Inside the Brainster Community – Highlights of the month
Welcome to Brainster’s monthly newsletter where we share our community highlights! We welcomed Fable and the gang Fable and the gang arrived from Denmark to support our coding workshops. We must admit he lights up the room! Darya Romanova The student of the month is Darya Romanova! Darya was always willing to go […]
Inside the Brainster Community – Highlights of the month
This spring the Brainster team welcomed the new batch of international Bootcamp participants learning UX/UI Design and Data Science. As much as it is exciting for the participants, the Brainster team always has some last-minute jitters before initiating a new Bootcamp. Will we have any class-skippers in this batch? Will we break our PB on […]
How we teach: The Brainster methodology
If you’ve been wondering what can you expect when enrolling a Brainster Bootcamp, in this blog post you’ll find insights on the Brainster methodology. The Brainster teaching methodology is based on 5 principles: 1.Learning by doing In an academic curriculum, students start learning theoretical knowledge before moving to applied topics. At Brainster, students […]
What can you achieve in 1 year, if you start learning UX/UI Design today?
Designers create realities for the entire world. Be it a hair drier, a postcard, or a web application. The way products look and feel is the job of a designer. And in an economy that keeps digitizing by the second, UX/UI Design professionals are more and more needed. Reaching mastery in UX/UI Design is […]
Inside the Brainster Community: March 2021
This Spring marks 1 year of the new normal. Learning online, working from home, online shopping and yoga in the living room are our reality. This Spring inspired our team to reflect and think – How are learning and jobs different now, 1 year into the pandemic? These are our March highlights, filled with content […]
Inside the Brainster Community: February 2021
Welcome to the Brainster monthly newsletter! After January (was it 3 months long?), came a sunny and productive February that propelled our team in a properly efficient sprint. All systems launched – the spring semester in Brainster is almost here. These are the highlights of the month: Brainster Book Club choice: How to win […]
Free live lecture on Absurd Design with Vienna-based Angeliki Angeletou
Design is everywhere around us. From the external look of a thing to the feeling we have when using it – there is a story behind why things are the way they are. Have you ever thought about unconventional ways of designing things to the point they seem absurd or even ugly? In the […]
UX/UI Design Bootcamp participants completed a project for Vienna-based startup Traivelling
My University professors often recapped their lectures by saying “…and that’s the theory students, it is a bit different in practice.” Truer words have never been spoken. Reality struck really hard and my skill set was far from job-ready after graduation. Today and here, at Brainster, we believe that education doesn’t have to be […]
How doеs Damjan Obal kick-off the Brainster UX/UI Design Bootcamp?
There are plenty of learning resources online. Anyone can learn almost anything, but, trial and error could go on forever. True experience comes when you combine knowledge with intuition. Time and practice can’t be out of the equation. Brainster’s on the mission to optimize the learning process. The UX/UI Design Bootcamp immerses students in […]