Ask HN: What are comprehensive resources to learn digital product design?

8 points by brainlessdev ↗ HN
I'm a software developer (mainly web) with an interest in design. I believe I have a good intuition from my experience working with designers, but I would like to turn this into more solid knowledge.

I'm struggling to find a comprehensive resource that teaches me graphic design and digital product design foundations such as color theory, spacing, rhythm, and most likely other concepts I haven't heard about yet.

I need something that guides me through the world of design, and not an aggregation of articles (of which I already read a lot).

Any ideas?

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The PDF book "Refactoring UI" has been a helpful reference as it focuses on UI design for apps and websites. Some free articles from the book are available on the site:

- Building your color palette: https://refactoringui.com/previews/building-your-color-palet...

- Labels are a last resort: https://refactoringui.com/previews/labels-are-a-last-resort/

This article from learnui.design provides a quick and dirty overview about some basic design principles that non-designers tend to not think about:

- https://learnui.design/blog/why-beginning-designers-dont-nee...

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