Links on UI, Web, Graphic, and Information Design
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Updated: November 29, 2011
Here we compiled links to Websites covering UI, Web, graphic, interaction, and information design. Do not take the classification too seriously – there is a large overlap between the different sections. If you know interesting links, please tell us.
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See also...
- Accessibility Links: See Accessibility on this site (Resources)
- Universal Usability Links: See the Links in the Highligt Topic on Universal Usability
- Visualization: See the Links in this Goodies section
- Glossaries: See the Glossaries here in the Goodies section.
- UI Events: The Events page on the SAP Design Guild lists upcoming events in the usability and design fields.
Usability
Usability and UX-Related Sites
- Best of CHI-WEB & SIGIA-L (Scott Berkun: www.scottberkun.com; the archives are not maintained)
- Gui Design (German) (Astrid Beck)
- Guide to Usability for Software Engineers (University of Maryland's Usability Engineering class)
- HCI-Index (Hans de Graaff, TU Delft; no longer maintained)
- Human-Computer Interaction Resources Network (HCIRN)
- Interaction-Design.org (Peer-reviewed encyclopedia)
- The HCI Bibliography (Gary Perlman)
- Usability News (British HCI Group of the British Computer Society)
- Usability First (online guide to usability resources, diamondbullet.com)
- UX matters ("premiere source of information and inspiration for UX professionals")
- WWW Resources (Kathy Gill)
Event Calendars
- Calendar of Bay Area HCI Events
- User Experience Network (event calendar)
- Icograda, Netdiver
- Interaction-Design.org (event calendar)
Companies
- Apple Computer
- IBM
- IBM Website (Company)
- Design@IBM
- IBM Accessibility
- Microsoft
- Microsoft Website (Company)
- Microsoft User Research Website
- User Interface Design and Development (MSDN)
- Microsoft Accessibility (MSDN)
- Oracle
- Sun (Oracle)
- Sun Website (at Oracle)
- OpenStep User Interface Guidelines (at Oracle)
- Xerox
Design Consultants
- Adaptive Path (Peter Merholz and partners)
- Aaron Marcus and Associates (AM+A; Aaron Marcus)
- Bob Baxley - Design for Interaction (Bob Baxley)
- Comtech (JoAnn Hackos)
- Cooper (formerly Cooper Interaction Design; Alan Cooper)
- Constantine & Lockwood, Inc. (Larry Constantine, Lucy Lockwood)
- Diamond Bullet (diamondbullet.com) -> Foraker Design
- Dray & Associates, Inc (Susan Dray, David A. Siegel)
- Human Factors International (HFI; Eric Schaffer)
- InContext Enterprises, Inc. (Karen Holtzblatt, Hugh Beyer)
- Nielsen-Norman Group (Jakob Nielsen, Don Norman, Bruce Tognazzini)
- Tec-Ed, Inc. (Stephanie Rosenbaum)
- User Interface Engineering (Jared Spool)
- Usernomics (Robert Kaplan)
Universities, Institutions, Projects (See also below)
- HCIL, University of Maryland
- HCI at Stanford University
- Human-Computer Interaction Institute
- UsabilityNet
- User Experience Network
- Universal Usability (Sarah Horton)
Professional Organizations
- ACM (Association of
Computing Machinery) • ACM
portal
Ubiquity (ACM: A "Web-based publication of the Association for Computing Machinery, dedicated to fostering critical analysis and in-depth commentary on issues relating to the nature, constitution, structure, science, engineering, technology, practices and paradigms of the IT profession.") - ACM SIGCHI (special interest group for usability) • Interactions (ACM Publication)
- British HCI Group
- HFES (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society)
- IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) • TC13 - Human-Computer Interaction
- IxDA (Interaction Design Association)
- UPA (Usability Professionals' Association)
Other Interesting Usability Links
- Bad Human Factor Design
- DENIM – An Informal Tool For Early Stage Web Site and UI Design (Gesture-based Website prototyping tool)
- Guidebook – Graphical User Interface Gallery
Web
W3C Links
- W3C Consortium
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- HTML • XHTML • MarkUp Validation Service (Online)
- CSS • CSS Validator (for download)
Web – Reference Sites
- Information Quality WWW Virtual Library, (T. Matthew Ciolek, Australian National University)
- Usable Web (Keith Instone, no longer updated)
- Web Developers Virtual Library
- Web Reference
Web Style Guides and Guidelines – Including Java – and Introductory Guidance (Educational Resources)
- All Things Web (Terry Sullivan); The Usable Web, Design Fundamentals
- Art and the Zen of Web Sites (Tony Carp)
- Guide to Creating a Website with HTML (34sp.com; with links to detail information)
- Hints for Web Authors (Warren Steel, Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research (MCSR), University of Mississippi)
- Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines, First Edition (Sun, at Oracle site)
- Research-Based Web & Usability Guidelines (links to PDF versions) • Complete PDF version (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Style Guide for Online Hypertext (Tim Berners-Lee, W3 Consortium)
- Ten Ways to Make Your WWW Service a Flop (Dr. T. Matthew Ciolek, Australian National University)
- Web Design with Style, Ease, and CSS (Corrine Able) new
- Web Development (John December)
- Web Style Guide (Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton, 3rd Edition; former Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide)
- Web Usability Standard ISO 23973
- What Makes a Great Web Site? (Andrew B. King)
- Zen Garden: The Beauty of CSS Design (Dave Shea)
Web Magazines, Articles
- drweb.de (German online Webzine on Web design)
- Internet World (Magazine)
- internet.com (Portal)
- Designing applications for the Web vs for the desktop (Hal Shubin et al., Interaction Design)
- WebDeveloper Magazine (Magazine)
- uidesign (Webzine for interaction designers)
Design (Web and Graphic Design, Branding, Interaction Design, ...)
Companies
- Corporate Identity Portal (DE, in German)
- Design Council (UK)
- frogdesign (USA)
- IDEO (USA)
- Siegel, David (USA); Killer Websites ( site originally created for David Siegel's book of that name, now maintained by Stefan Mischook)
- Weinman, Lynda (USA)
Universities, Institutions, Organizations, Projects
- Convivio Network (European Thematic Network for the human-centered design of interactive technologies; no activity on Website since 2007)
- Design Interactions at the RCA (Royal Colleage of Art; London United Kingdom)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und Forschung e.V. (Berlin, Germany; in German)
- Fachbereich Design der Fachhochschule Potsdam (Potsdam, Germany; in German)
- Goldsmiths, University of London
- Interaction Design Centre, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland (Liam Bannon)
- Interaction Design Lab (Fachhochschule Potsdam, Germany; in German)
- Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (Ivrea, Italy; Website archived since 2006)
- Interaction Lab at SICS (Kristina Höök)
- Interaction Research Studio (Bill Gaver)
- Interface Designer aus Potsdam (BA for Interaction Design) (Potsdam, Germany; in German)
- Media Lab, MIT
- Pervasive Interaction Lab (Yvonne Rogers)
- The School of Design (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Web Design Degree (Guide to Campus & Online Web Design Degree Schools in the USA)
Typography
- Counterspace (a Website dedicated to typography and its history)
- MyFonts (MyFonts is a online source for finding, trying, and buying fonts) • What the Font?! (Page that helps to identify fonts)
Information Architecture
- American Society for Information Science and Technology (asis&t)
- CM Pros (Content Management Professionals)
- Experience Design and Information Architecture Resources (Jesse James Garrett)
- Argus Center for Information Architecture (out of business, no longer updated)
- IAI (Information Architecture Institute)
- IIID (International Institute for Information Design)
Game Design
- Computer Game Design (Marcus Morris): Search 160+ online computer game design schools
