Resources
Over the past decade Iβve collected many design resources which I continue to revisit time and time again. On this page Iβve organized a few of my absolute favorites for other design professionals to use. Enjoy! π€πΌ
COURSES
UX Masterclass - A practical UX design course. Learn UX design methods and principles that you can put to work right away on a variety of projects and work settings.
Process Masterclass - An in depth online design course for UI/UX design. Learn design thinking and design execution, and become a more valuable designer.
Working With Clients to Get Design Approval with Paul Boag
Stand Out as a Web Designer with Dann Petty
Logotype Design for Brand Identity with Steve Wolf
Mastering Illustrator: 10 Tips & Tricks to Speed Up Your Workflow with DKNG
BOOKS
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Making of A Manager by Julie Zhuo
Simply Said: Communicating Better at Work and Beyond by Jay Sullivan
Steal the Show: From Speeches to job Interview to Deal-Closing Pitches by Michael Port
Radical Candor by Kim Scott
Brutally Honest by Emily Cohen
The Brand Gap: How to Bridge the Distance Between Business Strategy and Design by Marty Neumeier
ICONOGRAPHY
Material Design Icons (Google) - Material icons are delightful, beautifully crafted symbols for common actions and items
Feather Icons - Simply beautiful open source icons
Iconnoir - Iconoir is one of the biggest open source libraries with currently 914 SVG Icons.
Lucide - An open-source icon library that provides 1000+ vector (svg) files for displaying icons and symbols in digital and non-digital projects.
Heroicons - Beautiful hand-crafted SVG icons, by the makers of Tailwind CSS.
Untitled UI - A clean, consistent, and neutral icon library crafted specifically for modern UI design. Made for Figma, in Figma.
Icon Design Guide and Template Grids - by Iconutopia - Everything you need to know about icon design to get started. Adobe Illustrator template grids.
Zach Roszczewski (Icon Designer) - Zach is a freelance icon & illustration designer living in Encinitas, California. He is also the owner and creator of Flaticons, a premium icon set marketplace.
UI/UX BEST PRACTICES
Laws of UX - A collection of best practices that designers can consider when building user interfaces.
Nielsen Norman Group - World Leaders in Research-Based User Experience
UI Component Handbook -The definitive guide to standardize the design/code of the UI Components based on the 39 most popular Reference Systems
Web Field Manual - Hundreds of web design resources and tools
ARTICLES & VIDEOS
π Brand New - Opinions on corporate and brand identity work.
π Gestalt Principles in UI Design
π The 7-Step-Paul-Rand Logo-Test
π The Art of Presenting Creative Work
π How to Fend Off Bad Client Ideas
βΆοΈ The Challenge of Creative Work
βΆοΈ The Gap by Ira Glass
FREE MOCKUPS
FREE STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
Pexels (also has free stock video)
WEB DESIGN INSPIRATION
Land-Book (Practical website in common industries)
Codepen (Great for micro interactions with editable code to back it up)
BRANDING
Global Brand Database - Access international trademarks, appellations, emblems, allowing users to explore using keywords, names, numbers, and image similarity.
COLOR & ACCESSIBILITY
Accessible colors for user interfaces
WebAIM Contrast Checker
BrandColors - The biggest collection of official brand color codes around
TYPOGRAPHY
Typewolf - Whatβs trending in type
Flawless Typography Checklist - A typography master course that doubles as an interactive visual reference that helps you achieve flawless type on every design project
ASPIRATIONAL DESIGN AGENCIES
Eleken (Specialize in SaSS companies)
Hype Legal (Specialize in law firms)