Resources

Design

  • Grid Based Design Toolbox - Resources and information for grid based design systems. The grid is commonly believed to be the most important element of web design.
  • Smashing Magazine - Resources, tips, and tricks for web designers, graphic designers, artists and user experience proffesionals.
  • UX Magazine - UX Magazine is a collaborative publication by writers, technologists, designers, marketeers & business gurus from around the world.

Ergonomics

  • The Ergonomics Society - An international organisation for professionals using knowledge of human abilities and limitations to design and build for comfort, efficiency, productivity and safety.

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

  • Cooper Journal - Ideas blog from the father of Interaction Design, Alan Cooper.
  • Functioning Form - Functioning Form is a blog from Luke Wroblewski (Senior Director of Product Ideation & Design at Yahoo! Inc.) about interface design.
  • IxDA: Interaction Design Association - The Interaction Design Association is a network dedicated to the professional practice of Interaction Design.
  • Usationary - A video reference catalogue of usability related tutorials, tips and insights brought to you by User Solutions.

Interface Design

  • Functioning Form - Functioning Form is a blog from Luke Wroblewski (Senior Director of Product Ideation & Design at Yahoo! Inc.) about interface design.
  • User Interface Engineering - User Interface Engineering is a leading research, training, and consulting firm specializing in web site and product usability

Professional Bodies

  • Information Architecture Institute - The IA Institute supports individuals and organisations specialising in the design of information environments.
  • IxDA: Interaction Design Association - The Interaction Design Association is a network dedicated to the professional practice of Interaction Design.
  • The Ergonomics Society - An international organisation for professionals using knowledge of human abilities and limitations to design and build for comfort, efficiency, productivity and safety.
  • Usability Professionals’ Association - The UPA supports those who promote and advance the development of usable products, reaching out to people who act as advocates for usability and the user experience. Members come from across the broad family of disciplines that create the user experience.

Usability

  • Usability Glossary - An extremely useful Usability glossary.
  • Usability Professionals’ Association - The UPA supports those who promote and advance the development of usable products, reaching out to people who act as advocates for usability and the user experience. Members come from across the broad family of disciplines that create the user experience.
  • Usability.gov - Usability.gov is the primary government source for information on usability and user-centered design. It provides guidance and tools on how to make Web sites and other communication systems more usable and useful.
  • Usationary - A video reference catalogue of usability related tutorials, tips and insights brought to you by User Solutions.

User Experience

  • Usationary - A video reference catalogue of usability related tutorials, tips and insights brought to you by User Solutions.
  • UX Magazine - UX Magazine is a collaborative publication by writers, technologists, designers, marketeers & business gurus from around the world.
  • UXnet - UXnet creates effective, functional, and strategic networks to enable cross-disciplinary collaboration between user experience professionals by connecting people, organisations, resources, and ideas.