticks."

– UX Salon Barcelona

Review from Paul Boag
"...the oldest and largest operator in the field of UX, with well-respected tutors such as Don Norman. That specialism in UX makes a huge difference... they aren't a ‘teach me anything' learning platform. They are specialists with all of the associated credibility that comes with that."

– Paul Boag

Review from Allied Irish Banks
"IxDF stands out not only for its rich and engaging courses but also for being much more than a learning platform—it’s an organization that truly values its relationships with members and partners."

– Allied Irish Banks

Review from UX UI
"Short, focused courses can unlock new thinking and improve the quality of our work."

– UX UI

Review from IDZ Berlin
"They bring people together and create opportunities to grow in UX all around the world."

– IDZ Berlin

Read and Watch 1,000+ Reviews

Start Your Membership

  • Unlimited access to 40 world-class courses.
  • Learn from 240 industry leaders.
  • 9 career programs that combine design and AI.
  • We can match you to active job openings that fit your skills.
  • It's risk-free: 14-day money-back guarantee.
Start Today

Questions? We've Got Answers

Why are design skills so important right now?

Design skills are valuable for both you personally and for your company.

For you personally, design skills are important because:

  • Design roles are growing faster than average. The World Economic Forum ranks human-centered design among the fastest-growing skill areas through 2030.

  • Employers increasingly expect design skills across roles, not just from designers. Knowing design thinking, user research, or UX principles makes you more competitive in any field.

  • Designers who combine human-centered skills with AI expertise are in especially high demand.

For your company, design skills are important because:

  • Design skills help your team increase sales, retain customers, and improve customer satisfaction. Better customer experiences lead directly to better business results.

  • Companies that invest in design outperform the S&P 500 Index by 228% (Design Management Institute, Design Value Index).

  • Design is more than aesthetics. It's how teams make products easier to use, services more efficient, and technology more human. These skills create value across every department.

I’m not a designer. Why should I learn design and AI?

Design and tech skills can open up career opportunities.

For example, if you’re in a field such as:

  • Marketing, communication, HR, software development, customer service, business management, healthcare, teaching, and many more.

Why can design skills make you valuable in these jobs and industries?

That's because:

  • Design skills help your team increase sales, retain customers, and improve customer satisfaction. Better customer experiences lead directly to better business results.

  • Companies that invest in design outperform the S&P 500 Index by 228% (Design Management Institute, Design Value Index).

  • Design is more than aesthetics. It's how teams make products easier to use, services more efficient, and technology more human. These skills create value across every department.

Do I need any prior experience in design or tech?

No.

Our courses, master classes, and career programs cover everything from the fundamentals to advanced topics.

Whether you're completely new to design or an experienced professional, you'll find courses, master classes and career programs at your level.

Can I work full-time while I take a course?

Yes!

You’ll always have time for career growth because our course are self-paced and designed to fit into your busy life.

You can learn at your own pace. Anytime and anywhere, whether you're working full-time or juggling life and kids.

You can progress at a speed that feels just right for you.

Will I receive a Certificate?

Yes.

After you finish, you’ll receive an industry-recognized IxDF Certificate to prove you've completed an evidence-based curriculum taught by industry leaders.

Add IxDF Certificates to your LinkedIn profile, resumé and job application in a few easy steps.

You can download your certificates as .jpg files, so they are easy to share. Certificates are always valid.

How are courses graded?

Our grading is done by experts, not machines.

We make sure you receive feedback and maximum benefit from the entire process.

That’s also one of the reasons IxDF Course Certificates are credible and industry-recognized.

Can I take more than one course at a time?

Yes.

You get unlimited access to all IxDF courses at no extra cost.

For example, if there are 40 courses open for enrollment, you can enroll in all 40 courses at the same time and move from one to another as you prefer. Use our IxDF Career Programs to help you choose the very best courses for you.

If you’re a student member, you can take a maximum of two courses at the same time. You can still take as many courses as you would like – free of extra charges – just as long as you finish them so that you don’t have more than two ongoing courses.

Are all the courses really free for members?

Yes.

You get unlimited access to all IxDF courses at no extra cost. Take as many courses as you want without paying extra. You can literally save thousands of dollars.

How do I add the IxDF Certificate to my LinkedIn profile?

That's easy.

Add your IxDF Certificates to your LinkedIn profile, resumé and job application in a few easy steps:

  1. Click “Add profile section” on your LinkedIn

  2. Tap “Recommended”  

  3. Select “Add licenses or certifications

  4. Enter your IxDF Certificate details

  5. Hit “Save” 

You can download your IxDF Certificates as .jpg files, so they are easy to share. IxDF Certificates are always valid.

Need more detailed instructions?

I missed the enrollment, and now the course is closed. What can I do?

Don't worry, we will re-run the course soon.

One reason we open and close courses is to achieve an optimal classroom size. That way, your networking opportunities and learning experience are optimal.

We display the "XX% booked" status on our courses to be transparent about the course availability.

Stay tuned for the next enrollment period. Be sure to sign up early! Meanwhile, you can sign up for another course you find interesting. Remember, you can take as many courses as you want without paying extra.

Are IxDF courses suitable for beginners or advanced learners?

Our courses, master classes, and career programs cover everything from the fundamentals to advanced topics.

Whether you're completely new to design or an experienced professional, you'll find courses, master classes and career programs at your level.

How can the global and local IxDF community help me?

We can help you in several ways.

Join meet-ups in your city: Join the regular meet-ups in your city in a nearby cafe or office building to have fun and learn with people just like you. You get full access to IxDF Local Groups where you can build your network, find new opportunities, or simply enjoy yourself in the company of people who are passionate about design. The meetings are completely optional and are spread across app. 500 cities worldwide.

You can also get instant help and career advice in the IxDF online members-only forums. Here, you can build your global network through our supportive community.

What if I have more questions?

We’d love to hear from you and help you!

Reach out to us at [email protected] or use the online contact form.

Privacy Settings
By using this site, you accept our Cookie Policy and Terms of Use.
Customize
Accept all

Earn Industry-Recognized Certificates

Industry giants trust our courses to train their teams, and prestigious universities integrate our content into their curricula. Add your certificates to your LinkedIn profile, résumé, and job applications.

Our clients: IBM, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, NASA, Adobe, Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, LinkedIn Industry-trusted Course Certificates