https://www.degreeless.design [644dcc01a9]HomeResourcesNewsletterReviewsAboutLogin A curated resource list to kickstart your design education Get started [644dcc01a9] Overview "To be a good designer you must be a good engineer in every sense: curious, inquisitive." -- Charles Eames, 1949 Becoming a great designer is about much more than taking a single course or attending a single bootcamp. You have to be self-sufficient. You have to be hungry to learn. Throughout design school I collected every resource I found to be useful. Since then I have continued to amass a collection of links, books, articles, and more that will help you speed boost your career. Degreeless.Design Weekly Powered by Substack [644f1e57c5] Basics You have to start from the beginning. You have to understand the basics. Learn to love type, learn to navigate the pen tool, figure out colors, learn some design history, and learn some basic principles. Design Foundations Kern Type GameFonts KnowledgeType.lol - List of FoundriesFonts In Use Typogui.de The Bezier GameUltimate Guide to ColorContrast and Meaning Coolors: Palette Generator Theory & Principles Principles.DesignDieter Ram's 10 PrinciplesLessons of DesignMicrosoft Inclusive Design Design for FrictionDesigning for TomorrowHumane by Design History AIGA Design History ResourcesDesign History Society Design History: Key MomentsHelvetica Documentary Books on The Basics [644f1b5744] Thinking With Type Ellen Lupton [644f1e57c5][644f2142b9] Graphic Design: The New Basics Ellen Lupton [644f1e57c5][644f222600] Grid Systems Kimberly Elam [644f1e57c5][644f22eb44] Thoughts on Design Paul Rand [644f1e57c5][644f233baf] Designing Brand Identity Alina Wheeler [644f1e57c5][644f237500] Graphic Design Thinking Ellen Lupton [644f1e57c5] Starting UX Okay, hopefully now you know the essentials. We'll learn more as we go, but let's jump into the UX world. The absolute most important thing for you to learn and master is process. While you continue to hone your product thinking, process is the value you bring. Tools change & trends die. Master process. UX Foundations Laws of UXUsability HeuristicsCognitive WalkthroughGestalt Principles in UI Behavioral Economics 101Stark Accessibility LibraryNN/g - Nielsen Norman GroupUncoverUX Metrics Directory Design Process IDEO Design KitDesign Sprints vs. AgileGV Design Sprints Guide to Product DesignLearning to Love Design ThinkingProduct Thinking Research UX Research Field GuideResearch Incentive CalculatorDScout - People Nerds Guide to UXRSurvey Methods Deliverables UX ChecklistComplete List of Deliverables Storyboarding 101Interaction Flows UI & Design Systems TypescaleShaperOptical Effects in UIMaterial Design Guidelines Designsystems.comHuman Interface GuidelinesAwesome Design Systems Everything Framer Books on UX [64507af870] The Design of Everyday Things Don Norman [644f1e57c5][64507b441f] The User Experience Team of One Leah Buley [644f1e57c5][64507c358f] Just Enough Research Erika Hall [644f1e57c5][64507e06b8] Validating Product Ideas Tomer Sharon [644f1e57c5][64507e6955] Mismatch Kat Holmes [644f1e57c5][64507e7170] Disability Visability Alice Wong [644f1e57c5][6450808e2f] Sprint Jake Knapp [644f1e57c5][64508095c1] Gamestorming Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, James Macanufo [644f1e57c5][6450835d55] Solving Product Design Exercises Artiom Dashinsky [644f1e57c5] Advanced Resources Once you've gotten your footing with the basics, learned some of the vocab, and figured out a bit more what interests you; try to absorb as much as you can from high quality sources. High Quality Content Design BetterAsk PlaybookAirBnB DesignFarnam Street Design.GoogleUXPin Free EbooksUsabilityhub Blog Designing Beyond Screens Alexa HausAlgorithms.Design VoiceflowAI and The Future of UX Books on Business, HCI, & more [6451cf37a7] The Culture Code Daniel Coyle [644f1e57c5][6451cf9f12] The Infinite Game Simon Sinek [644f1e57c5][6451cfdc51] Radical Candor Kim Scott [644f1e57c5][6451d114e6] $100m Offers Alex Hormozi [644f1e57c5][6451d24451] The Invincible Company Alexander Osterwalder [644f1e57c5] Inspiration It's always a good idea to have your ear to the ground; watch the trends, predict them, respond to them, and know what's happening in the design world. 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