DESIGNERS KIT
Few Links for designers to make their work smarter rather than harder and make their life easy on their day to day activities to achieve their goals.
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How To Make Your Desktop Look Aesthetic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHj0juUACFk
Best Chrome extensions
https://blog.producthunt.com/7-chrome-extensions-that-will-change-your-internet-life-19ad3ad7a56b
https://uxdesign.cc/10-best-chrome-extensions-for-designers-a76540b93836
Dribbble — A place where thousands of designers show their work. What else do you need? Oh, right. A website where some of their sources can be accessed for free.
Behance — Another social network of designers.or some reason I perceive Behance as more illustration oriented because my favorite illustrators have their portfolios there, but that’s not true at all. It has a lot of interface examples and, given the fact that most designers have portfolios both on Behance and Dribbble, I leave the choice up to you.
Zurb Patterns — Not exactly patterns, but a beautiful showcase of UI elements / whole interfaces.
UpLabs — This website has everything you need. And better yet, it’s all categorized: material, iOS, and website design. It also has a very engaged community. I highly recommend you check it out.
Site Inspire — From seteInspire FAQ: “siteInspire receives over 200 submissions per day so it, unfortunately, it is impossible to feature every site, so we have to limit the number of posts.” Given the fact it showcases 3 websites on average per day, I’d say you get to see the best.
Product Hunt — With plenty of new projects featured daily, Product Hunt easily becomes a source of inspiration. Creators of these projects often available in the comments section and willing to answer questions.
UI Cloud — They say it’s the largest user interface design database in the world. You are welcome to fact check this.
Awwwards — Sort of an Oscar for websites. At least that’s their aim. Classy — at least no one will tell you have a poor taste.
The Best Designs — We’ve already used an Oscar analogy, so this would be Golden Globes. Same thing, different package. No paparazzi, though.
UI Parade — A showcase of UI elements, that you can compose in any order. I’d say they are “trendy”.
Video Cutter from Youtube- https://youtube-cutter.org/download.html
https://www.topcoder.com/app-ux-7-apps-that-get-it-right/
Without mathematics there is no art,” said Luca Pacioli, a contemporary of Da Vinci.
https://elearningindustry.com/elearning-dream-team-key-players
https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/color-psychology-meanings-usage/
Color schemes
https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/color-psychology-meanings-usage/
https://pitchdeck.improvepresentation.com/what-is-a-pitch-deck
https://www.canva.com/learn/50-meticulous-style-guides-every-startup-see-launching/
https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/typographic-logos-of-common-words/
https://econsultancy.com/best-digital-agency-websites/
wearefriday.com
https://uxplanet.org/best-chrome-extensions-for-designers-f78446ac2374
https://www.behance.net/live/adobelive?promoid=791Y6RBL&mv=other
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/which-ux-research-methods/
https://uxplanet.org/science-backed-ways-to-boost-creativity-28b140b420bc
https://www.famouslogos.net/3m-logo/
https://uxplanet.org/gradients-in-ui-design-b97146f63df3
XD Plugin for Interaction
Plan What, Who, Where, and When to Observe
Once you’ve decided which tasks to observe, find out who performs those tasks, where they are, and when they perform those tasks. Since you can’t really stage tasks, as you could when using other research methods, find out where and when you’ll need to visit participants to see the tasks you’re
Creating Designs
When using 5W1H for problem-solving, if you address each of the W’s and the H, you will have a better understanding of the issue.
Consider how you might ask these questions if you noticed that your car started getting poor gas mileage.
- Who noticed the problem? Who drives the car?
- What changed? (new gas station, maintenance issues on the car, etc.) What was the magnitude of the change?
- When did the gas mileage get worse? When was it noticed?
- Where has the car been driving? (new route, different environment, etc.)
- Why did any changes occur? (Explain why different gas was being used, or why the route changed, or why there was a new driver)
- How was the problem noticed? How did the conditions that led to the change happen?
https://99designs.com/blog/tips/principles-of-design/
https://www.velaction.com/5w1h/
https://lawsofux.com/millers-law
Design Thinking
https://www.slideshare.net/CARLOSFUENTES1380/universal-principles-ofdesign
https://www.plecto.com/blog/motivation/google-reveals-10-ways-to-become-great-manager/
ILLUSTRATIONS
https://www.canva.com/templates/
https://photo-editor.canva.com/
https://www.facebook.com/spaces
MATERIAL DESIGN
https://www.cygnismedia.com/case-studies/
https://digitalsynopsis.com/advertising/how-to-handle-types-of-clients-guide/#.W4XOpVDGtQI.linkedin
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/7-tips-to-improve-your-ux-design-practice
https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/graphic-design-elements-principles/#.W3dQAeIuCBs.linkedin
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/which-ux-research-methods/
https://medium.muz.li/50-user-profile-page-design-inspiration-5c45aeeda400
http://responsivedesignchecker.com/checker.php?url=5slab.in&width=1400&height=700
https://ionicframework.com/docs/components/#badges
https://material.io/tools/icons/?style=baseline
http://market.designmodo.com/tools/#ui-designer
https://ionicframework.com/docs/components/
https://teamweek.com/blog/2017/09/top-resource-management-tools/
https://startups.fb.com/en-in/needs/making-it-happen/?cb=1530842978411
https://www.nexgeno.com/kamlesh
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-splashscreen
https://medium.muz.li/top-posts-from-muzlis-instagram-75cd4bd45066
https://www.canva.com/onboarding-wizard?userCreated=true&authMode=email
Softwares:
https://www.adobe.com/products/projectaero.html
https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-0.92.4/
https://www.cygnismedia.com/blog/convert-sketch-file-to-photoshop/
PROTOTYPING TOOLS:
https://www.fluidui.com/editor/live/
https://wireframe.cc/
https://www.mockplus.com/?r=trista
https://avocode.com/design-report-2017
Extensive use of collaborative tools. Prefer live and realtime tools.
There are a number of good tools that you can use to conduct remote brainstorm sessions. Or alignment workshops with clients. Following tools can be handy:
Virtual brainstorm bridges: Zoom, BlueJeans, Skype for Business, WebX
Virtual brainstorm hardware: Mostly simple HD camera and microphone
Documentation tools: Google docs, Google slides, Dropbox paper, Confluence
Virtual brainstorm tools: Mural, Miro
NukeCompositing similar to after effect
FINAL CUT PRO VIDEO EDITING — FOR MAC MOVIE
WHAT'S TRENDING
https://design.google/library/evolving-google-identity/
Free Resources
https://freebiesbug.com/code-stuff/simple-grid-lightweight-responsive-css-grid/
https://www.sketchappsources.com/
Plugins:
https://www.mockplus.com/blog/post/best-sketch-plugins-for-ui-ux-designers/?r=vincent
STOCK IMAGES:
http://www.jpegmini.com/ . : Reduce image size
https://www.rawpixel.com/
https://unsplash.com/
https://goraydar.com
3D ASSETS:
RANDOM 42 — ( 3D MEDICAL )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJFuke-86ic&t=5s
COLORS/
https://paletton.com/#uid=1000u0kllllaFw0g0qFqFg0w0aF
https://www.materialpalette.com/colors
http://www.creativebloq.com/design/colour-resources-1131659
GOLDEN RATIO
https://www.goldennumber.net/art-composition-design/
FONTS
ICONS:
https://www.materialpalette.com/icons
https://feathericons.com/
http://wordmark.it/
IMAGES/ILLUSTRATIONS
UI INSPIRATION
PORTFOLIO REFERENCE
BLOGS:
Beautiful Pixels
Six Revisions
DesignModo UX
UX Booth
1stwebdesigner
Noupe
Creative Bloq
SOFTWARES:
Articles/Good Read
INVESTOR
How BIG is the problem?
Disruptive things
Target Audience?
How critical for that audience
Will they pay?
How unique is your product/offerring?
Solution for same product?
Who is your competition?
What is special about us?
CUSTOMER
- Save me money
- How much does it costs
DESIGN QUESTIONARIES ( Based on WHY, WHO , WHAT, WHERE, WHEN & HOW )
2- Who:
- Who is involved (client)?
— Who is the target audience? Persona details of target audience eg demographic.
3- What is that we are trying to achieve in this project?
- Do they have their own branding?
- Is there something which has been done before, can you share the reference?
- What is expected out of this project?
— What are the current pain points of the client ?
— List of devices the user (target audience) would be using?
4- Where:
- Once completed where the project will be used? (eg: Events, Sales Meeting, Internal Portal etc)
5- When:
- What is the start date and due date for the project (eg. Project Plan)
5- How:
- How are we trying to complete the project (eg. Internal, Outsource etc)
— Resource Planning
