The Complete List of UX Resources & Tools: For Designers, By Designers

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As a designer, we're always looking to improve, learn and continue growing. We're all looking to do our life's best work in service to our 'just cause.' ?? Now more then ever, with the right attitude, anyone can learn to become a product designer (UX/UI) using free online resources and practising it religiously.

(Updated 12 Aug 2020) I’ve compiled this list of UX resources ??— including articles, videos, online courses, and communities — in an effort to point students towards some solid, tried-and-true content ??.

Medium Publications ????

1. UX Collective — solid articles from a variety of UX designers
2. UX Pin — UX Pin is a product first and foremost, but they also put out some good UX articles.
3. Muz.li — design inspiration; solid design works
4. Google Design — Stories by Googlers on the practice of design and technology
5. UX Planet — Stories, Case Studies and How-Tos; a community blog like UX.CC

Blogs to Read ??

1. N/N Group — Highly Recommended ??
2. InVision Inside Design
3. Interaction Design Foundation
4. Userexperience.Guide

Books to Read ??

1. Don't Make Me Think - A mandatory reading covering basic principles that helps you make the day-to-day design decisions.
2. The Elements of User Experience
3. The Design of Everyday Things
4. SPRINT
5. LEAN UX
6. Hooked

Podcasts to Listen ??

1. Design Better — By InvVsion; highly recommended with quality guests.
2. User Defenders — The name says it all; designers' stories on designing for users. It has a really nice website and superhero drawings.
3. Xd Podcast w/ Tony Daussat — I'm a huge fan of Tony and his podcast; very well planned, quality guests and advice.
4. The Crazy One — Stephen Gates needs no introduction; his podcast features global design leaders.
5. High Resolution — A series of design videos and podcasts to very solid design leaders.
6. Technically Speaking — Take a journey through the in's and out's about everything related to UX with Design Manager, Harrison Wheeler.

Youtube Channels ??

1. AJ&Smart — They upload new videos every week about product design, UX design, design sprints and a whole lot more.
2. Design Course — He provides all things design related videos; very interesting contents.
3. Maex — Tutorials about Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision, Marvel & Principle and all the other UI/UX tools out there.
4. The Futur — Talks about business of design as a creative, designer especially useful if you're a freelancer - goes beyond into pricing, negotiation, etc.

Instagram to Follow ??

1. @uxgoodies
2. @misaac85
3. @anfsign
4. @uxbites
5. @uxlore
6. @cells.and.pixels — Weekly live shows with Design Leader (I was the first guest!)

Slack Community Group ??

1. Designer Hangout — huge online UX design community with channels on everything from portfolio critiques to design ethics
2. Mixed Methods — user research focused community
3. User-Experience.Guide — A group of UX designers providing resources, advice and critiques.
4. UX Mastery — To rid the world of confusing, hard-to-use interactions and interfaces through quality design education.
5. Mind the Product — A community of passionate product people, share what you know about creating great products.
6. Better UX Community — A community of people + ideas

Design Inspiration ??

1. Dribbble — UI/UX Inspiration (Feel free to follow me too ??@felixleezd)
2. Behance — Design inspirations by Adobe Community
3. Mobbin.Design — The latest IOS Mobile Design from popular apps
4. Pttrns.com — Largest screenshot UI site from apps around the world
5. Awwwards — Website awards and design trends
6. UI Sources — Mobile Design for best apps in the world (include videos too)

Design Job Boards ??

1. Amazing Design People List — The world largest community of mentors globally, with design job board and a designer talent base for hiring managers to find you.
2. Cofolios — For design student internships
3. Creative mornings — Includes design, engineering and more.

Design Systems ??

1. Design Systems Repo — A comprehensive and curated list of design systems that you can use for inspiration.
2. Design Systems for Figma — A collection of Design Systems for Figma from all over the globe

Design Tools ???????

1. Sketch — For designing wirerfame to hi-fi
2. Adobe Xd — For designing wirerfame to hi-fi
3. Figma — For designing wirerfame to hi-fi
4. InVision Studio — For designing flows, wireframe to mid-fi and prototype
5. Marvel — For designing wireframe to mid-fi
6. Framer — For prototyping
7. Protopie — For prototyping
8. Sketchappresources — To get design templates

Finally, User Testing Suites ??

1. UserTesting
2. UserZoom
3. UsabilityHub
4. Optimal Workshop

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