This Is Not an "AI Will Replace Designers" Course
It is a course about how designers with strong craft use AI as a multiplier on the things humans are already good at: judgment, context, taste, and client communication. AI handles the volume; you handle the quality bar.
Curriculum
Module 1: AI Tool Selection & Mental Model (45 min)
- Which tasks benefit from AI acceleration vs. which suffer
- Claude vs. GPT-4 for design work: practical differences
- Midjourney vs. Stable Diffusion for concept work
- Figma AI features: what works today vs. what's overhyped
Module 2: Claude for UX Design (90 min)
- Prompt engineering for UI direction
- Generating user research synthesis
- Writing component documentation with Claude
- Using Claude for competitive analysis and audit reports
Module 3: Midjourney for Visual Exploration (75 min)
- Concept generation prompts for early-stage branding
- Style reference techniques
- Iteration strategy: when to keep going vs. switch approach
- Using Midjourney output as a Figma starting point
Module 4: Figma AI in Production (60 min)
- Make Design: realistic capabilities and edge cases
- Figma plugins that actually save time
- AI-generated content in wireframes: when it helps
Module 5: Full Workflow Integration (90 min)
- End-to-end: brief to concept to client presentation using AI throughout
- Time tracking: measuring AI's actual time savings on a real project
- Client communication: how to talk about AI use transparently
Module 6: Staying Current (30 min)
- How to evaluate new AI tools without chasing every release
- Building your own prompt library
- Measuring and proving the ROI of AI adoption