| A small community of designer/authors is releasing ebooks aimed at teaching design. I'm one of those authors. I'm biased, of course, but I recommend looking into these books as they are vastly more practical and beginner-friendly than most design books (which are usually intended for already-experienced designers). Learning design is tough because of all the information thrown at you. You're supposed to master color theory, the history of typography, difficult design software, and many more advanced topics, seemingly all at once. The ebooks below are not going to shape you into a design expert, but they'll give you an entry point into learning. The most difficult part is figuring out where to start. Here are a few links for you: --- Step by Step UI Design by Sacha Greif http://sachagreif.com/ebook -Shows process of designing a web app UI. Short with lots of examples. --- Designing Web Applications by Nathan Barry http://nathanbarry.com/webapps/ -From what I can tell, the focus is on usability, interaction design. (I haven't read this one, but Nathan knows what he is doing.) -Nathan also has a separate ebook about mobile: http://nathanbarry.com/app-design-handbook/ --- Bootstrapping Design by Jarrod Drysdale (This is my ebook.) http://bootstrappingdesign.com -I focus on teaching design fundamentals and how to practice design so you can get better. You'll get a lot of "do this, don't do that" kind of advice. -If you're interested, email me and I'll shoot you a promo code. (My email address is on the site.) --- * Edit: formatting |