Design Inspiration corner: Documentaries, Sites and Books
November 06, 2017
There are tons of resources out there which can help you learn.
Design Documentaries
Designers.watch has a very good collection of documentaries for designers and artists alike. Some of our favorites:
- Eames: The Architect & The Painter (2011)
- Objectified (2009)
- Helvetica (2007)
- Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight (2008)
Inspirational Sites
Hang around on your favorite design inspiration website. Here’s a bunch of them:
- Site Inspire: siteinspire.com
- Design Made In Germany: Sites we like
- Little Big Details: littlebigdetails.com
- Hoverstates: hoverstat.es
- Dribbble: dribbble.com
- Awwwards: awwwards.com
- Design Shack: Critique Article Archive | Design Shack
- Ecogex Delectable: Delectable - Contemporary web design database
- The Fox Is Black: thefoxisblack.com
- But Does It Float: butdoesitfloat.com
- Lovely Package: lovelypackage.com
- Form Fifty Five: formfiftyfive.com
- One Page Love: onepagelove.com
- Webcreme: webcreme.com
- Web Designer Pad - webdesignerpad.com
- Smashing Magazine: smashingmagazine.com
- Synaptic Stimuli: synapticstimuli.com
- Behance: behance.net
- Very Nice Sites: verynicesites.com
Books for getting better at UX Design:
- The Design of Everyday Things — Donald A. Norman, Peter Berkrot
- Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things — Don Norman
- Don’t Make Me Think — Steve Krug
- Sketching User Experiences — Bill Buxton
So you wanna be a user experience designer also has a good collection of resources that we recommend you check out.