Resources to be an extraordinary Visual Designer

Resources for beginners Visual Designers

José Alvarez
2 min readApr 7, 2021

Books 📚

These books are exceptional contributions to the User Experience (UX) field. As a Visual Designer, it is vital to have a solid foundation in this area.

  1. Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Guidelines by Jeff Johnson.
    Available on Amazon
  2. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition by Don Norman.
    Available on Amazon
  3. Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) by Steve Krug.
    Available on Amazon

Courses 🎯

Follow this career path to be an extraordinary Visual Designer. We extremely recommended these courses from the Interaction Design Foundation.

Learning path as Visual Designer on ID Foundation
As a Visual Designer, your job is to build prototypes, icons, graphics, etc. with consistent visual aesthetics — and our learning path trains you to do just that.

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Featured courses

  1. User Experience
  2. Design Thinking
  3. UI Design Patterns for Successful Software
  4. Gestalt Psychology and Web Design: The Ultimate Guide

Bonus 🌟

Some additional resources

Design Systems by Figma
A Figma publication for design systems creators, designers, developers, and managers.

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Featured articles

  1. Space, Grids, and Layouts
  2. A complete guide to iconography
  3. Typography
  4. Guide to content strategy
  5. Breaking Down the Principles of Design
  6. Consistency and Details

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José Alvarez

Head of UX @SolucionesGBH. Interests: UI/UX Design — Mobile Technology.