Shift Nudge
Professional interface design training for working designers. A proven framework that helps you articulate design decisions, execute your taste, and finish work to the level it deserves.
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Trusted by the world's best design teams. Figma, Google, Microsoft, Pentagram, and other leading companies, plus thousands of designers worldwide rely on Shift Nudge for professional interface design training.
Shift Nudge is for working designers who can complete projects but struggle with visual craft execution. Whether you're self-taught without formal foundations, or experienced but never learned a systematic approach, this framework turns uncertainty into confident decisions.
In the new world of AI, this is even more important. When anyone can generate a layout, the designers who advance are those with refined judgment about what makes it work. Strong craft isn't optional anymore. It's the differentiator that comes from a clear system for design decisions.
- Turn scattered knowledge into a systematic process
- Understand the WHY behind every design decision
- Apply learnings immediately to day-to-day work
- Build confidence through repeatable frameworks
Framework
A proven system for confident design. This methodology underlies professional interface design and is used by working designers at leading companies.
Foundation
Strategic approaches to typography, layout, and color that eliminate guesswork.
Advanced Application
Style, elements, and tactics for enterprise systems and workflows.
Professional Development
Ongoing mentorship through workshops, critique, and a community advancing together.
- 8+
- Weeks
- 5+
- Hours/week
- 8
- Modules
- 1
- Year of critiques
Method
A clear, step-by-step process that removes guesswork from design decisions. Access the complete methodology and foundational principles that apply across any platform, tool, or challenge.
Apply the system through self-paced study and live mentorship. Advance your skills in 8+ weeks and continue with feedback and professional support for a full year.
Founder
Matt D. Smith (@mds)
Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Georgia. Twenty years in interface design for agencies, startups, and companies worldwide. Creator of the Float Label pattern, adopted by Apple, Google, and many others. Designer of Figma plugins Contrast and Flowkit. Currently advancing AI collaboration with FloatPrompt. Founder of Shift Nudge, training designers to lead with clarity and craft.
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Professional development that leads to career advancement and leadership positions.
Members have landed dream roles, increased their salaries, and advanced to Senior Designers, Design Leads, and Heads of Design at leading tech companies and startups. *Individual results may vary.
- Proven framework for confident design decisions
- Complete design training across 8 modules
- Go at your own pace with schedule options
- Community of 4K+ designers from companies like Figma, Google, Netflix, Canva, Pentagram, Dropbox
- Critique vault with 1K+ design reviews
- Bi-weekly live workshops with MDS for 12 months
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Teams
Professional design training for building design competency across your entire team. Trusted by design teams at Figma, Google, Microsoft and other leading companies.
Team training
Resources
Figma fundamentals, UI checklists, and weekly design insights, all free. Start building better interfaces today.
Shift Nudge is the professional interface design training program for working designers who want clarity, confidence, and craft.