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Visiting Dribbble for inspiration is fine, but you're not going to develop your understanding of how design works based on whatever happens to be hot in a given

Visiting Dribbble for inspiration is fine, but you're not going to develop your understanding of how design works based on whatever happens to be hot in a given week on Dribbble. You'll probably just train yourself to mindlessly chase design trends. Which might actually make you worse off because you'll waste your time trying to implement some design concept without understanding whether it's really appropriate for what you're doing.

marrianeKK 7y ago
Do you have any tips or sources for learning about how design works?
- deleted 7y ago
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- captn3m0 7y ago
  Read Don’t make me think. And maybe Design of everyday things as well.
- jlangemeier 7y ago
  A List Apart[0] is a great design website covering all sorts of topics around accessibility, visual design on the web, and digital communication. I've been reading them for years and would definitely recommend just digging around on their site for topics. [0] https://alistapart.com/topics/
- spectramax 7y ago
  Study objective design - NASA documents, cockpit instrumentation, nuclear power plant control panels, etc. Design and designers today are completely and utterly misguided, self-serving and chasing trends. Yes, its a strong statement but I have observed complete lack of understanding of how to make products and services with users in mind. From Apple to your typical SaaS startup, from Slack to Stripe. Design is not only appearance. It is how a thing works (quoting Steve Jobs who himself didn't follow his own advice). About the only Designer I deeply admire is Dieter Rams. There is so much clarity in what he devised and designed.
jfengel 7y ago
I feel as if "news" is probably a bad thing for most non-professional designers. I want to know what my users are most familiar with. I don't really want to be chasing what the "best" design professionals do. Rather I want to replicate the experiences I see on the most common web sites, the ones that I visit. That's often deceptively difficult, especially if what users are familiar with comes from sites like Facebook (that have large teams of professionals in both design and programming), but it's at least a common thing I share with my users.

marrianeKK 7y ago

Do you have any tips or sources for learning about how design works?

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captn3m0 7y ago
Read Don’t make me think. And maybe Design of everyday things as well.
jlangemeier 7y ago
A List Apart[0] is a great design website covering all sorts of topics around accessibility, visual design on the web, and digital communication. I've been reading them for years and would definitely recommend just digging around on their site for topics. [0] https://alistapart.com/topics/
spectramax 7y ago
Study objective design - NASA documents, cockpit instrumentation, nuclear power plant control panels, etc. Design and designers today are completely and utterly misguided, self-serving and chasing trends. Yes, its a strong statement but I have observed complete lack of understanding of how to make products and services with users in mind. From Apple to your typical SaaS startup, from Slack to Stripe. Design is not only appearance. It is how a thing works (quoting Steve Jobs who himself didn't follow his own advice). About the only Designer I deeply admire is Dieter Rams. There is so much clarity in what he devised and designed.

jfengel 7y ago

I feel as if "news" is probably a bad thing for most non-professional designers. I want to know what my users are most familiar with. I don't really want to be chasing what the "best" design professionals do. Rather I want to replicate the experiences I see on the most common web sites, the ones that I visit. That's often deceptively difficult, especially if what users are familiar with comes from sites like Facebook (that have large teams of professionals in both design and programming), but it's at least a common thing I share with my users.