This guided project "Material Design 3 for Beginners : Customizing Components" is for UX/UI designers looking to enhance their skills in modern design principles. In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn core principles of Material Design 3, the structure and components of the Material Design 3 design system as a design system and learning where and how to locate the components you need from the ready-to-use design system. Finally, you will learn how to customize versatile buttons, flexible cards, and efficient tabs. To achieve this, we will work through a series of hands-on exercises that guide you in building and implementing these components step-by-step to create a profile page for an app. This project provides you with practical experience, allowing you to apply what you have learned directly to your projects. By customizing these key components, you will be able to create cohesive and simple user interfaces that enhance the user experience. To be successful in this project, you will need a basic understanding of UX/UI design principles and familiarity with Figma's layers, properties and tools. .
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What you'll learn
Understand core principles, best practices, and basic guidelines of Material Design 3
Locate and use components from the Material Design 3 design system.
Customize Material Design 3 buttons, cards, and tabs to create consistent user interfaces.
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About this Guided Project
Learn step-by-step
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Task 1: Locating, Organizing, and Using Material Design 3 Components in Figma
Task 2: Accessing and using the Material Theme Builder plugin to customize styles
Task 3: Create a User Profile page with Grid alignment and Key Components
Practice Task
Task 5: Component Placement, alignment and Customization of Icons and Labels
Task 6: Adding the App Status bar and Bottom sheet
Task 7: Enhancing App Colors and adding a Dark Theme
Cumulative Challenge
Recommended experience
Basic understanding of UX/UI design principles and familiarity with Figma's layers, properties and tools.
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Access the tools and resources you need in a pre-configured cloud workspace.
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This Guided Project is designed for laptops or desktop computers with a reliable Internet connection, not mobile devices.
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