Resources to Start Learning Design
A lot of my YouTube subscribers have asked me how to start learning design — what online courses to take, books to read and blogs to follow. So, I compiled a simple list to help you get a start on UI, UX, Interaction, Graphic and Visual Design.
Also, published as a YouTube Video.- Check this out to get additional information on the links mentioned below.
Disclaimer: There might be better resources. But, this is a small list of resources that I have learned from or have been recommended by other Designers.
Books
The Design of Everyday things — Don Norman
Hooked — How to Build Habit-Forming Products — Nir Eyal
Steal like an Artist — Austin Kleon
Don’t Make Me Think — Steve Krug
The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics — Dona Wong
Creativity, Inc. — Ed Catmull
The Visual Display of Quantitative information — Edward Tufte
Color — Betty Edwards
Online courses
Coursera
Udemy
User Experience Design Fundamentals
General Assembly — User Experience Design
Online
Facebook Pages
YouTube
What to learn
Graphic/Visual Design
UI Design Principles
UX Process
Color Theory
HTML/CSS
Basics of Coding
Design Tools
If you know of any other resources that might help us, please leave them in the comments below.
If this article helped you, please recommend it. Also, follow me on Medium or YouTube to get more articles and videos from me. Thank you :)
