4 ms·

Ask HN: How to learn Design?

• DevX101 16y ago
  Check out searchyc.com This is a commonly asked question.
  • RDDavies 16y ago
    I was searching yesterday, the results only really offered good stuff for typography learning (which I'm working on now), but overall graphic / web design are left out a bit. Here are the resources I drilled out of the threads I came across: Type: http://www.amazon.com/Logo-Lettering-Bible-Leslie-Cabarga/dp/1581804369 http://www.amazon.com/Logo-Lettering-Bible-Leslie-Cabarga/dp... http://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Design-Manual-Principles-Practice/dp/0442234694 http://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Design-Manual-Principles-Pract... http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/0881791326 http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Brin... http://www.amazon.com/Non-Designers-Design-Book-Typographic-Principles/dp/1566091594 http://www.amazon.com/Non-Designers-Design-Book-Typographic-... Usability: http://www.amazon.com/Think-Common-Sense-Approach-Usability/dp/0789723107 http://www.amazon.com/Think-Common-Sense-Approach-Usability/... Design: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592532616?ie=UTF8&tag=blogdesigblog-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1592532616 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592532616?ie=UTF8&tag=... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592533485?ie=UTF8&tag=blogdesigblog-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1592533485 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592533485?ie=UTF8&tag=... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159253192X?ie=UTF8&tag=blogdesigblog-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=159253192X http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159253192X?ie=UTF8&tag=... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592532349?ie=UTF8&tag=blogdesigblog-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1592532349 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592532349?ie=UTF8&tag=... Web Design: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0975841963?ie=UTF8&tag=blogdesigblog-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0975841963 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0975841963?ie=UTF8&tag=... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032145345X?ie=UTF8&tag=blogdesigblog-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=032145345X http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032145345X?ie=UTF8&tag=... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847192505?ie=UTF8&tag=blogdesigblog-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1847192505 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847192505?ie=UTF8&tag=... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735712069?ie=UTF8&tag=blogdesigblog-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0735712069 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735712069?ie=UTF8&tag=... Sites: http://dribbble.com/ http://dribbble.com/ http://www.deviantart.com http://www.deviantart.com http://forrst.com/ http://forrst.com/ http://lookslikegooddesign.com/ http://lookslikegooddesign.com/ http://webtypography.net/toc/ http://webtypography.net/toc/ http://ui-patterns.com/ http://ui-patterns.com/
  • deleted 16y ago
    [deleted]
• kingsidharth 16y ago
  Forget books, forget tutorials forget everything. Take a problem in mind. A sheet and pencil. Now solve it there. Problem can be categorizing different things, making something easier to do. Building something remarkable. Design is not how it looks, it is how it works with everything. Rest will come later.
• malandrew 16y ago
  Start with "The Non-Designer's Design Book" by Robin Williams http://amzn.com/0321534042 http://amzn.com/0321534042 You can devour that book in an afternoon. And since Typography is such an important part of design. You should read this blog post here: http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-all-about-typography-period/ http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-web-is-all-about-... and: The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web http://webtypography.net/ http://webtypography.net/
• gallerytungsten 16y ago
  Lesson 1: Get a big stack of paper, pencils, pens, tracing paper, markers, erasers. Start drawing. Print out stuff you like. Put tracing paper on top and redraw it. Draw every day.
• stiggz 16y ago
  Engineers and designers come from totally different stock. You're going to need a hell of a lot of practice to get that under-worked side of your brain humming. I'd start by examining 'learning graphic design' as a problem set- books are a key to the solution, so is practice, (as mentioned by others here), but the part you're going to have trouble with is just getting used to the differences. Design is not engineering, it is the polar opposite. Despite the fact that both involve 'creating' something, you're planning to use parts of your brain that haven't had a breath of fresh air in awhile. Music (guitar, keyboards), storytelling, rhythm (dancing, drums), writing, and many other activities can stimulate that side of your brain to get down to business with design. Get out of your comfort zone, and rewire your brain to get a chance.
• wtracy 16y ago
  http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1768358 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1768358