📚 UX Design Resources
Recommended reading/listening/watching on all things UX/Product design and strategy, and user research.
Contents
Books
Design
The Design Of Everyday Things | Don Norman
Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience | Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability | Steve Krug
Design Is Storytelling | Ellen Lupton
Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience | Tom Greever
Project Guide to UX Design, A: For user experience designers in the field or in the making | Russ Unger, Carolyn Chandler
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond | Jesse James Garrett
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People | Susan Weinschenk
Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead Us into Temptation | Chris Nodder
Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services | Jon Yablonski
Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days | Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products | Nir Eyal
UX Strategy: Product Strategy Techniques for Devising Innovative Digital Solutions | Jaime Levy
Strategic Writing for UX: Drive Engagement, Conversion, and Retention with Every Word | Torrey Podmajersky
Mapping Experiences: A Complete Guide to Customer Alignment Through Journeys, Blueprints, and Diagrams | James Kalbach
101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization | Vijay Kumar
The Design Thinking Toolbox: A Guide to Mastering the Most Popular and Valuable Innovation Methods | Michael Lewrick, Patrick Link, Larry Leifer
The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide | Leah Buley
Design for How People Think: Using Brain Science to Build Better Products | John Whalen
Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want | Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernanda, Alan Smith
Research
Just Enough Research | Erika Hall
Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights | Steve Portigal
The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you | Rob Fitzpatrick
Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems | Steve Krug
UX Research: Practical Techniques for Designing Better Products | Brad Nunnally, David Farkas
Think Like a UX Researcher: How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy | David Travis, Philip Hodgson
UX Methods: A Quick Guide to User Experience Research Methods | James Pannafino, Patrick McNeil
Validating Product Ideas: Through Lean User Research | Tomer Sharon
Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation | David Bland, Alexander Osterwalder
Interviewing
Solving Product Design Exercises: Questions & Answers | Artiom Dashinsky
Get Into UX: A Foolproof Guide to Getting Your First User Experience Job | Vy Alechnavicius
Newsletters
Podcasts
Wireframe (inactive)
User Defenders (inactive)
Method Podcast (inactive)
Design Untangled (inactive)
What is Wrong with UX (inactive)
UXpod (inactive)
Jake and Jonathan (inactive)
Product Design Report (inactive)
Video channels
Maex (inactive)
Communities
Design leaders to follow
Courses
Free
Paid
Job boards
Websites
Events
All Design Conferences — inactive, but has a good list to check.
Inspiration
Stock photos and icons
Tools
UX Design Tools
📌 Every company will have their own suite of tools depending on multiple factors. The most popular one you will likely need to learn is Figma, it's all the rage these days.
UX Database — a directory of tools.
Design Tools Database — a directory of tools.
Color.review — my favourite tool for checking colour contrast.
Tally — my favourite surveys/polls tool.
Portfolio Tools
📌 There are 2 different schools of thought: web vs PDF format, both with their own pros and cons. I prefer the web for the online presence but often use a PDF-tailored version for a particular interview/company.
Resume Tools
Templates
Coming later…