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Resources for UX Designers
Recommended courses, communities, books, tools, mentoring, and practice resources.
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Featured
Books
Authors Together
A directory of books from former A Book Apart authors.
Monster List of UX Books
Large searchable UX reading database.
The Design of Everyday Things
Essential UX reading.
Don't Make Me Think
Usability fundamentals.
UX Team of One
A survival guide for solo practitioners.
UX for Beginners
A funny and accessible beginner read.
Project Guide to UX Design
Exactly what the title promises.
The Non-Designer's Design Book
Visual design fundamentals.
Elements of User Experience
UX fundamentals.
Web Form Design
Form design fundamentals.
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
Practical psychology for designers.
100 More Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
A follow-up for deeper study.
Courses
Springboard UX Path
62+ hours of free beginner-friendly UX learning.
LinkedIn Learning
A shorter paid learning path for UX fundamentals.
Interaction Design Foundation
Deep evidence-based courses; roughly 20-30 hours each.
Udacity UX Nanodegree
A structured multi-month UX program.
This is how I got started in UX.
Communities
Designer Hangout
Slack community.
Design Buddies
Discord community.
Friends of Figma
Discord community.
Design Squad
Discord community.
Design Systems
Slack group for design systems practitioners.
Into Design Systems
Design systems community and learning hub.
Redwoods - Design Systems
Paid Discord group.
Career
Networking
Tools
Volunteering
Join a volunteer project to build your portfolio. Gain real-world experience with a team, constraints, and accountability.
We Make Change
General volunteer opportunities.
Tech For Campaigns
Political and civic tech work.
Out in Tech Digital Corps
LGBTQ+ community-focused projects.
UX Rescue
Volunteer UX work and experience.
Tech Fleet
General portfolio-building team experience.
Forage
Guided work simulations and experience.
Catchafire
Support nonprofits with your skills.
Digital Aid
Seattle-based volunteering.
DemocracyLab
Tech-for-good projects.
OpenIDEO
Social change challenges and collaboration.
US Digital Response
Support critical public needs.
Practice
Other
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