Become a great product designer
Start your new career in digital product design with our 12-week intensive program in Barcelona
Product Design is a process that strategically addresses customer and business problems through technology. In order to do that, designers need tools from user research, information architecture, and interaction design. In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals across all major areas of the discipline, and put into practice the skills needed to start your career in product, user experience, and user interface design.
We aim to provide you with the best bootcamp experience you can find, complete with steady mentorship, seasoned guidance, constructive community, and real-world experience.
As a capstone to the program, you’ll work with a team on a final project with a real client.
You’ll have weekly sessions with a mentor for 6 months, during and after the course. They work at companies like Google, Netflix, and Discord.
The course is taught by two lead teachers, with extensive experience in design and education.
Button School is a growing community of product and user experience design practitioners in Barcelona and beyond.
We focus the course around a solid core of long-lasting skills that will serve your career for years.
The course is regularly updated with guidance from leading practitioners to ensure current best practices and approaches.
Every week in class, you’ll work on design projects to practice what you’re learning. We can’t wait to see what you make!
Don’t trust us, trust our former students 💚.
2021
As a teacher, Nevan was an infinite well of knowledge, always ready to answer all my questions and help me navigate my career change experience smoothly, making sure I had all the tools I needed to start my career as a UX Designer.See full review
2021
Víctor is an excellent teacher with a combination of rich experience in UX/UI design, great soft skills, and a willingness to work hard to make sure his students learn.See full review
2020
Nevan is a patient, inclusive and skilled teacher, capable of making passionate students fall in love with design all over again, highlighting the powerful causes that can be supported by good UX. I couldn’t think of a better teacher for such a people-centered field!See full review
2022
Víctor as a teacher is an asset for any school as he cares about his students, encourages them to continue working hard and pushes them to excel even more.See full review
2022
Nevan’s experience shows in the way he tackles problems and presents ideas to his students, often hinting at various solutions instead of just one. He gives real-life examples of what he has encountered to illustrate his points.See full review
2022
He tenido la gran suerte de haber conocido a Víctor y tenerlo como profesor en el Bootcamp... Sin duda demuestra su profesionalidad como docente y diseñador, con un alto sentido y sensibilidad para el diseño.See full review
2020
Having Nevan as a teacher has been a great pleasure. He is very professional and on top of that, a fabulous person. I learned a lot from him during the Bootcamp. He gave me tips that I'll keep in mind both professionally and personally. I'm sure this Bootcamp would have been very different without him. Honestly, for me, he is a 10.See full review
2022
Víctor ha sido el motivo principal de por qué me ha gustado tanto el curso, por lo que recomiendo enormemente estudiar con él.See full review
We are proud to have played a role in the development of so many of our student’s lives and careers. Here are just a few of the more recognizable places they’ve worked after studying with us.
Learn the foundations to start your career as a product or user experience designer.
In this intensive course you’ll learn all you need to start your career as a product designer. You will develop the technical knowledge and practical experience you need to confidently understand and execute a professional design project.
12 weeks (480 hours)
Monday through Friday, from 9am to 6pm
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Over 12 weeks, you will work to explore methods and grow your skills as a designer. Toward the beginning of the course, we will hold your hand and provide more structure while working through new processes for the first time. As the course advances, we will explore more deeply in more specialized techniques, while you take the wheel in driving your iterative process.
By the end of the course, you should feel confident to indepently execute on a sophisticated and realistic product design process, and proactively ask for the support you need to make stronger decisions and improve your designs.
We start by jumping into the full design process, using all of the key ingredients of human centered design. Our goal is to start building ways of thinking that will allow us to improve our strategic design thinking skills.
We’ll learn about
With a solid handle on design process, we dig deeper into designing to support interactions between humans and computers, with a focus on mobile apps. We will learn common user interface and interaction patterns, and start thinking about interactive systems as opposed to individual screens.
We’ll learn about
Finally, we will work together to bring more structure and meaning to the content and information people will access in our products. We will explore how users think about information they seek so that we can design experiences that feel intuitive and expected.
We’ll learn about
For the capstone project, you’ll bring together everything you’ve learned to research and design a web application from scratch! These projects will be reviewed individually with a senior product designer in the industry to evaluate your progress.
You will work with a team of classmates to do a design project based on a brief from a real company. During this process you’ll apply research, findings, and the design process you’ve learned throughout the program in collaboration with your client to deliver a valuable design recommendation.
In the final stage of the course, we will work together to prepare for your job search. During this time, you’ll create a first version of your portfolio, prepare for design challenges and interviews, and set up your strategy for tracking your job applications.
As an intensive bootcamp program, this course needs your full attention. Every day we’ll be learning new things, working together, and advancing on projects.
You’ll also spend time on evenings to advance your projects, and to read and do other practice assignments. It’s a big committment!
We will all be together Monday through Friday, from 9am to 6pm. Here’s what a day of life in the bootcamp might look like:
Morning warm-up
Theory
Break
Practice
Lunch time
Project workshop
Practice & regroup
Build your design future on a solid foundation by entrusting your design education to proven educators. Button classes are designed and led by senior level industry practicioners who have trained hundreds of students.
Nevan is a design educator, focused on building great learning experiences and establishing community among design professionals. In his free time he watches too much TV.
Teaching experience
Design experience
Víctor is a Barcelona-based product designer and educator obsessed with making beautiful digital products work. He believes in user-centered design and simplicity shaped by work and research. Brutalist design is his middle name.
Teaching experience
Design experience
You’ll have workshops and mentorship sessions with our amazing associates. They bring you their experience working in some of the best design teams in the world, and work with you personally as you take the first steps in your career.
Product Designer
Netflix
Head of Product Design
Stuart
Software Engineer
UX Writer
Discord
Product Designer
Glovo
9.000€
9.500€
10.000€
Pay the total before the course starts and we will discount 500€
We offer installment plans to make multiple payments before the course ends
Our top priority is working with motivated students who are excited to succeed in a new career path. When you submit your application, we will reach out to book a call to discuss your circumstances, and we are happy to work with you to see what we can offer.
In person classes and workshops, including a week dedicated to preparing your first portfolio
You’ll meet with a senior designer to check in throughout the course, and into your first job search
From your lead teachers and mentor