You know you could find more & better clients if you could just produce better designs.
You know a good design when you see it, but find it hard to create one yourself.
Your Instagram & Dribbble feeds inspire you to create amazing work, but you feel you don't know how.
You’re not very proud of your current portfolio.
You’re sick of just watching tutorials and not making any progress.
Complete a small design project at the beginning of the course. Redesign it at the end.
Be amazed by how much you’ve grown as a designer.
Amazing layouts take more than just creativity. They’re crafted with a lot of intention. Get ready to discover 9 principles that will help you create engaging, mesmerizing layouts for your projects.
Color can make or break any design project. You’ll discover how to choose colors strategically, compose palettes that are both beautiful and functional, and how to actually use color in context.
One of the main things that separate professional designers from amateurs is how they work with type. You’ll learn how to source, select, and pair fonts, and most importantly: how to work with them like a pro.
Imagery is one of the best ways to add depth and interest to your designs. We’ll be talking about photography, illustration, and texture: how to source them, how to layer them, and how to integrate them to your designs.
This is how you go from a blank screen to beautiful design work. You’ll discover how to balance all the elements on your designs, easily identify what’s wrong with a project, and our 3-step process to kickstart your designs without white page syndrome.
Because design principles can be learned. But design skills can’t. They need to be practiced.
Get personalized, no-holds-barred feedback on all your design and freelancing questions from Ran Segall.
Working on a client project? Building your portfolio? Have questions? Our mentors can guide you privately.
Get a private invitation to our exclusive workshops so that you can grow continuously and stay ahead of the game
Join 6,000+ professional designers all around the world. Talk about an instant network boost!
Take advantage of special gig opportunities and collaborate with other designers and freelancers.
Stay on track with your learning goals, offer & receive encouragement, and grow together.
Create standout, professional-grade designs
Pinpoint what’s wrong with a design and how to fix it
Unlock your creativity and open design possibilities
Confidently start projects from a blank canvas
Go from creative brief to beautiful, original designs
Use the timeless principles used by all design masters to create stunning work.
Improve the quality of your designs so you can raise your rates.
Avoid the deadly design mistakes that make you look like an amateur.
Matt Brunton is a Designer, Strategist, and Creative Director from the north of England. He began working full-time as Graphic Designer in 2004 and in the last 18 years has worked for agencies, on his own businesses, and in-house creative and leadership roles.
Today he splits his time between creating educational content with Flux, his own branding studio, and freelancing on high-profile campaigns with some of London’s leading advertising agencies.
If anyone is looking to strengthen their fundamentals, I highly recommend Core Design Skills. It helped me solidify my knowledge and grow from the experience. 10/10 would recommend it.
I highly recommend the Core Design Skills course. I learned a lot and received valuable feedback from Ran's team. It's very helpful to do exercises and assignments instead of just watching free YouTube videos.
The course overall is really well structured, easy to follow and easy to action. The support from the tutors is second to none, the feedback is really helpful and they have been very supportive throughout the entire process. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who is starting out in design or anyone who wants to brush up on their core design skills. Great course and I had a great time completing it too.
I have thoroughly enjoyed completing the Core Design Skills course and can see what huge progress I have made through watching the videos and completing the assignments. The constructive feedback from Stan has been invaluable - always kind and encouraging but detailed and challenging. I think this course is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in design, and imagine it would be of value to those with some experience as well.
The Core Design Skills course was a great introduction to design, including hierarchy, layout, typography, and color. I feel more confident in my understanding of design principles.
This course was well structured. I also received great feedback in a timely manner. I became a better designer because of it.
Great experience with Flux Academy! What makes my experience so great is having a vibrant, dedicated community. Mentors are always available to assist with my queries. I feel like I got more than I paid for. Thank you very much!
Matt Brunton is an amazing tutor/designer and I would highly recommend the core design skills to anyone looking to brush-up their knowledge on design (YES even mid-weight). The assignments and case studies has made me recommend it to friends and colleagues.
I had a great time doing the Core Design Skills course. The videos were very instructive and the exercises helped me to solidify the knowledge from the videos. The feedback from the Flux teachers was very elaborate and helped me grow as a developer.
I feel like I have learnt so much about what it takes to create beautiful designs through this course, and like I have a solid foundation to fuel my progression in the world of design. The quizzes, exercises and assignment (with helpful feedback) in this course really helped me to internalise and practice the skills I was learning through the informative videos. I also appreciated the resource doc, so that I can refer back to it as I continue designing.
Amazing experience - although I was following Flux for a while on social, this was my first course, and it really exceeded my expectations! The tutorials are clear and interesting, and the exercises are so engaging and fun to do. But the most stars go to the mentoring part that keeps you motivated and solves the main issue with online courses - the interactivity, and not feeling alone. Amazing 8 weeks, time and money very well invested, and I can really tell the results are there.
Pay in three affordable installments. You’ll receive lifetime access, plus all future updates.
Pay in full to save even more! Enjoy lifetime access to the course and all future updates.
Each module should take 3-4 hours of work — most of which will be spent designing. If you work on one module a week, you’ll be done with Core Design Skills in 5 weeks. The course is entirely self-faced though, so you can adjust your pace as you like.
This course is software-agnostic as it’s focused on how to apply design principles to any kind of design work. That being said, we will talk briefly about software and discuss a few free and paid alternatives you could use, but you don’t need to have previous experience using these tools.
All course videos come with closed captioning and transcripts. If you need any other accessibility features, email team@flux-academy.com and let us know. We’re eager to make our courses accessible and helpful to as many students as possible.
You'll have lifetime access to the course content and all future updates to the course. The course is self-paced, so you can study at whatever pace is right for you.
Please note that dedicated mentoring with Flux Academy experts and access to Ran Segall via weekly office hours are limited to 8 weeks from your date of purchase.
Yes. This course is for anyone who wants to design a thing — no matter what that thing is and who it is for. It’s 100% focused on design principles and how to put them to practice to create beautiful work. We don’t talk about clients and freelancing at all.
Maybe. If you feel like there’s room for improvement in your work and you’re not quite sure how to create beautiful, original designs… Then we recommend enrolling in Core Design Skills.
You can choose between a one-time payment and a 3-month payment plan. We process all payments securely through PayPal and Stripe. You’ll get an email receipt immediately after your purchase. If you need a more detailed invoice for your records, just email team@flux-academy.com and we’ll be happy to help.
No. What you’ll learn in Core Design Skills does apply to web design but also, to any other type of design work — such as branding, packaging, social media, etc. This course is focused on timeless design principles that can and should be applied to any design project.
Maybe. If you feel like there’s room for improvement in your work and you’re not quite sure how to create beautiful, original designs… Then we recommend enrolling in Core Design Skills.
100%. This will give you a solid foundation to develop your design skills and a leg up on other designers who didn’t take the time to master these core design principles.