This page is my modest attempt at listing selective links, insightful articles, tools and case-studies on design. It’ll be a perpetual ‘work-in-progress’.
Table of Contents:
- UX Design / User-Centred Design
- Product Design and Management
- Human-Centred Design / Design Thinking
- Graphic Communication Design
UX Design / User-Centred Design
Tools
- UX 101 For Startups
- Top 10 Tools to Measure User Experience
- The Five Hats You Wear During a Design Sprint
- Usability.gov – How To & Tools
- UX Design Methods & Deliverables
- Five HCI Laws For User Experience Design
- Complete Beginner’s Guide to UX Research
- Institutionalise UX Methodology
- Welie.com – Patterns for Interaction
- 20 Must-Know Typography Terms for Beginners
Articles
Software
- Pencil Project – An open-source GUI prototyping tool
- Mockplus – A simple drag-and-drop, prototyping tool for interactive prototypes of desktop, mobile and web apps
Books
- Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things (by Don Norman)
- The Design of Everyday Things (by Don Norman)
- Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (by Steve Krug)
- The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide (by Leah Buley)
- Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights (by Steve Portigal)
- Storytelling for User Experience: Crafting Stories for Better Design (by Whitney Quesenbery & Kevin Brooks)
- Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior (by Indi Young)
Articles
Books
- Product Management for Dummies (by Brian Lawley and Pamela Schure)
- Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products (by Nir Eyal)
- Value Proposition Design (Strategyzer series)
Training
- Become a Product Manager – Learn the Skills & Get the Job (via Udemy) – Paid Content
Human-Centred Design / Design Thinking
Tools
Articles
- Design Thinking: Your Next Competitive Advantage
- 5 Habits of Highly Effective Design Thinkers
- IDEO is Changing the Way Managers Think About Thinking
- Design Thinking: Learn How to Solve Problems Like a Designer
- Design Thinking for Social Innovation [by Tim Brown and Jocelyn Wyatt, PDF]
- Designing for Growth: A Tool Kit for Managers [by Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie, PDF]
- Why Design Thinking is failing and what we should be doing differently
- Mapping a Business Model in 5 Steps
- 3 Tips for Making Innovation Part of Everyone’s Job
- Disruption by Design
- Design Thinking vs Systems Thinking
Books
- Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All (by Tom Kelly and David Kelly)
- The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm (by Tom Kelley)
- Change By Design (by Tim Brown)
- Solving Problems with Design Thinking: Ten Stories of What Works (by Jeanne Liedtka, Andrew King, and Kevin Bennett)
- Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation: What They Can’t Teach You at Business or Design School (by Idris Mootee)
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming The Unseen Forces That Stand In The Way Of True Inspiration (by Ed Catmull)
- Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers (by Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie)
Guides
Online Training
- Design Thinking for Innovation from the University of Virginia (via Coursera) – Free Videos, Paid Certification
- Design Thinking: Understanding the Process moderated by Chris Nodder (via Lynda.com) – Paid Course
Case Studies
Videos
Blogs/Websites
- Design Thinking – Thoughts by Tim Brown
- DesignMind – Frog Design
- This Is Design Thinking (A collection of case-studies, insights, and more)
Graphics & Communications Design
References
- Yale – Graphic Design
- Communication Design: 50 Years of Contribution to the Indian Visual Landscape (Authored by ‘Design Guru’ the late Prof. M P Ranjan)
- Logobook™ – Logobook is a showcase of the finest logos, symbols & trademarks