Ask HN: Good resources to learn about design, UI, UX?

[ePierre]

I often see comments about how libre and open source applications are ugly or are poorly designed (from a human interaction perspective).

What would you (or the design team in your company) recommend reading to better address this? I'm looking for anything:

- books about general design concepts to keep in mind when building something (preferably computer software) - best practices in terms of UI/UX - good guidelines from existing projects

Thanks!

[zpeti]

This was always my favourite and started me off on the path to good UX. Save the Pixel: http://benhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/STP2-1d.pdf

[ljoshua]

I’d highly recommend the Refactoring UI book: https://refactoringui.com/book/

I’ve gained a ton from the principles laid out in it, and it’s geared more towards the non-designer (think: engineer) which is perfect.

[ePierre]

Thanks! I'll check this out.