Design Resources
As you’re learning about web design and implementing components, it will be useful for you to take a look at how existing companies / organizations make design choices. Many companies even make their stylesheets and widget libraries available.
Design Lingo
Design Inspiration
Color
Fonts & Icons
Style Guides and Guidelines
As you instantiate your frameworks, keep in mind that most companies have standardized widgets, stylesheets, and guidelines to ensure an integrated look-and-feel. Here are some style guides. Feel free to use them to get ideas!
| Organization | Name of Design Brand |
|---|---|
| Alibaba | Ant Design |
| Atlassian | Design Guidelines |
| Firefox | Photon Design |
| Material Design | |
| IBM | Carbon Design |
| Salesforce | Lightning Design System |
| Shopify | Polaris |
| US Federal Government | Web Design Standards |
Newsletters
For web dev trends / news:
- Brand New
- CoDrops Collective
- Colossal
- FlowingData
- Frontend Dogma
- Frontend Front
- HeyDesigner
- Kottke.org
- The Brand Identity
- wdrl
- WebDesignerNews
Podcasts
- For design thinking and general inspiration, 99% Invisible can’t be passed up. Many designers love it, saying that it’s one of the highlights of their week.
- If you like short podcasts, Immutable is good. It’s very tangible - they talk about specific things, not huge ideas. There’s also Developer Tea which is also pretty short, and has solid content for all types of people interested in development.
- If you’re willing to deal with some longer stuff, consider checking out Design Details (which is a lot of designers talking about how they got into the industry). There’s also Javascript Air - it’s always really good, but it’s on the more technical side, and the topics can go on for a long, long time.
- For a podcast manager, Overcast is supposed to be a great experience for anyone on iOS, though Prof V’s multi-platform favorite is Castbox.
This reference guide sourced from Dr. Sarah Van Wart with support from *Chloe.