Resources
Mentorship
Design Buddies -> The world's largest design community. It's an inviting space to grow as a designer. I'm very active here.
ADP List -> Amazing Design Peoples List connects you with mentors. Maybe you can book a chat with me!
Inspiration
arun.is -> Arun Venkatesan persuaded me to take on the daunting challenge of building a site. He has an excellent eye for design.
simonpan.com -> Simon Pan is a Senior UX Designer at Google. His portfolio is THE golden standard. Study those case studies!
Dieter Ram's 10 principles -> Design has no rules, but I don't think you'd be wrong to commit to these.
Starbucks Creative Expression -> A beautiful design system by Starbucks.
Product renders -> Jason Zigrino does the most wonderful 3D renders of timeless products.
3D Design -> Mario Arnone is hands down my favorite 3D artist. He captures nostalgia and aesthetics like none other.
Guides
UX FAQs -> When she's not arguing with me, Yichen answers some fantastic questions about being a UX designer.
Resources on accesibility -> When you make your products accesible for some people, you actually make them more accesibile for everyone.
Language for diagrams -> No matter how you draw diagrams, make sure you're consistent.
Designing Design Systems -> All the tiny details in a design system should add up to a greater logic.
Figma's videos -> Figma's Youtube channel is brimming at the seams.
NN Group -> If there were an authority on UX, it might be these guys.
Assets
Lstore -> Lstore has fantastic device mockups, and some of them are free!
GFX DATABASE -> Some of the best high quality graphics scans I've found.
Inter Font Family -> Want to use Apple's San Francisco font family? Is the law not letting you? Look no further! This is just as good.
Tech
Gatsby -> Gatsby lets you create static sites. I'm not sure what that means. All I know is that Gatsby does the heavy-lifting for you when it comes to performance and search engine optimization.
MDX -> MDX lets you write Markdown with Javascript. HTML who?
Google Firebase -> I used to use Google Firebase to host my site. It costs pennies a month.
Render -> Now I use Render because it hosts your static sites for free.
Google Domains -> Google Domains is the simplest way to buy and manage domains.
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