About this Event
Overview
Learn by doing in this hands-on session with Alpo’s resident Figma expert.
Why choose Aplo Academy?
- Ask questions in a live class and hear stories and examples from industry experience.
- Learn advanced shortcuts and tricks only uncovered by real-life designers.
- Continued access to Figma learning resoures after the workshop.
- Get a digital certification from a leading Experience Design consultancy on completion.
Structure
The Fundamentals in Figma workshop will be conducted virtually over two days, with a 1.5hr session on each day. Timings are as follows:
- Tuesday 5th September 2023 | 5:30pm to 7:00pm ACST
- Thursday 7th September 2023 | 5:30pm to 7:00pm ACST
In each session, there will be a 5-10min break in the middle.
Access to the workshop and any additional materials will be emailed out to ticket holders on 30th August 2023.
What You'll Learn
The sessions have been designed to arm you with the most essential skills to get you started in Figma and designing cracking digital products.
Below is the curriculum for the workshop, outlining the agenda and content coverage.
- Introductions
- Understanding Figma's user interface
- The importance of Sections & Frames
- Creating & organising design elements
- Developing colour palettes
- Effective layer management
- Shapes and your design
- Typography
- Creating creative impact with imagery & effects
- Prototyping 101
- Wrap Up
Your Aplo Expert | Anton
Anton is a visual storyteller, with strong attention to detail, and can find creative solutions to complex problems.
He loves helping - whether that’s in a team, or with the latest Figma shortcuts. Ask him about Figma best practices, visual hierarchy, design systems or user research and his response wouldn’t bore you, because he’ll speak passionately to these topics for eternity.
Anton’s positive and considered approach to collaborating, with a calmness under pressure, is highlighted by working with some great companies such as Bridgestone, Adelaide City Council, SA Power Networks and G’day Group.
Whether it’s designing cutting-edge visuals, solving complex problems, or teaching others to help the team succeed, he’s all in.
About Aplo
We’re Aplo, an Experience Design consultancy.
We are in pursuit of improving the digital industry by making design mainstream.
Our services are aimed at those who work hard to create clever solutions – but are often abstracted from the actual humans that interact with their products.
By partnering with these teams and applying our human-centred approach, we can influence the way people everywhere access products and services: for necessity, pleasure, and support; making them more accessible and convenient.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Virtual Workshop, Access to the workshop will be provided 30/8/2023 via email |, Adelaide, Australia
AUD 180.00 to AUD 360.00