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Complete Beginner's Guide to Interaction Design

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Interaction  comes from Latin  inter , meaning between, and  ago  meaning to do or to act––any “action between” is considered an interaction. A simple and useful understanding of interaction design “Interaction design can be understood in simple (but not simplified) terms: it is the design of the interaction between users and products. Most often when people talk about interaction design, the products tend to be software products like apps or websites. The goal of interaction design is to create products that enable the user to achieve their objective(s) in the best way possible.” First of all, we should understand that the interaction is non-existent independently, it must be attached to a function or a scenario. Now, we can start from the following three questions to figure out " what kind of interaction is reasonable for designing function ". What kind of  scenarios  need  interaction ? Best UI/UX Design Materials for Free DOWNLOAD...

The Best Mockup & Wireframing Design Tools & Apps for UI/UX Designers in 2017

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Prototyping/wireframing tools are the best communication method between interaction designers,  project manager , and website developers. It’s a key step of web or mobile app development process. While in principle, the design of prototypes must be a product of  interaction designers , and the user-centered concept shall run through the whole product design progress. The professional perspective and rich  user experience  of interaction designer will directly influence the  usability of the product . Desktop-based Prototyping Tools 1.  Axure RP  (Mac & Win) | ($495/user) Axure RP is a desktop application that allows designers to create, test, and share interactive prototypes. Been called as the most comprehensive (in terms of functionality) prototyping tools, it’s an ideal desktop software for both static, low-fidelity prototypes and more sophisticated, interactive prototypes. As an extremely professional UX tool, Axure requires a steep ...

The Best UI/UX Design Books & Resources for Designers (Updated)

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Want to be an excellent designer? Looking for the best UI/UX books and resources? Nowhere to go or to gain the right and effective channel for  right and effective channel for  becoming an outstanding UI/UX designer ? Just follow me, I have compiled a list of high-profile UI/UX books, which are recommended by the major professional websites, and blogs.The topic is mainly covering UI design, UX design, and web design. UX design Books for Beginners 1.  The Design of Everyday Things  - By Donald A. Norman It shows a teapot on the cover of the book, the teapot spout and the handle at the same side, if you tea, you are likely to burn yourself. What Norman want to tell you, the life is hard, often the "bad design" should be blamed. To learn interaction well, you must understand what’s the design requirements from people at first. As Steve Jobs said, “Design is not just what is looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” The ultimate purpose of the desig...