![]() ![]() Sign up for an account with Sidebar and get 5 design links delivered to your inbox every day.ĭisclaimer: The information in this blog is current as of 2 August 2019. It’s also helpful in gaining inspiration as you’re working through creating icons or icon sets!Ī Chrome extension so you can inspect what font/type is being used on a website. This is a great resource for finding the right icon for your UI work. The Product Design team recommends bookmarking this site. Need help with Accessibility on your project? UIGoodies has great resources for that. It’s like one-stop shop for all things design. He also covers other design tools such as Framer, Flinto, and other prototyping tools. His Youtube channel is full of tutorials and tips around using Sketch. The Product Team loves Pablo and his comical approach. Thinking about using Sketch on a project or switching over from another tool? Invision has put together this 8-part video series for you to get your familiar in using Sketch and how to effectively use it. Check out their dedicated UX Design category for practical tips, useful guidelines, best practices, and case studies. Smashing Mag is an online magazine for professional web designers and developers. ![]() UX Collective is a Medium blog with really great curated stories on user experience, usability, and product design. Check out their recommendations for blogs, vlogs, newsletters, and resources below. Our Product Design team had some great recommendations for blogs and additional if you were inspired to continue learning about UX/UI design beyond the summer. For example, what happens a user clicks on an edit button? Microinteractions by Dan SafferĪ practical book where Dan Saffer teaches you how to design effective microinteractions: the small details that exist inside and around features. Our Product Design team describes the book as a “bible, of sorts, for usability and user experience.” This is must-read for anyone who designs user experiences and interfaces across all digital mediums. Frost also has a blog with further insights and inspiration. Atomic Design by Brad FrostĪtomic Design dives into how we think about design systems and is a huge help for rolling out more consistent, thoughtful user interfaces. Flatiron School’s Product Design team say it’s full of in-depth examples and exercises to use with a team for any step of the innovation process. This book discusses design-thinking methods and how they can apply beyond just UI and digital products to actual services and the ecosystems of experiences. The Service Innovation Handbook by Lucy Kimbell Designers can use this to get cross functional teams working together to tackle big problems. Knapp guides readers through a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with final users and customers basically, a way to solve design problems quickly. “Whether you’re an entrepreneur or designer, they’re just great at teaching us how to quickly iterate, conduct research, test, and fail forward,” Aaron says. ![]() The “Lean” series comes highly recommended by Aaron Fazulak, our Director of Design Education. Each “Lean” book covers a specific topic and, if you had to choose just one, there is “Lean UX: Designing Great Products With Agile Teams.” This is a bit of a cheat, as it’s not one book but eight. With that perspective, your own design process will be more thoughtful as you consider how people use your creation. The book dives deep into the design of things we usually take for granted. While not a book about UX/UI design, “The Design of Everyday Things” is a must-read for any designer. The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Whether your interest in the User Experience or the User Interface, we have a book for you. Our Product Design Team was eager to share their recommendations for the best UX/UI design books to read. Learning about design and getting inspired by the world around you helps you forget about the heat. Did you know UX/UI design and the summer are perfect companions? It’s true. ![]()
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