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20 Must-Read Books for Product Designers at Any Stage

Creative Market

We asked Creative Market’s own product minds to open up their libraries and share some of the books that have shaped their careers. These outstanding product design books simplify essential design concepts like web form design, typography, research, UX, communication, data skills, and problem-solving among many others.

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12 Best Branding Courses to Learn Online

Just Creative

Brand and Product Management – Free. Brand Management: Aligning Business, Brand and Behaviour – Free. When approached with the right strategies, social media can build empires and extend networks. Brand and Product Management. Branding: The Creative Journey Specialization – Free.

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UX vs UI Design: A Comprehensive Guide For Beginners

Inkbot Design

UX designers must be competent in user research, usability testing, interaction design, visual design (for web/mobile applications), UX writing, and project management. UI designers must have a solid understanding of UI components, frameworks, typography, and colour theory. Remember that there is no such thing as too many connections.

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How to build better AI products with user research

UX Collective

Generative AI in logo design is a simple example: it autonomously performs steps that were traditionally human-led such as sketching initial ideas, experimenting with shapes, colors, typography, etc. Here is a logo I created using DALL·E for ‘Explorer’s Edge’, a fictitious adventure travel agency.

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eCommerce App Design: Crafting Shopping Experiences

Inkbot Design

You must work closely with UX designers , visual designers, developers, product managers, business stakeholders and most importantly – real users! Achieve this by combining: An aesthetic that feels fresh & on-brand (colours, typography etc.) What do you need actually to design an excellent eCommerce app?

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Ultimate Guide to Enterprise Website Development

Inkbot Design

Working from UX wireframes, they specify: Site layouts for desktop and mobile Typography, colour palette, and imagery Animation treatments Custom graphic elements Page templates Copywriter An experienced copywriter helps shape messaging to achieve goals, whether driving conversions or conveying thought leadership.

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Ten Tips For The Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 1)

Smashing Magazine Graphics

With entrance into the industry being so easy and lack of proper benchmarking (Note: this is somewhat contradictory to point 2, but more on that later) around what makes a good designer, software engineer, or product manager, we’re forced to face the facts that it’s a recipe for poor quality products. Large preview ).

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