25 interesting books for designers in the public domain
We offer our readers a fresh list of English and Russian-language books for designers, which can be found on the web. This selection includes publications from libraries of large companies, as well as works by independent authors.
"Web Design Trends 2017"
The latest issue of a series of publications on modern trends. Practices from leading companies such as Paypal, Adidas, Starbucks, Facebook, Spotify, Fitbit, Google and Dropbox are described - 61 examples in total, with a detailed analysis for each.
→ Download
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"Interaction Design Best Practices"
Six chapters on how to create responsive designs that are easy for the user to interact with. Case studies from large IT companies (MailChimp, Mint, Apple, KickStarter, Google, AirBnB, Netflix) are cited as illustrations of the theoretical material.
→ Download
"The Ultimate Guide to Prototyping - UXPin"
Everything you wanted to know about prototyping: a bit of history, best tools, methods and practices, a testing process in detail, and so on. In addition to the theoretical database, the authors also offer chapters with quite specific guides: for example, how to create prototypes from Photoshop files from Sketch. The one-page book does not claim to be comprehensive, but it sufficiently capaciously reveals the main points.
→ Download
"The Guide to Wireframing"
No less detailed and visual aid on wireframes, with which, as the authors insist, "everyone who has at least something to do with your product should become familiar with." The book introduces the reader step by step with all the stages of the process, from answering the question “why is it necessary?” To a critical comparison of the available tools and the study of popular patterns.
→ Download
"Web UI for the Human Eye: Colors, Space, Contrast"
The authors simply and clearly explain how you can achieve the maximum effect using such standard design aspects as color, contrast and empty space. For example, we understand the interfaces from Tumblr, Etsy, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Medium, Intercom and Bose.
→ Download
"UX Design for Startups"
Tips for startups from UXP director Marcin Treder. Based on his own successful development experience of a startup, the author talks about how to choose effective UX practices, optimize design, test hypotheses, and achieve growth. In addition, the text contains a list of 60 tools selected by the expert as a recommendation.
→ Download
"The Freelance Web Designer's Guide"
The authors talk about the reasons for the increasing popularity of freelancing in recent years and the advantages that it gives to the designer; they tell how best to switch to a new mode of operation, what rules to follow when working with customers and what mistakes to watch out for; recommend useful resources and tools.
→ Download
"Web Design 101"
Base for beginners: from working with color to fonts, from principles of mobile design to increasing conversion, from the concept of prototyping to the scheme of actions in preparing the project for launch.
→ Download
"Design's Iron First"
Collection of essays with tips for newbies and professional designers.
→ Download
"Logo Design - Tubik"
The book describes the different types of logos, the stages of their creation and the principles for developing an effective brand design. The examples are numerous cases from the practice of Tubik designers.
→ Download
"Pay me or else"
Got a dishonest customer? Do not despair, they will teach you how to get out of the situation as a winner. Everything will be used: from polite letters to open hostilities.
→ Download
MailChimp for Designers
The book is useful to freelancers working on letter templates, agencies whose clients use MailChimp, web design consultants and just curious. MailChimp designers take to teach anyone to make beautiful letter templates that will bring success to any marketing plan.
→ Download
"The UX Playbook"
A peculiar training manual-crib for a young designer with basic theses, divided into blocks according to basic themes: principles of research, prototyping, wireframes, information architecture, responsive design, content, and so on.
→ Download
"8 Tell-Tale Indicators of Counterfeit UX Design"
Eric Schaffer, the founder of Human Factors International, proposes a book on an eternally relevant topic: how do we distinguish the work of a professional designer from plagiarism? His observations on what makes the design authentic and of high quality will be useful not only for clients - practitioners can equally well use it as a guide to action.
→ Download
Designing for the Web
Mark Boulton A UX designer with excellent typography knowledge shares his experience, talking about the aesthetic aspect of design. Three separate chapters detail working with color, fonts, and layout. In addition, in the introductory chapters, the author also covers the topic of career, the educational process and development prospects in the field of design.
→ Read online
Six Circles - An experience design framework
In this book, James Kelway reveals his theory of the “six circles”, that is, the main areas of design, highlighting each in detail, and examines the popular UX tactics in the light of this approach on the example of real interfaces.
→ Download
Magic of CSS
Concise and informative guide from Adam Schwart. Each chapter examines a specific aspect of CSS design: font, color, transitions, tables, and so on. The author sets out his considerations simply and does not skimp on illustrations and examples, which makes the text as accessible as possible.
→ Read online
“Designing a brilliant user experience through color, font, and icons”
The name is exhaustive: this brief, but informative, textbook presents an analysis of the listed design elements - colors, fonts, and icons.
→ Read online
"The Fable of User-Centered Designer"
Those who like a non-standard presentation or are simply tired of excessive seriousness in the community will surely be entertained by a collection of highly specialized fairy tales written by David Travis. In them, the main character, our colleague with you, is trying to discover the three main secrets of design in a series of adventures. Secrets, by the way, despite the specifics of the presentation, are quite real and applicable in gray reality - the author does not dwell in detail on how to use them in the working process.
→ Download
"The New Design Fundamentals"
Collection of materials from experts from O'Reilly Media. Topics covered include information architecture, social interfaces, product testing, common design mistakes and much more.
→ Download
"Usability Tutorial"
The usability textbook from UX-researcher Sergei Nemerov, who is currently in the process of creation, offers the Netology blog to the attention of readers. While there are 5 chapters of the future textbook: under each of them you can leave your comments and suggestions.
→ Read online
“UX-strategy. What users want and how to give it to them
Jamie Levy’s recent book, translated into Russian, by O'Reilly Media is a practical guide to user experience strategies. Here you will find strategic tools, tricks and business cases, as well as get acquainted with different points of view on the topic of UX-planning in interviews with experts who will help your team create innovative products.
→ Read fragment
→ Buy
“The laws of simplicity. Design. Technology. Business. A life"
The book by John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, is a study that answers the question of what simplicity consists of and what it is worth concentrating on to achieve it. The author offers readers some recommendations on how to find a balance between simplicity and complexity, including in design. This small book provides the basis for much thought.
→ Read online
"On hook. How to create products hits
This book in a simple form explains the role of product managers and what they should pay attention to in order to create good products. The author, Marty Kagan, shares with the reader the experience of successful projects and the most effective methods of product management. At the end of the book presents the ten most important, in the opinion of the author, methods and techniques of work.
→ Read fragment
→ Buy
“Prototyping. Practical Guide "
Todd Warfel's book provides insight into why prototypes are needed when creating interfaces, talks about how they are, and offers a brief overview of proven prototyping tools that remain relevant today. Much has been written about the prototyping process, as can be seen from this list, but this book also deserves attention: you can find many useful cases and interesting observations in it.
→ Read fragment and buy
UX Pin Library
"Web Design Trends 2017"
The latest issue of a series of publications on modern trends. Practices from leading companies such as Paypal, Adidas, Starbucks, Facebook, Spotify, Fitbit, Google and Dropbox are described - 61 examples in total, with a detailed analysis for each.
→ Download
')
"Interaction Design Best Practices"
Six chapters on how to create responsive designs that are easy for the user to interact with. Case studies from large IT companies (MailChimp, Mint, Apple, KickStarter, Google, AirBnB, Netflix) are cited as illustrations of the theoretical material.
→ Download
"The Ultimate Guide to Prototyping - UXPin"
Everything you wanted to know about prototyping: a bit of history, best tools, methods and practices, a testing process in detail, and so on. In addition to the theoretical database, the authors also offer chapters with quite specific guides: for example, how to create prototypes from Photoshop files from Sketch. The one-page book does not claim to be comprehensive, but it sufficiently capaciously reveals the main points.
→ Download
"The Guide to Wireframing"
No less detailed and visual aid on wireframes, with which, as the authors insist, "everyone who has at least something to do with your product should become familiar with." The book introduces the reader step by step with all the stages of the process, from answering the question “why is it necessary?” To a critical comparison of the available tools and the study of popular patterns.
→ Download
"Web UI for the Human Eye: Colors, Space, Contrast"
The authors simply and clearly explain how you can achieve the maximum effect using such standard design aspects as color, contrast and empty space. For example, we understand the interfaces from Tumblr, Etsy, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Medium, Intercom and Bose.
→ Download
"UX Design for Startups"
Tips for startups from UXP director Marcin Treder. Based on his own successful development experience of a startup, the author talks about how to choose effective UX practices, optimize design, test hypotheses, and achieve growth. In addition, the text contains a list of 60 tools selected by the expert as a recommendation.
→ Download
Mail Chimp Library
"The Freelance Web Designer's Guide"
The authors talk about the reasons for the increasing popularity of freelancing in recent years and the advantages that it gives to the designer; they tell how best to switch to a new mode of operation, what rules to follow when working with customers and what mistakes to watch out for; recommend useful resources and tools.
→ Download
"Web Design 101"
Base for beginners: from working with color to fonts, from principles of mobile design to increasing conversion, from the concept of prototyping to the scheme of actions in preparing the project for launch.
→ Download
"Design's Iron First"
Collection of essays with tips for newbies and professional designers.
→ Download
"Logo Design - Tubik"
The book describes the different types of logos, the stages of their creation and the principles for developing an effective brand design. The examples are numerous cases from the practice of Tubik designers.
→ Download
"Pay me or else"
Got a dishonest customer? Do not despair, they will teach you how to get out of the situation as a winner. Everything will be used: from polite letters to open hostilities.
→ Download
MailChimp for Designers
The book is useful to freelancers working on letter templates, agencies whose clients use MailChimp, web design consultants and just curious. MailChimp designers take to teach anyone to make beautiful letter templates that will bring success to any marketing plan.
→ Download
"The UX Playbook"
A peculiar training manual-crib for a young designer with basic theses, divided into blocks according to basic themes: principles of research, prototyping, wireframes, information architecture, responsive design, content, and so on.
→ Download
Other
"8 Tell-Tale Indicators of Counterfeit UX Design"
Eric Schaffer, the founder of Human Factors International, proposes a book on an eternally relevant topic: how do we distinguish the work of a professional designer from plagiarism? His observations on what makes the design authentic and of high quality will be useful not only for clients - practitioners can equally well use it as a guide to action.
→ Download
Designing for the Web
Mark Boulton A UX designer with excellent typography knowledge shares his experience, talking about the aesthetic aspect of design. Three separate chapters detail working with color, fonts, and layout. In addition, in the introductory chapters, the author also covers the topic of career, the educational process and development prospects in the field of design.
→ Read online
Six Circles - An experience design framework
In this book, James Kelway reveals his theory of the “six circles”, that is, the main areas of design, highlighting each in detail, and examines the popular UX tactics in the light of this approach on the example of real interfaces.
→ Download
Magic of CSS
Concise and informative guide from Adam Schwart. Each chapter examines a specific aspect of CSS design: font, color, transitions, tables, and so on. The author sets out his considerations simply and does not skimp on illustrations and examples, which makes the text as accessible as possible.
→ Read online
“Designing a brilliant user experience through color, font, and icons”
The name is exhaustive: this brief, but informative, textbook presents an analysis of the listed design elements - colors, fonts, and icons.
→ Read online
"The Fable of User-Centered Designer"
Those who like a non-standard presentation or are simply tired of excessive seriousness in the community will surely be entertained by a collection of highly specialized fairy tales written by David Travis. In them, the main character, our colleague with you, is trying to discover the three main secrets of design in a series of adventures. Secrets, by the way, despite the specifics of the presentation, are quite real and applicable in gray reality - the author does not dwell in detail on how to use them in the working process.
→ Download
"The New Design Fundamentals"
Collection of materials from experts from O'Reilly Media. Topics covered include information architecture, social interfaces, product testing, common design mistakes and much more.
→ Download
"Usability Tutorial"
The usability textbook from UX-researcher Sergei Nemerov, who is currently in the process of creation, offers the Netology blog to the attention of readers. While there are 5 chapters of the future textbook: under each of them you can leave your comments and suggestions.
→ Read online
“UX-strategy. What users want and how to give it to them
Jamie Levy’s recent book, translated into Russian, by O'Reilly Media is a practical guide to user experience strategies. Here you will find strategic tools, tricks and business cases, as well as get acquainted with different points of view on the topic of UX-planning in interviews with experts who will help your team create innovative products.
→ Read fragment
→ Buy
“The laws of simplicity. Design. Technology. Business. A life"
The book by John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, is a study that answers the question of what simplicity consists of and what it is worth concentrating on to achieve it. The author offers readers some recommendations on how to find a balance between simplicity and complexity, including in design. This small book provides the basis for much thought.
→ Read online
"On hook. How to create products hits
This book in a simple form explains the role of product managers and what they should pay attention to in order to create good products. The author, Marty Kagan, shares with the reader the experience of successful projects and the most effective methods of product management. At the end of the book presents the ten most important, in the opinion of the author, methods and techniques of work.
→ Read fragment
→ Buy
“Prototyping. Practical Guide "
Todd Warfel's book provides insight into why prototypes are needed when creating interfaces, talks about how they are, and offers a brief overview of proven prototyping tools that remain relevant today. Much has been written about the prototyping process, as can be seen from this list, but this book also deserves attention: you can find many useful cases and interesting observations in it.
→ Read fragment and buy
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