So you’ve decided to learn design but for some reasons, you can only afford the time commitment required to undertake this new adventure; you don’t want to spend money.
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Well, consider this my investment in your new venture; a curation of wonderful resources to help you get started.
Here is the best part - they’re completely free
It is an extensive list of places you could learn UX-UI, Product Design, Psychology, Design process, Behavioral design for free and grow your career.
Here’s the list:
- Product Design - Udacity
- Principles of UX Design - InVision: Discover how and why you should become a UX champion in this free e-course from InVision
- Ultimate Start guide for beginner UX/UI designers in 2019
- UX Beginner: Become a UX Designer
- Design Journal: Notes on Design, Personal Growth & Life.
- UX Frameworks
- User Experience Basics
- UX Fundamentals - Gymnasium: UX Fundamentals will teach you how to apply user-centred design principles to improve your website and mobile app
- Open Learning Initiative
- UX Movement: User experience design articles to help you learn new and innovative best practices in user experience design
- Learn Design System: an email newsletter sent every week with new inspiration handpicked from 500+ sources
- Free UX Books
- UX Crash Course: 31 Fundamentals
- The Real-Life UX Design Process
- Introduction to User Experience Design - Coursera
- InVision Talks: webinars and live training on UX design, leadership, animation, inclusivity, and more.
- Discover Design Better: the essential guide to the best design practices from top design experts.
- 7 Principles of Designing Good AI Products
- Design Process for Pros
- Get ahead in UI/UX Design - Video Courses
- Everything I Learned in Design School
- Humane by Design
- Learn Design
- The Art of Symbols
- Basic Types of Buttons in User Interfaces
- UX Starter Pack: how to get your first UX job
- Checklist Design - a collection of best UI and UX you need to provide a complete, honest and rewarding experience
- UX Booth
- The UX Intern
- UX Project Checklist
- Uxeria Blog
- UX Magazine: UX Magazine is a central, one-stop resource for everything related to user experience.
- 52 Weeks of UX: Weekly insights into better UX practices
- Sharpen - Design Challenge Generator: The best way to get better at anything is to practice often and with a variety of challenges. Sharpen helps you do just that
- Creative Types by Adobe Create: Everyone has a creative “type”-knowing yours helps you maximize your potential. Take our quiz to discover your type!
- Principles of UX - James Eccleston: Learn the core foundation of UX design. UX design is constantly evolving as new ideas and ways of working are created
- Flux: Flux is the personal vlog of Ran Segall, a designer and entrepreneur.
- Webflow University: Learn web design and Webflow with interactive video tutorials. Detailed walkthroughs on the basics of designing
- Product Manual: Curated resources for product people; loaded with articles, videos, podcasts, and more, Product Manual is your essential guide to building remarkable
- Guide to UXR: Guide to User Research A curated collection of 250+ resources & tools dedicated to user research
- Digital Psychology: a free library of psychological principles and examples for inspiration to enhance the customer experience
- ReallyGoodUX: Screenshots and examples of great UX from real mobile and web products.
- UX Myths: Build your product based on evidence, not false beliefs.
- Grid System Library: Free grids for iOS, Android and Bootstrap
- User Onboarding: A frequently-updated compendium of web app first-run experiences. This is the ultimate source for User Onboarding teardowns, tips, & thoughts!
- Readinglist.design: Books Every Designer Should Read. Some of the industry’s best designers answer the question ‘What book should designers read and why?’
- Design Systems: articles on building and maintaining design systems; Learn how to define baseline grids, column grids, spacing and layouts
- A Comprehensive Guide to UX Design - Adobe Blog
- HeyDesigner: Design news. Curated daily for product people, user experience designers, product managers and front-end developers.
- Airbnb Design: A behind-the-scenes look at the Airbnb design culture, process, learnings, and storytelling.
- Uber Design: Get to know Design at Uber
P.S: This post was inspired by Sam, it’s not an exhaustive list but it’s enough to get you started, please leave a comment if you know other awesome resources that should be on the list
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