Design

“Everyone, leave 3 nuggets of advice for young designers just graduating. No one right/wrong approach so what worked for you? I’ll start: 1. It’s all about people + connections. 2. Asking questions can work miracles—start asking. 3. Work slows when you stop showing your work.”

Patterns for the people, by the people

Explore hundreds of thousands of digital items from The New York Public Library.

Diverse UI is a free collection of diverse user-submitted images that can be used in your design work.

Creating an inclusive culture takes both commitment and action.

Beautiful library of royalty free images and stock photos for personal and commercial use. Download the most consistent set of photography and backgrounds.

Browse our library of beautiful free stock art and illustration images. Download royalty-free artworks and use them free of charge in your projects.

A library of sketchy illustrations of people free for personal and commercial use.

Upload your photo and create profile picture which will give you 14 times more visits & 36 times more chances to receive a message with a professional headshot

Roadmaps that include UX work can have 3 scopes: product, field, and specialty. Understanding these and their benefits can focus your process, effort, and goals.

A curated list of resources to help you on your journey into the User Experience of Virtual Reality

An Open Source collection of Design Principles and methods

Dieter Rams’s ten principles for good design (sometimes referred to as the ‘Ten commandments’).

Commissioned by the Internationalist and powered by Vertic, the Global Website Index identifies the best performing sites and sets industry benchmarks.

A friend asked me to share a few favorite resources on design systems. I thought I’d share them with you, too.

Tyler Mitchell is a photographer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York.

I find working with the grid helpful. The grid helps to maintain consistency across the different layouts and make faster design decisions. Grids give more precise control over alignments and layout on different screen sizes. This article highlights the most important aspect of the responsive grid and how product designers can adapt grids in their design workflow.

Nick Fancher is an editorial, music, and commercial photographer that specializes in dramatic lighting, bold colors, and experimental, in-camera techniques. He frequently travels between Los Angeles, New York City, and Columbus, Ohio, though he is available for commissions worldwide.

Hey! You found us! Welcome to the brightest group of photogs on Flickr. It was created to accompany Strobist, the off-camera lighting blog. To avoid having your photos deleted from the pool, please read the rules below - your pictures could be removed without warning during busy periods - so please read carefully BEFORE posting. Don't know how to use your flash(es) off-camera? That's okay. Just head on over to Strobist and start reading. You have nothing to lose but a good night's sleep. (It's free.) There is a full lighting course, hundreds of articles (uh, we're kinda into this stuff) and...

Browse techniques, frameworks and artifacts to help solve for your product.

This post highlights a few powerful lines of CSS that do some serious heavy lifting and help you build robust modern layouts.

A game for learning CSS flexbox

How well can you tend to your carrot garden using CSS grid? In this game, you must water your carrot crops and poison the weeds by mastering CSS grid, a powerful new module that makes 2-dimensional grid layouts a piece of cake. With it you can define columns, rows, and grid template areas. Learning Objectives Introduce the fundamentals of using CSS grid to create layouts on a webpage. Prerequisites For beginners of CSS grid. Familiarity with the basics of CSS is a plus but not required.

The work of Erik Herrström, an independent designer with focus branding and art direction. Formerly Brand Design Director at Spotify.