Design Courses
Design Courses
Gain the creative and technical skills needed to produce industry standard design work. Learn from design experts at the UK's leading creative training provider.
Gain the creative and technical skills needed to produce industry standard design work. Learn from design experts at the UK's leading creative training provider.
From £299 + VAT
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Streamline your design process with Adobe Express. Create high quality content fast, without compromising creativity.
Speed up content creation with Adobe Express, the all-in-one tool for creating social media graphics, presentations, docs and more.
Adobe's Express puts Adobe's design tools and asset library at your fingertips.
Join our one day course and learn how to get the most out of Adobe Express.
Ideal for those working in Marketing and Comms.
"Charlotte was great! I learnt so much from her in just the 1 day!! Would love to come back for more"
From £299 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Get the most out of Adobe Express. Learn time saving features for seamless content design, editing, and scheduling.
Learn how to create professional, on-brand content with Adobe Express.
Our one day class covers how to set up an advanced brand kit, scheduling content from Adobe Express, enhanced video editing, generative AI, and accessibility features.
Discover how to speed up your workflow, without compromising consistency or quality.
From £299 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Feed your creative vision and integrate AI tools into your design workflow. Learn how to generate artwork, transform images, and achieve realistic results with AI.
Integrate AI into your design process within Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
Generate stunning AI images or vector graphics using a text prompt, and learn how to achieve realistic results when combining AI generated elements with existing photographs.
Ideal for existing users of Adobe Creative Cloud who want to gain AI skills.
From £429 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Create your own graphics and digital artwork from scratch. Learn freehand drawing and vector design tools on our beginner friendly course.
Learn how to use Affinity’s powerful freehand drawing tools, and how to create your own graphics from scratch by combining shapes, text and images.
Ideal for beginners, you’ll gain confidence and efficient design skills on our two day course.
Through hands-on projects our expert trainers will teach you how to create graphics for a wide variety of purposes.
From £429 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Learn how to edit, retouch, and enhance images with this pro editing tool. Discover the creative possibilities with our beginners course.
Explore the creative possibilities of Affinity Photo with our two day introduction course.
Ideal for beginners, you’ll learn the essentials of image editing through hands-on exercises.
Learn how to remove backgrounds, colour correct, retouch, and experiment with creative filters and effects.
Get started with Affinity Photo today.
From £429 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Gain the skills to create print ready layouts for books, magazines, flyers and more. Learn to work efficiently and explore creative options that enhance your designs.
Our two day course is ideal for beginners.
Through hands-on projects you’ll learn how to design layouts for a wide variety of purposes.
Whether you’re looking to create books and magazines, or marketing materials, you’ll learn the basics and how to work efficiently in the software.
Get started with Affinity Publisher today.
From £279 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Create stunning designs effortlessly with Canva. Make the most of this user-friendly tool with our one day course.
Join our Design with Canva course and discover an easier way to create documents and social media content.
Explore video editing and design pdfs, social media posts and more.
We’ll also show you how to generate content and make instant changes with Canva’s AI tools.
Perfect for anyone who needs to design professional looking content fast.
"Step by step and going at a good pace. I was lucky that my session was 1 on 1"
"Rosie was very knowledgeable and helpful."
"Very knowledgeable and attentive trainer. Incredibly helpful. Thank you."
"Very well prepared and inspiring trainer - thanks Rosie"
"Knowledgeable and friendly trainer who kept everyone involved throughout the day"
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
See your designs in 360. Create patterns from scratch and showcase your garments with stunning 3D renders.
Master the basics of Clo 3D, the essential 3D software for digital fashion design and production.
Learn how to draft flat patterns from scratch, and visualise your designs in 3D with our hands-on course.
Our expert tutors will guide you through how to use the software step-by-step with practical exercises.
From £299 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Create dynamic designs and build prototypes for web and mobile. Collaborate with your team and easily hand off to developers.
In this introductory Figma course you will master Figma's interface, features, and tools, and gain hands-on experience of creating and collaborating on designs, prototypes, and user interfaces.
This course will enable you to unlock the full potential of this powerful design tool.
"Engaging trainer and communicated ideas in a simple and easily understandable way. Very enthusiastic and enjoyable."
"Course was brilliant. Learnt a lot - thank you"
"Whole course was great but the most valuable part was learning about how to effectively set up and prepare, get files prepped for ease later on"
"He was really lovely and very helpful"
"Good pace. Friendly instructor, clear and fun training"
From £329 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Elevate your designs and take your Figma skills to the next level. Create mobile-friendly prototypes, and add interactive elements to your designs.
Join our intermediate Figma course for a deeper look at frames, responsive interfaces, components, and asset organisation.
Learn how to use Auto-layout, create responsive prototypes, and design interactive elements.
Elevate your skills, streamline your workflow, and take your designs to the next level.
"Great course, covered what I expected following on from Basics. Nice facility also, easy to get to and lunch/refreshments were great :-)"
"Amazing experience, loved the one to one and feedback time."
"The material sent is great. And Vicky is wonderful, super patient, and she has a deep knowledge of the content."
"Vicky has a lot of patience, she explains really well and is so nice! Even for me as a native German speaker, it was easy to follow and understand her!"
"Excellent course, thank you. Great support and encouragement from the course leader."
From £299 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Build on your knowledge of Figma with advanced prototyping techniques. Discover the power of variables, and add custom animations to your designs.
Take your knowledge of Figma further with advanced animation and prototyping techniques.
Bring your prototypes to life with sophisticated animations, and learn how to use variables to speed up your workflow and maintain consistency across projects.
Ideal for those looking to add complex elements to their designs.
From £299 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Learn the principles you need to create beautiful, professional designs. Discover the secrets of effective visual communication.
The Introduction to Graphic Design course will give you an essential understanding
of design principles - typography, colour theory, layout and composition.
Learn to
apply these principles to your work to give you the skills and confidence to create
professional designs.
"Really friendly staff"
MOD
"The whole experience and lesson was great"
"A good range of design knowledge"
"It was so nice to have someone come over as soon as I walked in to welcome me, explain where everything was, where I needed to be etc... A wonderful building to do training in - fantastic views! Perfect amount of breaks and the teaching was superb. Went at the right pace and learnt a lot."
ING
"Our trainer was friendly and approachable and delivered course with clear easy to follow instructions. Really useful tips"
ING
From £329 + VAT
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Tackle logo design confidently and build on your design skills. Learn how to develop a successful logo concept and create artwork in Adobe Illustrator.
Our one day course will take you through the process of designing a logo step-by-step from developing a concept to exporting your finished artwork.
Learn how to design a memorable logo that fits the needs of the brand and how to create professional logo artwork in Adobe Illustrator.
"The whole course was great. Wolf is really knowledgeable and good at keeping it all engaging and easy-to-understand."
From £379 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Create beautiful artwork, illustrations and graphics using the power of Adobe Illustrator. Learn with practical, hands-on exercises led by expert designers.
Master the creative power and versatility of Adobe Illustrator.
Learn to create
beautiful vector-based designs, including logos, artwork, illustrations, and icons.
This course delivers the essential Adobe Illustrator skills you need to bring your
ideas to life.
"EVERYTHING! amazing course, hands on learning which I will use in my professional and personal life. 100% worth it"
CPS
"Really lovely classroom set up with quality equipment. The training materials were excellent and the pace was really good. Peter was friendly and approachable."
Imperial College London
"Matt was an excellent instructor."
Trinity House
"Amazing tutor, she was really knowledgeable and answered all my questions would massively recommend."
"Great space, great course"
From £379 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
This course is designed to boost your existing Adobe Illustrator skills. Take your design skills to the next level and work more efficiently in Illustrator.
This intermediate level course will help you delve deeper into Illustrator's features and tools, unlock new possibilities and help you work faster and more efficiently.
Master more advanced techniques, create more complex designs, enhance productivity, and collaborate effectively.
"Explaining the various concepts"
"Everything - I like the trainer, as he seems very knowledgeable and experienced; the settings, the equipment, the lunch etc. overall it has been very good experience and course. thank you ps. I am coming back for the next on in a month time"
"I very much enjoyed the course, the pace was great and the trainer very knowledgeable"
"Simple explanations to useful features. I learned more than I expected to!"
"Always able to ask questions. More confidence with code Better code knowledge Equipping with standard skills Understand what the code wants to do Patient and very friendly teacher (Dele, thank you)"
From £299 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
This course will enable you to harness the full power and productivity of Adobe Illustrator. Become a master user and improve your productivity and efficiency.
This Advanced Adobe Illustrator course will push the boundaries of your design
abilities, expand your skill set, and unlock the full potential of Adobe Illustrator.
Our Illustrator experts will help you uncover hidden features and explore advanced techniques that can elevate your design skills.
"This was very helpful and practical tips were concise and valuable."
"My trainer had such in-depth knowledge, Iwan was very kind and patient. I feel like I've learned so much and am excited to start using my new knowledge."
"Vicki was extremely informative with a patient teaching style. I felt very relaxed while learning and it was an approachable session so didn't feel silly if had to ask questions. The information that is available from the session and through the support site will be extremely beneficial."
"Very organised, comms all great, files all accessible, trainer very understanding of any issues. Great sharing system - would do a remote course again."
"Knowledgable about the history of html and css and knew strange quirks, that have caused problems with coding in the past."
From £379 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Learn how to create beautiful layouts and documents in Adobe InDesign. Design professional layouts for magazines, brochures, reports, and books.
Learn to create visually appealing layouts and documents using Adobe InDesign.
Our experts will teach you how to create beautiful print layouts for brochures, magazines, reports and books.
This is the ideal course for anyone who wants to learn how to create professional
layouts using Adobe InDesign.
"Really good at explaining everything and very patient."
Chamber Furniture
"Our trainer was really knowledgeable, patient and friendly - made the experience really enjoyable!"
Quod
"Peter was super helpful, informative and personable. Great course!"
"Peter was excellent, cheerful and clearly super knowledgeable. I feel very confident on indesign, after not even opening it previously! I'm already dropping hints with my work at coming back for another course."
"Very friendly and efficient staff."
From £379 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Build on your existing InDesign skills to create more sophisticated documents. Master workflow strategies that will help you work more efficiently.
Deepen your understanding of InDesign's features and functionality, allowing you to create more professional and complex layouts.
Take your InDesign skills to the next level, master shortcuts and workflow strategies that will help you work faster and more efficiently.
"Great course, informative and the instructor was able and willing to answer our questions."
Durkan Ltd
"Everything on the training was amazing from start to finish. The centre was modern and welcoming, the rooms were bright, the facilities and lunch were spot on. Iain was great and made the training experience specific to our roles which was beyond helpful. Took queries on things that would help up improve in our roles and generally was just so warm and welcoming. Would recommend to others."
Durkan
"Great course and given plenty of information presented in an easy to learn style that I can now take forward into my working environment. Lots of tips that are relevant to me. Much better working in smaller groups. Thank you."
"Sebastian was very patient, was taking the time to explain each steps in a very easy way. He always asked us first if we knew the tool or used it before explaining it to us."
Usborne Publishing
"Warm welcome at start of each day, Craig was very informative in his teachings, the sessions went at a good pace and ensured we were still on track the whole time. Excellent breakfast and lunch too"
From £299 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Master the full power and potential of Adobe InDesign. Take your design skills to the max by working smarter and faster.
Dive deeper into InDesign's typographical controls and advanced text formatting features.
Use grids, objects styles and liquid layouts to create beautiful and polished layouts and documents.
This Advanced course is designed to expand your skillset and help you maximise the potential of Adobe InDesign.
"Clear and knowledgable. A really helpful and enjoyable day. Thank you!"
"Friendly and approachable"
"Great at showing uses for what we were learning, rather than just explaining how something works and that's it"
"Friendly team and nice environment to learn some new skills in!"
"The course itself was well planned out, spaced out throughout the day. Useful examples used. Good mix of listening & learning, and completing tasks ourselves."
From £399 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Expand your Adobe InDesign skills by creating interactive eBooks and magazines. Create interactive publications that work across a range of digital platforms.
Learn how to use Adobe InDesign to design and publish interactive content like e-books,
magazines, and interactive PDFs.
Gain the skills to create user-friendly interactive elements that provide a seamless and
enjoyable reading experience for your audience.
"Really good at explaining in a good and understandable speed and helping to understand tips and techniques too. Iwan was extremely helpful at explaining break downs of the course areas too."
"Explaining the application from the start. Good teaching"
"James was a great teacher. He adapted the lesson according to each learner in the room and we all learned a lot! Would happily recommend to others!"
"Great training courses"
"Excellent teaching, really good resources and examples"
From £299 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Learn how to provide engaging and accessible information using infographics. Find the story hidden in the data using proven journalistic techniques.
Learn how to effectively analyse data, identify key insights, and transform them into compelling infographics that resonate with your target audience.
This course will help you master the art of extracting and presenting stories in a
concise and engaging way.
"Really good overview of DSLR techniques -- it was very accessible and Simon was very patient and informative. Lunch was really nice and the office space was lovely too"
"You provide very good support beforehand and the lecturer was very good."
"Really great facilties, friendly staff, great food. The trainers are very helpful and friendly, and open to catering for your needs and help, even if outside of the course content"
"Everyone's friend and I felt I could ask my trainer a 'silly' question and not feel silly asking."
"Start to finish learning with regular check ins and lovely facilities."
From £299 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Create visually appealing infographics, graphs and charts. Gain confidence with Adobe Illustrator's drawing tools.
Learn to design professional and visually appealing infographics using Adobe Illustrator.
Master Illustrator's powerful tools for designing infographics that are scalable and can be shared across a variety of platforms.
"Very helpful, with tailored content"
"Fantastic day! Thank you Simon! :-)"
"Very organised & friendly team"
"Neil was brilliant and thorough. Answered a lot of questions even before being asked - super useful with explaining why things do what they do!"
"Vicki is a great instructor. She is very knowledgable, friendly and patient. I always enjoy coming for Vicki's always up-to-date tuition and look forward to coming again."
From £379 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
This is the Adobe Authorised course for new users of Adobe Photoshop. Produce and edit images to meet professional industry standards.
Learn the fundamental tools and techniques of Photoshop on this Adobe Authorised course.
Our experts will give you the skills to edit and transform your images with precision and creativity.
Photoshop is the worldwide industry standard for working with digital images.
This course will give you the perfect start to working with Photoshop.
"Trainer was really lovely. Location is epic. Food was great. Very easy to find."
"Very friendly, helpful and really enjoyable course"
"Quality and pace of the training with Simo was first class!"
"Excellent training delivered by the trainer. Very structured training, the trainer was very knowledgeable, helpful and very professional."
"Very prepared, thorough examples of all different skills"
From £379 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Work smarter in Photoshop, master new techniques and realise your creative potential. This is the ideal course for building on your existing Adobe Photoshop skills.
Expand your Photoshop skills!
This Adobe Authorised course will delve deeper into
Photoshop's features, tools and techniques taking your image editing skills to the next level.
Our experts will also teach you efficient workflows, shortcuts, and automation techniques enabling you to work faster and more effectively.
"Very slick and efficient training. Excellent facilities and refreshments too. Friendly and helpful front of house staff too."
"Nathan was very patient, experienced and I have learnt a lot of new things I didn't know prior about writing effectively. Nathan was good at bring me along with what he was teaching."
"Clear, well presented information. Friendly tutor. Focussed"
"Pace of the course was great. Learnt lots of new things. Bonus to have a lovely lunch and meet some nice folk. Would recommend!"
"Facilities and lunch"
From £299 + VAT
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Become a super-user and harness the full power and potential of Photoshop. Learn insights and techniques from experts to produce stunning images.
Expand your skillset and push the boundaries when using Adobe Photoshop.
This course is designed to expand your creative horizons giving you the skills to produce a wide range of beautiful digital imagery.
You'll also cover valuable advanced workflows and time-saving techniques from industry professionals.
"Simo was very knowledgable and able to answer any questions that we had. He was also unaware that we were from the same museum and department and was able to make the course tailored to us and show us tools that we particularly wanted to use."
"Lots of really helpful info and advanced techniques. Very well planned. We were able to tailor the afternoon to specific processes and techniques relevant to out role as museum photographers - using examples of our photography."
"Great, simple process, excellent training and top lunch - very happy with the experience!"
"The structure of the day was excellently laid out, we covered the course material at the right pace. Being able to move onto specific questions was ideal. Max was knowledgable and friendly, creating a relaxed learning environment."
"Course was tailored to our needs"
From £299 + VAT
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Creating beautiful Powerpoint presentations can be a challenge for non-designers. Learn the design skills to make visually striking and memorable presentations.
If you are not a trained designer, this course will give you the design skills to create striking presentations that effectively convey your message.
Learn about colour theory, layout design, transitions, and animation effects to create visually impressive presentations.
"Very good explanations of the techniques and going from basic info (which I needed) through to feeling confident with the camera, exactly what I wanted out of the course"
"Very good location, helpful and friendly, informative"
"Really friendly and lovely environment. Course trainer was very knowledgeable, material was relevant, I liked that he went straight into it (rather than e.g. sharing his background) and that we had a lot of opportunities for shooting. It felt really practical, hands-on and will be definitely useful."
"Love coming here and hope to again soon"
"Showing how to do things in multiple ways i.e. showing a menu method and a shortcut/hotkey method of performing the same task."
From £329 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Bring your ideas to life with this powerful 3D modelling software. Learn how to create detailed 3D models to showcase your designs.
Learn to create detailed 3D models and designs with precision using SketchUp.
Gain a comprehensive knowledge of SketchUp's features and learn how to streamline your
workflow to greatly improve your productivity when working on projects.
"Useful and easy-to-understand slides (I particularly appreciated that I was sent them afterwards), interactive format and a friendly, highly knowledgeable tutor."
"Training times and break times are well planned to enable learner to learn at a good pace. Trainer has been helpful and knowledgeable offering 1-1 support when needed."
"Providing lunch & snacks etc..."
"The whole course!"
"Being thorough and pausing when someone was behind"
From £399 + VAT
Two day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Learn how to design websites that your customers will love using. Discover how to design websites that provide an exceptional user experience.
Gain the skills to design intuitive and user-friendly interfaces, leading to greater customer
satisfaction and increased traffic to your site.
Learn how to make sure your website is inclusive, accessible and a joy to use.
"Great course, mixing theory and practical work. The trainer was helpful, and engaging"
Barts Charity
"Step-by-step practical guidance on beginner web-building. Small group so it was easy to discuss amongst each other and pay attention. Good balance of listening to theory and actually doing."
JING Tea
"Clear, concise instructions, tutor knowledgeable - helpful and good delivery of material"
"All explained very clearly and will help with future use."
"Kevin was really clear and informative. Learnt a lot from the training."
From £329 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Create brilliant designs and prototypes for websites, mobile apps and games. Learn to work efficiently and collaborate seamlessly using Adobe XD.
Learn how to create interactive design prototypes using Adobe XD so that you can present
and showcase your design concepts effectively.
Master Adobe XD's powerful collaboration features so that you can easily work with clients
or other designers, streamlining the design review and feedback process.
"Venue, food, refreshments all excellent."
"Good all round course, trainer very approachable, well tailored for our company"
"Great Course , excellent."
"Friendly, patient, knowledgeable"
"Presenting, making clear the objectives and what we will achieve from the day really had me engaged and I knew what kind of knowledge I would be able to take away with me. I also think the set up with the snacks and lunches was fantastic, hospitality wise I was impressed as well as the training itself."