# What they're not teaching in design class--and what you can do about it

DevFeed: [What they're not teaching in design class--and what you can do about it](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-they-re-not-teaching-in-design-class-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-9559.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/business-design-education/>)

Author: Michelle Liu; Valerie Wong

Published: 2025-06-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [User Experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/user-experience.md>), [user experience design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/user-experience-design.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>), [Netflix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/netflix.md>)

Tags: [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [customer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customer.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [education](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/education.md>), [experience-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experience-design.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [netflix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netflix.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [product-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-design.md>), [product-sense](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-sense.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that design education often underemphasizes business fundamentals. Figma Campus Leaders explain that designers need business fluency and product sense to connect user experience, stakeholder needs, and creative decisions to tangible business outcomes.

## Source excerpt

Designers don't just shape experiences--they shape businesses. But with so many design programs lacking in business fundamentals, these Figma Campus Leaders argue that students should go extracurricular.