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UI/UX Design
Design digital products — user research, wireframes, interfaces, and usability.
Web Design for Web Developers: Build Beautiful Websites!
Jonas Schmedtmann: 25+ practical web design guidelines — typography, color, free images/fonts/icons, whitespace, visual hierarchy, conversion techniques, plus a free e-book. 19 lectures, ~54m, English. Updated 11/2024.
Create Your UX Portfolio with Adobe Portfolio (Coursera GP)
Coursera Guided Project: create a UX portfolio with Adobe Portfolio — case studies, project presentation, professional layout, sharing.
Figma Learn (Help Center)
Figma's official Learn hub: structured beginner courses and articles for learning Figma and FigJam. Includes the 2025 'Figma Design for beginners' course covering frames, components, auto layout, and prototyping. The fastest on-ramp for anyone new to the industry-standard UI design tool. Free; works with Figma's free starter plan.
Figma Resource Library
Figma's curated resource library of guides, templates, and best practices for design work. Covers web design basics, design systems, wireframing, UX flows, and team collaboration workflows. For designers and teams who want official, template-backed guidance. Free to read; templates usable within Figma's free tier.
Nielsen Norman Group — Articles
NN/g: the world's most cited UX research firm, publishing hundreds of evidence-based UX articles and study guides. Covers usability heuristics, information architecture, mobile UX, accessibility, and UX strategy with real research data. Required reading for serious UX/UI practitioners and interview prep. Articles and study guides free; deep-dive courses, reports, and videos are paid.
Refactoring UI
Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan and Steve Schoger: the definitive paid book on making software look professional. Teaches concrete rules for color, typography, spacing, shadows, and visual hierarchy without relying on taste. For developers and designers building polished interfaces from scratch. Paid book + bonus design tips; widely considered the best ROI in UI education.
Laws of UX
Laws of UX: an interactive reference of 21+ psychological principles that shape user experience. Each law (Fitts's, Hick's, Jakob's, etc.) includes a description, example, and downloadable poster. A perfect cheat sheet for UI designers justifying decisions and studying for interviews. Free web reference by Jon Yablonski; companion book is paid.
Material Design 3
Google's Material Design 3 documentation: the open-source design system used across Android and the web. Learn color tokens, typography scale, components, motion, and layout grids straight from Google's spec. Essential for UI designers building Android or cross-platform products. Free, including component libraries and Figma kits.
Apple Human Interface Guidelines
Apple's official Human Interface Guidelines: the design language for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS. Covers platform patterns, components, accessibility, and spatial design for visionOS. Mandatory reading for anyone designing Apple-platform experiences. Free documentation from Apple Developer.
Google Design
Google Design: Google's editorial site sharing stories, essays, and case studies from its design teams. Explore how Google approaches UX research, inclusive design, typography, and design culture. Inspiration and process insight for designers at any level. Free magazine-style content from one of the world's largest design orgs.
Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF)
IxDF: the world's largest UX design education community, with a large free library of literature and glossaries. Free articles cover UX methods, usability, design thinking, and career guidance; membership adds courses and certificates. Trusted by designers, students, and companies worldwide. Free literature; paid membership for courses and certifications.
UX Collective
UX Collective: one of the largest independent UX publications on Medium. Daily essays on design careers, portfolio strategy, UX research, design ethics, and industry trends. Great for designers wanting thoughtful, community-written perspectives. Free to read on Medium (free stories; some partner-paywalled stories).
UX Planet
UX Planet: a popular Medium publication with practical, tutorial-style UX/UI articles. Covers wireframing, prototyping, design systems, case studies, and career tips with concrete examples. A steady stream of how-to content for beginners and mid-level designers. Free to read on Medium.
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Webflow University
Webflow University: free, high-production video courses on web design and no-code development. Learn visual design, responsive layout, interactions, CMS, and client workflows through project-based lessons. Ideal for UI designers who want to build working websites without code. Free courses, certifications, and a huge tutorial archive.
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Learn UI Design
Erik Kennedy's Learn UI Design: a comprehensive paid video course on visual UI design. Covers color, typography, layout, spacing, and realistic project walkthroughs distilled into reusable principles. For developers-turned-designers and juniors who want a systematic UI education. Paid course; the author's free blog posts are also excellent.
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freeCodeCamp
freeCodeCamp: a nonprofit offering a free full web-development curriculum plus a large tutorial/news library. Its design-focused tutorials cover responsive web design, accessibility, CSS art, and Figma/UI fundamentals with certifications. Best for learners pairing UI/UX skills with front-end code. 100% free, including certifications.
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CareerFoundry UX Blog
CareerFoundry's UX blog: beginner-friendly guides explaining UX roles, methods, portfolios, and salary expectations. Long-form articles like 'What is UX design?' make it an approachable first stop. For career-changers researching or starting UX paths. Free blog content; paid bootcamps are the parent product.
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Baymard Institute — Research
Baymard Institute: leading e-commerce UX research organization with benchmark studies of top online stores. Free articles reveal concrete findings on checkout, search, product pages, and mobile UX with data. Invaluable for UX designers working on conversion-focused products. Free article summaries; full research reports are paid.
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Mobbin
Mobbin: a searchable library of 300,000+ real app screens and user flows from top mobile and web products. Filter by app, pattern, flow, or component to study how leading products solve UI problems. A go-to reference for UI designers doing competitive research and pattern inspiration. Free tier with limits; Pro unlocks unlimited access.
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Page Flows
Page Flows: a library of recorded user flows (signup, checkout, onboarding) from 1,000+ popular apps. Watch real interactions step-by-step to learn best-practice UX patterns. Great for UX designers mapping flows and justifying interaction decisions. Free browsing with limits; subscription unlocks the full library.
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Godly
Godly: a curated gallery of astronomically good web design, updated with standout sites. Browse by interaction, typography, and layout tags to see what modern web design looks like. Perfect for UI designers seeking cutting-edge visual inspiration. Free, no account required.
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Design Systems Repo
Design Systems Repo: a curated collection of famous design systems, articles, books, and tools. Explore how companies like Airbnb, IBM, and Salesforce document and ship design systems. A one-stop directory for learning design-system practice. Free community-maintained resource.
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Checklist Design
Checklist Design: a growing collection of best-practice checklists for UI/UX work. Browse by task type (forms, e-commerce, onboarding, accessibility) and check every detail before shipping. Perfect for junior designers who want a QA-style safety net. Free and open to community contributions.
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WebAIM — WCAG Checklist
WebAIM's WCAG 2 checklist: a plain-language, practical breakdown of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Each success criterion includes requirements, techniques, and testing advice. The essential accessibility reference for UI designers and developers. Free, nonprofit educational resource from Utah State University.
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Penpot
Penpot: the free, open-source design and prototyping platform for product teams. Full UI design features — vectors, components, libraries, and interactive prototypes — with a web-based, self-hostable stack. The best free alternative to Figma for privacy-minded designers and teams. 100% free and open source (AGPL).
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Figma
Figma: the industry-standard collaborative UI design tool used by most product teams. Design, prototype, and hand off interfaces with auto layout, components, variables, and dev mode. Learning Figma is effectively a job requirement for UI/UX roles. Free Starter plan for individuals; paid plans for teams and advanced features.
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Excalidraw
Excalidraw: a free, open-source virtual whiteboard for sketching wireframes, flows, and diagrams by hand. Hand-drawn style keeps early-stage UI sketches low-fidelity and fast, with end-to-end encryption. Perfect for wireframing, user flows, and design-team collaboration. Free in browser; open source with self-hosting options.
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Google UX Design Professional Certificate
Google's UX Design Professional Certificate on Coursera: 7 courses covering UX research, wireframing, Figma, and portfolio projects. Includes case studies, peer reviews, and a capstone portfolio built in Figma. The most popular entry path for career-changers into UX/UI. 7-day free trial then paid; financial aid available; audit some courses free.
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DesignCourse — YouTube
DesignCourse by Gary Simon: a long-running YouTube channel with UI/UX tutorials, redesign critiques, and web design projects. Practical lessons in Figma, Adobe XD-era workflows, design trends, and front-end implementation. Great for designers who like code-adjacent, build-along learning. Free; 1M+ subscribers with an extensive archive.
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Growth.Design Case Studies
Animated, comic-style teardowns of real product UX from apps like Duolingo, TikTok, and Spotify. Each case study walks through the product's psychology, onboarding flow, and UX decisions with transferable lessons. Free to read online; a paid book and workshop course exist but the case-study library itself is open. Study real-world examples to learn UX research, persuasion design, and product strategy. https://growth.design/case-studies
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