“I spend hours looking at pretty UI concepts on Dribbble, but they’re not helping me become a better designer. What should I do?” Here are three resources that help you build skills, not just admire nice visuals:
📀 Laws of UX (lawsofux.com)
UX psychology made accessible. This site explains key principles (like Fitts's or Hick's Law) so you can understand how users process information and make decisions on a screen.
📀 The Component Gallery (component.gallery/)
See how components are built in top design systems like Google, IBM, and Atlassian. Don't reinvent the wheel – learn from solutions that already work.
📀 PageFlows (pageflows.com)
Watch recordings of user flows in real products. See how sign-ups, checkout, and onboarding work in practice. This is far more valuable than static screenshots because it shows end-to-end user journeys in action.
📀 How to prepare a portfolio for an traineenship - link.
🤝 Your next step:
Open Laws of UX and find one principle you didn’t know before. Then think about how you could apply it to your current project.
🧠 Ask AI:
“I'm a UI/UX designer working on mobile app onboarding. Suggest 3 creative ways to make the first onboarding screen more engaging. Describe each idea in words and include a simple wireframe-style outline.”
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