User Interface Design books

The most important things you need to know about creating successful user experiences We want our UX to be brilliant. We want to create stunning user experiences. We want our UX to drive the success of our business with useful and usable software products. This book draws on the wisdom and training of Jakob Nielsen and Don Norman to help you get your UX right - in 101 ways! 101 UX Principles shows you the 101 most important things you need to know about usability and design. A practical reference for UX professionals, and a shortcut to greatness for anyone who needs a clear and wise selection of principles to guide their UX success. Learn the key principles that drive brilliant UX design. Enjoy 101 Principles including 'Good UX has a Beginning, a Middle, and an End', 'Make Your Links Look Like Links', 'Don't Use Obsolete Icons', 'Decide Whether an Interaction Should Be Obvious, Easy, or Possible', 'Test with Real Users', 'Making the most of fonts', 'Good UX for search results', and 'Show your user - don't tell your user!' “Good to read from beginning to end, and a nice dip-in-and-out text, the chapter titles reminded me of principles I don't even think about explicitly when I likely should. The book inspired me to start more explicitly articulating some of the principles I just take for granted.” - Elizabeth Churchill, Director of User Experience at Google “This is a great practical read. It is convenient to use as a reference when solving real UX problems. I would definitely recommend it as an introduction to UX, but also as a good reminder of best practices for more experienced designers.” - Anne-Marie Leger, Designer at Shopify “A great Mood Booster and Pep Talk. Like a good pep talk from a sports coach before a game, Will reminds us of the common pitfalls we all come across.” - Kate Pincott Product Designer at Facebook Some more of the 101 UX Principles featured in this book: Work with user expectations not against them How to build upon established metaphors How to arrange navigation elements How to introduce new ideas to your user Matching pagination and content structure When invention is not good for UX Striving for simplicity Reducing user tasks What to make clickable Making the most of fonts Making your links look like links Picking the right control for the job Data input and what users care about How to handle destructive user actions When color should not convey information Tappable areas and the size of fingers Getting payment details the right way Use the standard e-commerce pattern If you really must use a flat design When to use progress bars or spinners Dropdowns the right and wrong way Handling just-off-screen content How to do Hamburger menus right When to hide Advanced Settings Good UX for Notifications

Think about UIs using design thinking principles from an award winning graphic designer Key Features - Practical knowledge of visual design basics and typography. - Understand the modern UI to kick-start your career with UI designs. - Introduces you to explore UI designs for e-commerce web applications. Description From the initial introduction about the meaning behind interfaces to the technical skills of thinking and designing a modern UI, this book will guide you on designing the UI of a screen for a real-world application, infused with the newly learned knowledge with the Figma tool. You will be able to explore and practice visual design concepts, namely, color, contrast, balance, consistency, alignments, negative space, how to approach visual impairments, and many more. You will be able to learn about one of the most critical elements of how to think about a UI for which you will explore concepts such as memory, vision, processing of info and objects, models of thinking, and more. Furthermore, you will explore the Figma tool and a live practical example of how to design a UI for an e-commerce graphic application, including its shopping cart page and adding a payment method screen. What you will learn - Get familiar with the basic visual design concepts. - Understand the fundamentals of the User Interface and User Interaction. - An overview of Search Results, Font Psychology, and Typography. - Learn to work with some common interface elements. - Understand how real-time collaborative editing works in the Figma UI design tool. Who this book is for This book is literally for everyone! You should only be loaded with plenty of curiosity. No previous knowledge of the field is required. Table of Contents 1. Definition of the User Interface 2. The Web and Graphic User Interfaces 3. Explanation to Typography 4. Visual Design Basics 5. Thinking About User Interaction 6. Usability 7. Know Your Habits 8. Interfaces’ Elements 9. Foreword to an E-commerce 10. A Small Introduction to Figma 11. Building a Shopping Cart 12. Farewell and Future Considerations About the Authors Dario Calonaci is a published author and an award-winning graphic designer. After completing his Art Diploma under the Renaissance classics, he worked with brands like The Ritz-Carlton, Designers for Obama, Rio+20 (United Nations conference), and Fortune 500 companies. His art has been published worldwide in a plethora of books, plus exhibitions from Rome to New York. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariocalonaci/ Blogs: www.dariocalonaci.com