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24 alternatives to The Tiny Designer

Understand design and what it can do. (5-week email course)

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Tiny Designer launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Design for Humans▲231

   An email course about emotional design

   2015 · paulaborowska.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Design for Hackers▲123

   Free 12-week email course to teach design to hackers.

   2014 · designforhackers.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Responsive Web Design: An Email Course▲100

   Free daily lessons to learn the basics of responsive design

   2015 · designlab.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Design Pitfalls▲148

   A free email course to avoid n00b designer mistakes

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   10 Days to Better Design▲165

   Learn design through practical exercises

   2014 · nathanbarry.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Mobile Design Course▲112

   8 practical lessons to make you better at mobile design

   2015 · mobiledesignbook.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Tiny Products▲114

   A weekly email digest to learn the skills that pay the bills

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Working with Pictures: The Tiny Book!▲85

   A tiny book of design exercises

   2016 · 5264002956444.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Design for Hackers Video Course▲123

   Learn visual design in 15 minutes a day

   2015 · designforhackers.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Write CSS as Fast as You Can Sketch▲140

    Learn how to design in the browser (8-day email course)

    2015 · planningforaliens.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Tinycon▲197

    A small library for manipulating the favicon

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    FREE Email Interface Design Course▲40

    A beginner-friendly intro to interface design

    2021 · uilearn.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Howww.to▲148

    Code, design & marketing courses reduced to 5sec GIF's

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    HackDesign▲213

    Newsletter that teaches you design via 50 curated courses

    2014 · hackdesign.org · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Web Design Circuit▲81

    12 week mentor-driven online course, from GA

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Little Big Details▲119

    Your daily dose of design inspiration

    2014 · littlebigdetails.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Sketch 101 by Designlab▲165

    Learn Sketch in this free course w/ downloadable templates

    2017 · designlab.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    5IT▲88

    5 intriguing things, delivered daily via email

    2015 · mailchimp.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Web Design Course▲84

    Learn Web Design With a Mentor

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Principles of UX Design▲235

    Free e-course from InVision

    2016 · miro.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Figma 101 by Designlab▲125

    Learn Figma in this free course w/ downloadable templates

    2018 · designlab.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Transform Your Ideas▲61

    20 week e-mail course on building & launching software

    2014 · femgineer.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    UXTree▲201

    Video courses for designers

    2015 · uxtree.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Despreneur Academy▲111

    Learn design principles and basic theories of web design

    2015 · despreneuracademy.usefedora.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →