ID403
Intro to UX I
Faculty
Irene Pereyra
Co-Founder of Anton & Irene
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Skills you’ll learn
Overview
Products are no longer simply products; they live within complex business and technological ecosystems. To fully understand the user experience, designers must be highly flexible communicators, facilitators, mediators and thinkers. Whether designing a dialysis machine, a mobile phone app, or a water filtration system for the developing world, design is as much about framing user experiences as it is about the creation of new artifacts. This course focuses on the relationships between objects and their contexts, how to identify human behaviours and needs, and how those behaviours and needs converge to create user experiences.
Students will be introduced to systems, user flows, sitemaps and other schematics within UX design and will learn when it is appropriate to use which.
Learning highlights
- Rapid interaction sketching techniques
- Interpreting a client brief
- Utilizing group dynamics to maximise time, thinking and execution
- Crafting and synthesising concepts
- Defining and documenting information structures through diagrams, wireframes, and overall information architecture
- Presenting, defending and selling your concept and design convincingly
- Analysing and critiquing other’s ideas
- Creating a client-facing presentation
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
What is User Experience Design?
Session 2
Interaction Design Roles
Session 3
Desktop Interaction Models
Session 4
Mobile Interaction Models
Session 5
Project Scope and Structure
Session 6
Personas vs Archetypes
Session 7
Introduction to sketching - concepting
Session 8
Introduction to sketching - sketching
Session 9
Introduction to sketching – card sorting
Session 10
Introduction to sketching - labelling
Session 11
Introduction to sketching - ideation
Session 12
Group and personal assignments and exercises
Session 13
Wayfinding and Navigation
Session 14
Introduction to Diagrams
Session 15
Wireframing & Annotating
Course materials
Books
Prerequisites
This course is designed for third-year bachelors and masters students.
Methodology
Students will explore the relationship among people, objects, and information through the field of interaction design. In a series of hands-on, studio-based, group exercises, students will gain exposure to critical parts of the design process while learning specific methods for human-centred concept exploration and the development of product behaviours.
Grading
Back in 2008, Irene founded the User Experience and Strategy department at Fantasy Interactive in New York, which recently she left in order to start up her own design studio.
Irene is extremely passionate about design and believes that great design is practical and human-centred at its core, and starts with breaking things down to its simplest form, the straightest line from A to B. Design can always be better, and rocking the boat is always the right thing to do.
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Intro to UX I
by Irene Pereyra
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Oct 19 - Nov 06, 2026
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
How to secure your spot
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
Do I need a visa?
This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.
Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.