Web Design Tools and Resources
New and classic web design books from the top authors in user interface design, user experience design and design thinking
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Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Published in 2000 Basic and practical web usability advice to improve the user experience of your website and app designs |
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Published in 2012 Learn how to look for, get inspiration from, and reuse work from other great creative minds |
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LinchPin: Are You Indispensable? by Published in 2010 This book is about your choices, your future, and your potential to make a huge difference in whatever field you choose |
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Published in 2010 Book investigates the innovation hubs throughout modern time and pulls out the approaches and commonalities that seem to appear at moments of originality |
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Everything I Know by Published in 2013 This book provides practical ideas and questions to help you validate your plans and most importantly, launch them |
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Mobile Design Book by Published in 2014 Quick guide to help you get familiarized with how to design great apps |
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Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty by Published in 2011 Discover the techniques behind design by deconstructing designs to understand them |
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Published in 2013 Four-step process embedded in the products of many successful companies to subtly encourage customer behavior |
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The Smashing Book #4 - New Perspectives on Web Design by Published in 2013 Book for issues that keep following you in every project |
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Designing Web Interfaces: Principles and Patterns for Rich Interactions by Published in 2009 More than 75 design patterns for building web interfaces that provide rich interaction |
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The Principles of Beautiful Web Design by Published in 2007 Book for people who can build websites, but are seeking the skills and knowledge to visually enhance their sites |
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Universal Principles of Design by Published in 2003 Pairing clear explanations of the design concepts featured with visual examples of those concepts applied in practice |
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HTML & CSS: Design and Build Web Sites by Published in 2011 Introduces HTML and CSS in a way that makes them accessible to everyone, hobbyists, students, and professionals and it’s full-color throughout |
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The Elements of Typographic Style by Published in 1992 Philosophy of design that also includes various appendices describing sorts & characters and glossary of terms |
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Responsive Design With WordPress by Published in 2013 Teaches you how to leverage WordPress to get the most out of responsive design, automate important processes and more |
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Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS by Published in 2005 Standards-based strategies for building designs that provide flexibility, readability, and user control |
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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People by Published in 2011 This book combines real science and research with practical examples to deliver a guide every designer needs |
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Content Strategy for the Web by Published in 2009 Explains how to create and deliver useful, usable content for your online audiences, when and where they need it most |
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Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems by Published in 2009 A streamlined approach to usability testing that anyone can easily apply to their own Web site, application, or other product |
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Designing for Interaction: Creating Innovative Applications and Devices by Published in 2009 This book will help you learn to create a design strategy, use design research to uncover people’s behaviors, motivations, and goals in order to design for them |
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