Online merchants can still use free expert advice from the design community. There is a wide variety of free books available to help you.
Here is a list of useful ebooks on design. There are headlines on typography, classic design, color theory, user experience design, logos, brand building, creativity, and more. All these eBooks are free.
Free Design eBooks
Web Design Resilient
Resilient Web Design. This book highlights some of the web design approaches that have proven resilient. You will not find any code. You will find ideas and approaches. And the ideas are more resistant than the code. Examine the history of web design to develop your approach for building the website of the future.
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Flat Design and Colors
Flat design and colors. From the UXPin Product Design Platform, Flat Design & Colors provides instructions on the best techniques for using colors and flat design, including examples from Google and Squarespace. Topics include the advantages and disadvantages of flat design, the emotions of color, and how to associate color and texture.
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The form of design
The form of drawing . The Shape of Design is a look at the nature of design – its inner movements and cultural context. The book began as a conference by designer and illustrator Frank Chimero. Finally, a Kickstarter campaign was launched to self-publish the work. The popular project reached its fundraising goal on the first day and then surpassed the goal four times.
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Type Classification eBook
Type Clavierérographie. This book can help you learn the 10 great classifications of type: Humanist, Garalde, Didone, Transitional, Lineal, Mechanical, Blackletter, Decorative, Script and Manual. Explore the basics of what you need to learn typography.
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Library DesignBetter.Co
Library DesignBetter.Co. This three-in-one series of inVision, a prototyping and design platform, explores how top companies approach product design, design thinking, and design leadership. Create customized solutions with proven ideas from design leaders.
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Design for the Web.
Design for the Web. This book deals with the basics of communication by design. Learn the traditional design process, essential tools, typography, color theory, composition basics and research elements.
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All you need to know about the creation of logos
All you need to know about creating logos. The power of logo creation is something that should not be ignored. A good logo can tell the story of a brand, be the best way to buy advertising, and constantly build trust for a company. In this quick guide to logo creation, learn the basics of what a logo is, the rules for creating a logo and other elements to take into account, such as colors and the typography.
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UX Design for Startups
UX design for startups. This book offers real-life user experience advice from the UXPin C.E.O., a design platform. Learn how to validate your product hypotheses, practice effective UX design techniques, develop your product, and optimize your designs. Get a list of 60 UX design tools handpicked
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Elements of the typographic style applied to the web
Elements of the typographic style applied to the Web. This is a practical online typography web guide that conveys aspects of Robert Bringhurst's classic graphic arts, The Elements of Typographic Style . The guide's website is structured to review Bringhurst's working principles, explaining how to accomplish each of them using the techniques available in HTML and CSS.
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Web Style Guide
Web style guide. The first version of Web Style Guide was a website created in 1993. Web Style Guide presents solid design tips based on classic design principles, recognizing the possibilities and the limitations of today's web technology.
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The Reader UX
The UX reader. The UX Reader presents the ideas of the MailChimp user experience team. It starts with a review of collaboration and teamwork. The troika of UX follows: research, design and development. The book ends with a selection of articles on refinement and other processes.
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Manual of precision of the perfect pixel
Manual of precision of the perfect pixel. This book is a quick start guide to digital design principles and topics relevant to newcomers and seasoned professionals. With each subject, it offers useful examples of correct and incorrect use. Explore design and development, pixel accuracy, color, organization and more.
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Book of the house of the mark
Book of the house of the mark. The purpose of this book is to make the brand tangible by connecting it to the daily experience. Every step of this book is related to the process of building a house. At the end of each step is a summary of the brand to consider, for your own branding process.
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How to be creative (PDF)
How to be creative (PDF). Here is a useful book if you need to discover your own design creativity. Written by Hugh MacLeod, director of advertising and blogger, this book presents 26 tips to be more creative in art, in business and in life.
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