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kaizenbtoday at 1:16 PM2 repliesview on HN

Any suggestions are welcome. I would be happy to increase the quality of the library.


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WillAdamstoday at 1:44 PM

My first recommendation would be to impose a hierarchy --- surely the books can be grouped in some fashion useful to the viewer? Perhaps by the intended reader? So maybe:

- beginning designer

- developer working with designer

- developer working without assistance from a designer

- supervisor working with team of designers and developers

Long flat lists of undifferentiated items are a common problem in design and your page not solving that is decidedly not confidence-building.

Also, was surprised not to see what I consider one of the best books on visual interface design listed:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344729.Designing_Visual_...

Unfortunately, this book was marred reputationally by the reissue having a ghastly cover and poor quality screengrab reproductions --- track down a first edition if possible.

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password54321today at 1:56 PM

Most web design books are essentially going to tell you to put a navigation bar on top or on the side, with a big call to action button in the centre while laying everything out on a grid (hence why most websites now looks the same). Logo design books now are always going to tell you take inspiration from the Twitter or Nike logo e.g. something that is simple but easily recognisable from afar (everything is now a swirl or a a single polygon). The colour theory stuff is half pseudo-science and mostly going to tell you to pick from a small colour palette with a consistent primary/secondary colour while keeping in mind that colours are perceived differently in different cultures (now you have everything in black/blue/red and white). The only one that I liked was Refactoring UI because it demonstrated how small changes can add up to make something that looks amateur look professional. But you can probably learn more just by investigating things you like yourself and implementing them.