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Resources for UX Designers
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Mentorship on ADPList Link
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Career Advice Link
Advice for your UX job search
Mentors
Designed.org Link
Free
UX Coffee Hours Link
Free
Career
Uxcel Link
Courses & skill assessments.
Career Strategy Lab Link
UX career accelerator
Courses
Springboard’s UX Path *Link
62+ Hours (Free)
LinkedIn LearningLink
9 hours ($)
Interaction Design FoundationLink
~20-30 hours per course ($)
Udacity UX NanodegreeLink
3 Months ($$$)
* This is how I got started in UX!
Volunteering
Join a volunteer project to build your portfolio. Gain real world experience with a team, constraints, and accountability.
PeerDeskLink
Social Change
We Make ChangeLink
General
Tech For CampaignsLink
Politics
Out in TechLink
LGBTQ+
UX RescueLink
General
Tech FleetLink
General
ForageLink
General
CatchafireLink
General
Digital AidLink
Seattle-Based
DemocracyLabLink
Tech-for-good projects
OpenIDEOLink
Social Change
CatchFireLink
Build stronger communities
US Digital ResponseLink
Support critical public needs
Practice
UI CoachLink
Generate UI Challenges
Daily UILink
100 Design Challenges
Tech to The RescueLink
Matches Non-profits with Tech Companies
Fake ClientsLink
Randomly generated client briefs
Books
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Authors TogetherLink
Previously: A Book Apart
Monster List of UX BooksLink
Airtable Database
The Design of Everyday Things Link
Essential UX Reading
Don’t Make Me Think Link
Usability Fundamentals
UX Team of OneLink
A Survival Guide
UX for BeginnersLink
Funny & Easy Read
Project Guide to UX Design Link
It’s In the Title!
Non-Designer’s Design BookLink
Visual Fundamentals
Elements of User ExperienceLink
UX Fundamentals
Web Form Design Link
Form Fundamentals
100 Things… Link
Every Designer Needs to Know
100 More Things… Link
Every Designer Needs to Know
Communities
Designer Hangout Link
Slack Group
Design Buddies Link
Discord Group
Friends of Figma Link
Discord Group
Design Squad Link
Discord Group
Design Systems Communities
Design Systems Link
Slack Group
Into Design Systems Link
Slack Group
Redwoods - Design Systems Link
Discord Group (Paid)
Networking
Lunchclub Link
AI-Powered Networking
Creative Mornings Link
Global Breakfast Lectures
Professional Organizations
UXPA Link
UX Professionals Association
IXDA Link
Interaction Design Association
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Tools
Figma Link
Design & Prototype
Sketch Link
Design
CleanShot X Link
Screenshots
Sip Color Link
Color Picker
OmniGraffle Link
Diagramming/Wireframing
Dichromatic Glasses Link
Colorblindness Simulation
Images & Icons
Unsplash Link
Photos
TheNounProject Link
Icons
Nappy Link
Photos for better representation.
Other
Sidebar Link
5 Design links every weekday.
Onboarding Teardowns Link
How popular apps onboard users
Design Title Generator Link
Satire
Tarot Cards of Tech Link
A tool to inspire conversation.
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