I feel the same way -- I also tried hackdesign.org and it felt lacking. I think the key to learning design is building a volume of practice, and reading a coupl

I feel the same way -- I also tried hackdesign.org and it felt lacking. I think the key to learning design is building a volume of practice, and reading a couple articles on whitespace and color themes won't cut it -- much the same way as taking a CodeSchool Ruby course won't make you a pro Rails developer overnight. I'm trying to learn more about design and write about my learning process at http://designwithdave.com http://designwithdave.com -- there's only one post so far, but my goal is to post practice exercises and step-by-step redesigns of existing stuff in order to get better.