An online academy for design & craft
Small cohorts, real projects and mentor feedback within 48 hours. Nine courses in typography, colour, motion and craft — taught by working designers, finished by people with jobs.
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The catalogue
Every course lists its lessons, hours, level and price up front. Click a card to see the full syllabus before you enrol.
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How it works
Short lessons, 6–12 minutes each. Watch at your own pace, on any device, as many times as you like.
Every course ends with a real project — a poster, a type specimen, a motion piece — not a quiz.
A working mentor reviews your project within 48 hours, with line-by-line notes you can act on.
The Northlight method
We cap cohorts, teach one thing at a time and review real work. It takes longer. It also works.
Twelve learners per cohort, so your mentor knows your name and your project.
12 maxYou leave with finished work for your portfolio, not a certificate for a test.
1 project / courseEvery submission gets a human review within two working days. Guaranteed.
48h“We teach slowly on purpose. A course you finish beats a course you bought.”
Your mentors
No hired presenters. Every mentor is a working designer who teaches one subject, properly.
Former type director at a Copenhagen studio. Teaches the foundations course and the advanced grid systems workshop.
Print designer and colour consultant for publishers. Runs the colour course and the publication design studio.
Motion lead for product teams. Teaches motion for interfaces — the course that turns static designers into moving ones.
Pricing
Prices include lifetime access, all project feedback and every future update to the course.
One course, yours forever.
Pay once, keep it for life.
Every course, every month.
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
For teams learning together.
Billed monthly. 5 seats included.
Questions
Every course has a 14-day refund, no questions asked. Enrol, watch the first lessons, do the first project — if it isn't for you, email us within 14 days for a full refund.
Yes. Single courses are yours for life, including all future updates. Membership keeps access while your plan is active, and anything you finish stays in your library.
Every course issues a certificate when you complete the project and pass mentor review. It lists the course, the project and the date — nothing more, nothing less.
Self-paced means you start today and go at your speed. A cohort starts on a fixed date with twelve other learners, weekly live sessions and a shared deadline. Same lessons, same feedback — the cohort adds people.
The Slow Letter
New courses, one good essay on learning design, and nothing else. No weekly drip, no urgency.
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