A digital breakfast of design goodies

Setting aside 5 mins to see what else is happening in the world at the start of each day can reap major benefits. Next to coffee, it’s one of the most important part of my morning routine.

I was curious what works for other designers so I asked my colleagues at the Strategy+Design team about their ‘top of the morning’ feasts. Here’s what our team of UX design, research and strategy experts shared.

Hope it inspires you. Enjoy! Also check out Part 2 of this series, and stay tuned for part three in the coming weeks.

Designer News

A daily collection of the new tools, articles, and published sites for the digital product design industry.

me / design / @jonathanbowden

Cognitive Lode

For geeking out on research. Nicely curated content on behavioral and consumer psychology research put into super digestible chunks — helpful things to know about people and patterns of behavior when thinking about product and business strategy.

Alice Clark / Director of Strategy / @curiousdreams

UI Movement

As animation becomes a bigger factor in digital design, this is a great resource of the day’s best subtle animations.

me / design / @jonathanbowden

Capptivate

I go here for mobile design inspiration, specifically to check out new transitions and animations that are pushing standards.

Lulu Tsui / Principal User Experience Designer / @hyperlicious

Sidebar

always has something great from case studies to fine art.

Derrick Snider / UX Designer / @derrick_Snider

Subtraction

Khoi has a great insight and instincts.

Derrick Snider / UX Designer / Derrick Snider

infogr.am

For help creating data visualizations, and data viz inspiration.

Kirsten Powers / UX Principal / kirsten_powers on Skype

Paint Code App — iPhone Resolutions

Love it, best iOS screen size reference I know of.

Kirsten Powers / UX Principal / kirsten_powers on Skype

Six Revisions

General inspiration, to help think outside the box.

Kirsten Powers / UX Principal / kirsten_powers on Skype

UXpin Studio

Great blog with lots of free ebooks and articles about fundamentals and advanced topics in UX and UI.

Sandy Martinuk / UX Designer / @cognitiontec

InVision Blog

A fantastic assortment of articles spanning the practices and processes of UX work.

Sandy Martinuk / UX Designer / Sandy Martinuk

Wired design

For the latest business, design and tech news. Also I need to stay on top of the latest gadgets so I can impress my preteen son… which gets harder every day. ;)

Alice Clark / Director of Strategy / @curiousdreams

UX Booth

Good for business strategy and current thinking on the value of UX in the business world.

Jessica Gentry / COO / @jessica_ui

UX Matters

Thoughtful columns on how to improve your game as a UX consultant.

Jessica Gentry / COO / @jessica_ui

A List Apart

Interesting long form articles both about the UX business and focusing on specific aspects of current UX practice.

Jessica Gentry / COO / @jessica_ui

Slack App / Facebook Groups / Newsletters

for prototyping tools, it’s nice to see people’s examples or learn about some of the quandaries they run into (Origami, proto.io, Sketch, Invision).

Marie Hwang / UX Designer/ @mariehwang

What about you?

These are some of our favorites, but we would love to hear some of your favorites! Leave a comment and some link goodness below.