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Practice library

Short exercises, real skills.

Focused challenges you can finish in an evening. Each one has a brief, a checklist, evaluation criteria, hints and an illustrative solution. There is never only one correct design.

Visual designBeginner

Rebuild a visual hierarchy

A class booking card where everything shouts at once. Decide what matters and make the layout say so.

  • 45 min
  • 3 deliverables
Forms and interactionBeginner

Improve a sign-up form

A newsletter sign-up form that asks for too much, hides its rules and blames the user. Make it easy to complete.

  • 45 min
  • 2 deliverables
Information architectureIntermediate

Redesign a confusing navigation menu

A council recycling website with 11 menu items named after departments. Restructure it around what residents need to do.

  • 1 h
  • 3 deliverables
AccessibilityBeginner

Fix contrast and colour-only problems

A status dashboard that uses pale grey text and only red and green to show state. Make it readable and colour-independent.

  • 30 min
  • 3 deliverables
Visual designBeginner

Create a type scale

Build a small, consistent type scale for a blog and apply it to a real article page.

  • 30 min
  • 2 deliverables
Design systemsIntermediate

Build reusable components

Turn a messy set of buttons and inputs into a small, documented component set with every state.

  • 1 h 30 min
  • 2 deliverables
Visual designIntermediate

Improve a mobile layout

A desktop product page squeezed onto a phone. Reorder and resize it for one-handed use.

  • 1 h
  • 2 deliverables
UsabilityIntermediate

Critique a checkout flow

Walk through a real online checkout and write a structured critique with severity ratings.

  • 45 min
  • 2 deliverables
Information architectureBeginner

Create a user flow

Map every step and decision in rescheduling a dentist appointment, including what goes wrong.

  • 40 min
  • 2 deliverables