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Learning path for Design

Primitives

Visual Design

  1. Font
  2. Colour
    1. https://medium.com/innovaccer-design/rgb-vs-hsb-vs-hsl-demystified-1992d7273d3a
    2. https://components.ai/color-scale/8q7xU1huIoWzOdNBeMJF
    3. Gradients
      1. https://designcode.io/figma-handbook-gradients
  3. accessability
    1. colour -

General reads to increase curiosity in Design

  1. Engineering versus Design Thinking - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/engineering-vs-design-thinking-brandon-chinn/
  2. https://ux.shopify.com/the-design-process-is-a-lie-465a7064a733

Unstructured

Books to read

  1. Design of Everyday Things
    1. https://amzn.to/3kE5mjM affiliate links

Tools

  1. Figma looks like a great tool for designers. It has web and desktop app. so you can start testing without a lot of preparation.
    1. They have a course for getting started - https://www.figma.com/resources/learn-design/

TODO

  1. Check if paid course https://executive-ed.mit.edu/mastering-design-thinking? is worth the money.

Curated Resource

  1. https://start.uxdesign.cc
  2. https://twitter.com/iamrohanmishra/status/1489562167783280640
  3. https://twitter.com/iamrohanmishra/status/1492136197891649539?t=bNkqjFW-zlzxjk0_VgUDmQ&s=19

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