In all walks of life, especially in user experience/interface design, the only thing that never changes is change. The buzzwords of the moment seem to be well known, and keeping a keen eye on the latest developments and ideas in the industry is no easy task. Especially with the emergence of a large number of various kinds of information and resources, it seems more and more difficult to filter and find the information that is really useful to you.
Based on this situation, the following has collected some of the best foreign blog and website resources for user experience/interface design since 2016. Some of these recommendations are written and maintained by only one blogger, while others are the result of the wisdom of industry opinion leaders and experts. There is no sequence or ranking distinction between the recommendations, let's take a look!
1. UI/User Interface Design
The blog sites described below provide advice and methods on how to create effective, user-friendly interface designs. The content includes the interface design of mobile devices, websites and software products, not to be missed!
- Dribbble — A professional community of designers where design-related topics and UI design can be presented and discussed.
- Behance — A powerful website that inspires design, any traditional/non-traditional graphic design as well as high-quality design projects can be created here. It is not limited to UI design for web or mobile.
- Site Inspire — Provides a web-based interface design that displays real-time web page snapshots and locations. So far, 2500 websites are included and can be searched by subject, type and style.
- Smashing Magazine — The leading blog site providing resources and information related to web design and development. It pays great attention to the quality of the blog and is authoritative in the industry.
- Usability Post — Content contains a lot of web design and usability issues. There are also forecasts about design trends and recommendations for project management resources.
2. Design strategy
These sites will provide a range of guidelines and methodological tips in design practice, ranging from design philosophies to different project management approaches.
- Usability Geek - Focused on the intersection of design and business, there are many articles on improving design and improving conversion rates.
- Medium — A community platform for story interaction with other designers, with thousands of new stories continuously updated every day.
- Nielsen Norman Group — publishes all things UX design and is a trusted source of research and reports related to UX.
- Webcredible — A UX design agency based in London, UK that has partnered with many of the world’s leading brands, this blog contains UX related articles and resources.
3. UX/User Experience Design
The following resource sites discuss UX-themed services and products, ranging from UX industry trends to recommended tools and software for beginners or experts. Rich in content, it is also worth collecting and reading.
- Awwwards — Industry-leading sites that award awards to the best mobile and web designs, and readers can tap into industry standards and keep up with the latest trends.
- Mockplus — Blog featuring user experience, interface design, and trend forecasting. All articles are handpicked and also provide guidelines and tips on how to design effectively.
- Designmodo — Comprehensive site offering standard/non-standard design themes, as well as some design development, WordPress, tutorials, tips and tricks.
- UX Myths — around user experience design, provides some design conventions that everyone may know but are not correct, and blogs will cite specific academic research, fact-checking, and related links to demonstrate.
- UX Booth — One of the most well-known publishers, readers can search through sub-categories, and content also includes content strategy and information architecture.
- UX Matters - Websites that can inspire design, suitable for both experts who are proficient in all aspects of UX, or beginners who are just entering the field of UX design.
- UX Movement - UX design-themed blog site showing how user interfaces will affect user behavior, exemplified with practical visual examples.
- User Ability Stack Exchange — A Q&A community similar to the domestic “Zhihu”. The difference is that it is a community dedicated to user experience design, and many more life-oriented expert opinions can also be found here.
4. Design tools and software
The content of these sites includes introductions to the latest software, UX tools, code programming, and other essential elements of design. It also includes introductions to the most popular and useful design tools available today.
- Creative Bloq — a well-known foreign blog site, regularly recommends the latest UX design tools and books, and also finds online magazines that interest you most.
- Mockplus —Recommends useful software resources and information with detailed instructions on how to use Mockplus for rapid prototyping.
- Little Blog Details - A curated selection of blog posts about getting design inspiration, picking the best design software, and keeping it updated daily.
- Boxes and Arrows - Provides blog posts about design principles, methods, processes, and graphic design, as well as hardware/software content.
- UXPin — one of the most popular blog sites in the foreign market, mainly analyzes UX design from the perspective of the website, there are a lot of article resources, suitable for hardware developers and designers.