New to UX, UI, and Product Design? One of the best ways to start learning is with a book. Let’s go through some of the best books out there for beginners.
1. interface design: jenifer tidwell, charles brewer and aynne valencia
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Designing great interfaces for websites, software and applications is not easy now that companies and businesses need to create seamless and engaging experiences for users. it becomes even more difficult when there are a large number of channels, screens and contexts.
This book explains how to navigate through the maze of different design options. Leveraging user interface best practices as design patterns, this book provides solutions to common design problems encountered by many design engineers. You’ll also learn patterns for coding mobile apps, web apps, and desktop software.
2. the design of everyday things – donald a. Norman
According to this book, there are three types of people in the world: those who design things (from computer programs to conceptual tools) for use by humans, those who use things designed by humans, and those who fit both categories. reading this book could forever change the way you experience and interact with your physical environment by constantly pointing out good and bad design, and the book should raise your expectations of how things should be designed.
3. the best interface is no interface – golden krishna
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Although screens have taken over our lives, most people spend more than eight hours a day looking at a screen. the author of this book challenges this and shows how we can build a technologically advanced world without digital interfaces. the author takes a humorous approach to interface design, criticizing the amount of time most designers spend on their project, making everything narrow and hard to find. elegant design embraces simplicity.
4. learning web design – jennifer niederst robbins
This book is the first and best step to learn how to create web pages. there are plenty of exercises and short quizzes to make sure you understand the key concepts, and by the end of the book, you’ll have the skills to create a simple multi-column site that works on all platforms.
5. don’t make me think – steve krug
Steve, the author of this book, spent ten years as a usability consultant, helping his clients make their products easier to use. he thought that if he could explain how he does it, more people could do it, and then the products they would create would be better. that’s when this book was made. This book is perfect for developers, designers, agile team leaders, writers, editors, CEOs, marketers, and anyone with ux in their business.
6. the principles of beautiful web design – jason beaird
If you’re tired of creating websites that work great but don’t look great, this book is for you. With simple to follow illustrations, this book guides you through the process of creating great web designs from start to finish. Understanding what makes good design is just the beginning: there are things like grids, the rule of thirds, balance and symmetry, the color theorem, and more that follows.
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7. the elements of user experience – jesse james garrett
web design is more than just creating clean code and crisp graphics. a website that really works meets its strategic goals while satisfying the needs of its users. Although creating the user experience can seem overwhelmingly complex, it can feel like the only way to build a successful site is to spend a fortune on specialists who understand all the details.
This book cuts through the complexity of user-centric web design with clear explanations and vivid illustrations that focus on ideas rather than tools or techniques. the author of this book brings “insightful clarity to the complex process” of delivering a high-quality experience to the people who will use your website.
8. the back of the napkin – dan roam
In the book, the author argues that anyone can clarify problems or present a product/concept through visual thinking. You don’t have to be artistically talented to learn how to frame a vision to solve a problem. The book is divided into three different parts: how to discover an idea, how to imagine a concept and how to present a product. Overall, this book will help guide beginners on how to think like a designer.
9. a project guide to ux design – carolyn chandler
ux design is the discipline of creating a useful and usable website or application that is easy to navigate and meets the needs of the website owner and its users. There is much more to successful ux design than knowing the latest web technologies or recent design trends: it takes diplomacy, management, skills, business knowledge, and more.
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