Interface design
Making the user's interaction as simple and efficient as possible.
Articles
Six signup form techniques to convert more customers
Design Smarts
– 9 November 2019
If you’re designing a SaaS product, online store, or subscription service, getting more customers is probably your number one concern. And your signup form could be the thing keeping potential paying customers from ever giving your product an honest try.
The problem with dropdown fields (and what you should use instead)
Design Smarts
– 29 October 2019
Dropdowns are one of the default fields in the form design toolkit. But far too often, the dropdown is used in a way that makes user input more difficult.
Easily create adaptive buttons using Sketch’s smart layout
Design + Sketch
– 21 October 2019
With the introduction of Smart Layout in Sketch 58, we can finally build adaptable symbols without the hacks, plugins or workarounds.
The obvious UI is often the best UI
Google Design
– 2 October 2019
Design clear interactions instead of clever ones, and users will follow.
Skeleton versus Logo Launch Screen: A Direct Comparison
Usability Geek
– 13 September 2019
The launch screen is the first page that opens when a user taps the app icon. It plays a critical role in creating a first impression for both new and existing customers.
Integrating video and web content: lessons in user interface design
Thomas Park
– 11 September 2019
How to design a tight, intuitive UI that makes efficient use of the available screen space when both video and web content are begging for more room.
Intercom’s fundamentals of good interaction design
Inside Intercom
– 10 September 2019
The design community is no longer talking about having to prove the value of design to get a seat at the table. Designers have demonstrated that design can be a central pillar of business success. But they’ve also lost something along the way.
Devising Interfaces with UX Design Patterns
RubyGarage
– 27 July 2017
UX design patterns help designers devise workable solutions to common interface problems. These incorporate design best practices for every single piece of functionality, whether it’s a shopping cart or a sign-in form.
Button UX design best practices, types and states
UX Planet
– 15 March 2016
Buttons are an ordinary, every-day element of interaction design. Despite this, because buttons are a vital element in creating a smooth conversational flow in web and apps, it’s worth paying attention to these basic best practices for buttons.
Why empty states deserve more design time
Inside Design by InVision
– 21 June 2015
What empty states are and why they're important.
Tools
Courses
Springboard
UI Design Program
Career Foundry
Learn all of the skills, tools, and processes necessary to become a UI designer
Affordances: designing intuitive user interfaces
Interaction Design Foundation
This course will teach you both the theory of affordances and also how to build instantly perceptible affordances into your own designs.
Emotional design: how to make products people will love
This course will provide you with the information necessary to elicit positive emotional experiences through your designs.
Information visualisation: getting dashboards right
This course will lead you through some of the key considerations when designing dashboard displays
UX/UI design bootcamp
Ironhack
Become a UX/UI designer: Learn all about User Experience (UX) and Interface Design (UI). From User Research to testing. In full-time or part-time format.