Redesign unveiled on the platform; recruitment drive initiated for fresh team members!
The Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF) has recently unveiled a head-to-toe redesign of their online design education platform, marking their biggest release ever. This redesign aims to provide a faster, more engaging, and optimized learning experience for students worldwide.
Four new courses are close to being released on the redesigned platform, including two top-secret ones. The new courses are part of IxDF's commitment to continuously improve and expand their comprehensive UX design curriculum.
The redesigned platform utilizes many of the newest features from PHP 7.4.5, ensuring a modern and efficient learning environment. It also features improvements in page load time due to code optimizations on both the front-end and back-end. Fonts load optimally on the redesigned platform, and fewer front-end assets like Javascript code, CSS, and images are loaded, contributing to faster responses.
A new lesson type, "Build Your Portfolio" lessons, has been added to help students create case studies for their UX Portfolio. The UI of the redesigned platform offers a smoother user experience, with enhanced animations and better readability.
Interviews with design leaders have been given a more engaging spin, sometimes by bringing instructors' examples to life through creative means like building a mobile phone out of cardboard. New caching strategies have been introduced on the redesigned platform, further improving its performance.
The video player on the platform has been revamped, offering a better user experience and smooth video playback even on slow networks and mobiles. On-demand Master Class webinars with design experts are now available, accessible to both members and non-members at a discounted price for members.
Additional high-spec database servers have been invested in for the redesigned platform, ensuring a robust and secure learning environment. Improved firewalls and enhanced security measures have been added to the redesigned platform's databases. Database queries have been optimized for efficiency.
Positions open on the redesigned platform's team include a Senior Content Strategist and Writer, a Senior Design Educator, and a Member Support Unicorn. The redesigned platform offers a fully remote, independent lifestyle, limitless opportunities for learning and growth, and a results-oriented and rewarding culture.
IxDF has also rewritten their playbook for creating educational content, focusing on documenting real-world examples of design and conducting interviews with design leaders. The redesigned learning platform includes improvements in course-taking experience, such as additional guidance and enhanced animations.
Exclusive discounts from Product Partners are being developed for the redesigned platform. The redesigned platform aims to become the world's best and most recognized design school in existence.
While IxDF remains a large and influential platform with a vast library of UX and design courses, some course materials, such as recommendations for design tools and the Accessibility course, are noted to be somewhat outdated and in need of updates. The platform maintains its subscription-based model, with no free trial access to courses, though some free content is offered.
In terms of community and professional development, IxDF has been actively partnering with major UX conferences worldwide to lower the cost of participation in design education and to foster learning and networking opportunities. For 2025, they curated a list of global UX design conferences and continue to facilitate meetups and discussions, such as an upcoming event focused on AI and its impact on product design scheduled for August 17, 2025.
In summary, the platform remains robust in content and community engagement but shows some areas for content updates and mobile usability improvements in 2025. Their growing involvement in global conferences and themed meetups indicates a trend toward integrating the latest industry developments and fostering a strong professional network for members.
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- The Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF) has redesigned their online design education platform to improve the user experience, with features like faster loading times, optimized fonts, and enhanced animations.
- The redesigned IxDF platform will offer four new courses, including two top-secret ones, as part of their commitment to continuously improving and expanding their comprehensive UX design curriculum.
- To help students create case studies for their UX Portfolio, a new lesson type, "Build Your Portfolio" lessons, has been added to the redesigned IxDF platform.
- In addition to new courses, the redesigned IxDF platform offers improved security, enhanced caching strategies, a revamped video player, and on-demand Master Class webinars with design experts. Job opportunities on the redesigned platform's team include a Senior Content Strategist and Writer, a Senior Design Educator, and a Member Support Unicorn.
