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Ask HN: What are comprehensive resources to learn digital product design?
I'm a software developer (mainly web) with an interest in design. I believe I have a good intuition from my experience working with designers, but I would like to turn this into more solid knowledge.
I'm struggling to find a comprehensive resource that teaches me graphic design and digital product design foundations such as color theory, spacing, rhythm, and most likely other concepts I haven't heard about yet.
I need something that guides me through the world of design, and not an aggregation of articles (of which I already read a lot).
Any ideas?
- ArtWomb 7y agoI usually point folks to a few top-notch online courses: https://www.coursera.org/calarts https://www.coursera.org/calarts https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources https://designlab.ucsd.edu/education/online-education/ https://designlab.ucsd.edu/education/online-education/ https://www.gv.com/sprint/ https://www.gv.com/sprint/ But what I find particularly helpful is looking at how elite firms do "process". Before developing the product, it may be necessary to cement the pipeline, the workflow https://www.pentagram.com/work/mit-media-lab https://www.pentagram.com/work/mit-media-lab http://www.appliedaesthetics.org/ART132-01/19/NEXT.pdf http://www.appliedaesthetics.org/ART132-01/19/NEXT.pdf
- rchaud 7y agoThe PDF book "Refactoring UI" has been a helpful reference as it focuses on UI design for apps and websites. Some free articles from the book are available on the site: - Building your color palette: https://refactoringui.com/previews/building-your-color-palette/ https://refactoringui.com/previews/building-your-color-palet... - Labels are a last resort: https://refactoringui.com/previews/labels-are-a-last-resort/ https://refactoringui.com/previews/labels-are-a-last-resort/ This article from learnui.design provides a quick and dirty overview about some basic design principles that non-designers tend to not think about: - https://learnui.design/blog/why-beginning-designers-dont-need-grids-type-scales-color-theory.html https://learnui.design/blog/why-beginning-designers-dont-nee...
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