The Guide to UX Design Process and Documentation

A guided course in interface design built around wireframes, covering controls, patterns, design principles, and templates. Written for people who need to review and discuss UI work without a design background.

Balsamiq Education Team

A collection of essays on paper prototyping, card sorting for information architecture, writing error messages, and alt text. Short pieces you can read one at a time and apply the same day.

Userfocus

An essay on why designers make what they make, covering craft, improvisation, limitations, and storytelling. Less about tools and more about the thinking that shapes good work.

Frank Chimero

A studio handbook on the craft of digital interface work: pixel level detail, colour profiles, accessibility, file organization, and export. Written by a product design team about how they actually work.

Ustwo