mahdif.com
The Art of Design Spec'ing
11+ min · · Let's learn more about design specs, how to create them, and how they smooth out the hand-off process between design and engineering. · Shared by 97, including Luca Corsilli, Evan (he/him), Stef Walter
Nielsen Norman Group
Left-Side Vertical Navigation on Desktop: Scalable, Responsive, and Easy to Scan
9 min · · Vertical navigation is a good fit for broad or growing IAs, but takes up more space than horizontal navigation. Ensure that it is left-aligned, keyword front-loaded, and visible. · Shared by 38, including Jessel Sookha, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Evan (he/him), Stef Walter
Growth.Design
🧠Psychology of Design: 101 Cognitive Biases & Principles That Affect Your UX
7 min · · A complete list of cognitive biases and design principles with tons of examples, checklists and quizzes to help you improve your user experience. · Shared by 1062, including Oscar MacDonald, Neil Hart 💙, Tom Connor, Jansnet, Alberto, George Waititu, Matthias Lampe, Christian P. Stobbe, Ilia Markov, Álvaro Felipe, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Courtney Bolton ★, Evan (he/him), Helmi, Zain Fathoni, Nir Eyal, Stef Walter, Stephanie A Kowalski, bouiboui, Victor Lee
editorx.com
What is Neurodiversity and How It Applies to Web Design
10 min · · Neurodiverse users shouldn’t be seen as edge cases. Here are the basic principles of designing with neurodiversity in mind to create a more inclusive web. · Shared by 15, including Evan (he/him)
Nielsen Norman Group
Design Systems 101
8 min · · A design system is a set of standards to manage design at scale by reducing redundancy while creating a shared language and visual consistency across pages and channels. · Shared by 195, including Inkbot Design, Paul J. Adam, Meinder Verheggen, CSS Weekly, Stu Collett, Marius Bleuer, Oscar MacDonald, Kristina Halvorson, Gabriele, Evan (he/him), Luca Corsilli, Christian Hartmann, Mohamed Azazy, Nick Floro
UX Collective
The self-taught UI/UX designer roadmap in 2021
20+ min · · A deep dive guide on teaching yourself UI/UX design from zero knowledge to a full-time role · Shared by 132, including Christian Hartmann, Ser Jeff Garzik, Evan (he/him), Victor Lee, Adham Dannaway
UX Collective
Psychological principles every product designer should know
11+ min · · Psychology is a crucial element in designing the right kind of systems, interfaces and experiences for your users/customers. · Shared by 483, including Stef Walter, Gabriele, Stephanie A Kowalski, Pouya, George Waititu, Adham Dannaway, Marius Bleuer, rohit, Evan (he/him), Boris Périsset, Gianluca Diegoli
fossheim.io
Sarah L. Fossheim
6 min · · I'm a multidisciplinary developer and designer, with a strong interest in data science, AI, ethics and accessibility. · Shared by 22, including Evan (he/him), Eric Bailey, Lisa Charlotte Muth, Kat
The New York Times
CSS Grid for Designers
9 min · · Changing layout on the web · Shared by 113, including Jessel Sookha, Design Shack, Stephen C Sanders, Times Open, Boris Périsset, Ana Rita, Yoav Ganbar (🥑 Builder.io/Qwik), Evan (he/him), Kim Schläpfer
HubSpot
Typography Tutorial for Beginners: Everything You Need to Learn Typography Basics
14+ min · · Take your DIY design skills to the next level by getting a crash course in typography. · Shared by 107, including Luminous Kaleidoscope, Jessel Sookha, Manas, Evan (he/him), Stephanie A Kowalski
edu.gcfglobal.org
Beginning Graphic Design: Color
4 min · · Within graphic design color plays a vital role. Learn more about color theory in this free video and tutorial. · Shared by 84, including Luminous Kaleidoscope, Stephanie A Kowalski, Jessel Sookha, Evan (he/him)
edu.gcfglobal.org
Beginning Graphic Design: Layout and Composition
· Within graphic design layout is a building block. Also within graphic design composition is a building block. Learn more about them here. · Shared by 115, including Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Stephanie A Kowalski, Evan (he/him), Ceferino Díaz, José Rodrigues
Toptal
Designing for Readability - A Guide to Web Typography (with Infographic)
4 min · · How can a designer choose a typeface for a digital design when there are so many variables? Factors like color, line height, and letter shapes play major roles in how well a font can be read on… · Shared by 6, including Evan (he/him)
Nielsen Norman Group
State-Switch Controls: The Infamous Case of the "Mute" Button
6 min · · On–off controls that switch between two different system states need to clearly communicate to users both the current state and the state the system will move to, should the user press that control. · Shared by 68, including Victor Lee, CSS Weekly, Evan (he/him), tcherno, Stef Walter
amortizedcost.net
UI design for software developers. Part 1, Colors
2 min · · In this series of articles, I will show full process of creating a UI design for Batch Image Shrinker [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.amortizedcost.batchimageshrinker] (Google play… · Shared by 7, including Evan (he/him)
Lisa Charlotte Muth
What to consider when considering data vis rules
17+ min · · Which kind of data vis rules I like, and how the theory of art can explain why rules contradict each other. · Shared by 83, including Jessel Sookha, Oscar MacDonald, Evan (he/him), Kevin Roberts