Details Matter

Learn to build the details that make your work stand out in AI era and develop your taste.

Enrollment opens in Spring 2026

Foundation

FREE

What Makes Products Feel Good

Understanding the psychology and principles behind delightful user interactions

Breaking Down Micro-interactions

Analyzing the components and anatomy of effective micro-interactions

Timing and motion basics

Essential concepts of timing, easing, and motion design for interfaces

Tools and setup

Setting up your design and development environment for micro-interactions

Principles

Affordance

Understanding and designing affordances that guide user interactions

Choreography

Orchestrating multiple elements and animations in harmony

Feedback Loop

Creating responsive feedback loops that acknowledge user actions

Loading and Progress

Communicating system status through loading indicators and progress feedback

Spatial awareness

Using spatial relationships and positioning to enhance user understanding

Types

Animation

Understanding animation types and their role in micro-interactions

Command menu

Exploring command palette patterns and keyboard-driven interfaces

Drag & drop

Designing intuitive drag and drop interaction patterns

Loading

Creating effective loading states and skeleton screens

Surface

Working with surface interactions, overlays, and modal patterns

Attributes

Feel

Building intuitive drag and drop interactions with proper visual feedback

Icon transformations

Animating icon state changes and morphing transitions

Playful

Adding playfulness and delight to user interactions

Smooth

Creating smooth and fluid transitions and animations

Swipe gestures

Implementing responsive swipe gestures for mobile and touch interfaces

Philosphy

Behind the scene

Exploring the thought process and decisions behind great micro-interactions

Taste

Developing taste and intuition for exceptional interaction design

Frequently Asked Questions

Enrollment will open in Spring 2026 for one week. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when enrollment begins.

This course is designed for designers and developers of all levels who want to improve their attention to UI details and micro-interactions. Whether you're a beginner or experienced, you'll learn valuable techniques for creating polished interfaces.

The course is self-paced and contains approximately 6 hours of content across 19 lessons. Most students complete it within 2-3 weeks, but you'll have lifetime access to all materials.

The course covers both design and development aspects. For design, you'll use tools like Figma or Sketch. For development, basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is helpful. Specific tool requirements are outlined in the "Tool" chapter.

Yes! The "Workthrough" chapter includes hands-on projects where you'll build real UI components with attention to detail. You'll create hover effects, loading states, page transitions, form validation, toast notifications, and drag-and-drop interactions.

Yes, you'll receive a certificate of completion after finishing all lessons and projects. This certificate can be shared on LinkedIn and added to your portfolio.