Resource library

UX Collective on moving from designing screens to designing the whole system where people and AI work together.

uxdesign.cc

Figma's look at how teams measure and communicate the value of a design system, with examples of the savings it can bring.

www.figma.com

Just Enough Research (Erika Hall)

A short, funny, practical guide to doing useful user research quickly, and getting your team to act on what you learn.

abookapart.com

Sprint (Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz)

The five-day process Google Ventures uses to answer big questions: map the problem, sketch solutions, prototype, and test with real users.

www.gv.com

The Design of Everyday Things (Don Norman)

The foundational book on affordances, signifiers, feedback and mental models, and why everyday objects confuse people.

www.hachettebookgroup.com

Atomic Design (Brad Frost)

A methodology for building interface design systems from atoms up to pages. Free to read online.

atomicdesign.bradfrost.com

Refactoring UI (Adam Wathan and Steve Schoger)

Practical visual design tactics for developers and designers: hierarchy, spacing, colour and depth, with before-and-after examples.

www.refactoringui.com

Figma

Collaborative interface design and prototyping in the browser, with shared components, variables and developer handoff.

www.figma.com

Penpot

An open-source design and prototyping tool you can self-host, built around web standards and designer-developer collaboration.

penpot.app

Maze

Test prototypes and run surveys with real users, and get usability metrics and heatmaps without scheduling sessions.

maze.co

Miro

An online whiteboard for workshops, research synthesis, journey maps and remote collaboration.

miro.com

WebAIM Contrast Checker

Check foreground and background colours against the WCAG contrast ratios and see at once whether text is readable.

webaim.org