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The DesignMunk Library

Design books worth keeping

From UX fundamentals to design systems — a hand-picked shelf for working designers.

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Pocket Guide to Writing SVG

Pocket Guide to Writing SVG

Joni Trythall

In this guide, you’ll find a detailed introduction to writing SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and get an under…

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Flat Design & Colors

Flat Design & Colors

UXPin

Do you know how to be more creative by saying less? UX and UI designers who have mastered flat design do. In…

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The Critical Components of Web UI Style Guides

The Critical Components of Web UI Style Guides

UXPin

Keep the devil out of your details by documenting the details of your web UI design project with a web UI sty…

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The Designer’s Guide to Collaborating With Developers

The Designer’s Guide to Collaborating With Developers

UXPin

Free e-book explaining practical techniques for working better together. Fewer headaches, smarter UX design.

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Creating a Design System Quickly With UXPin

Creating a Design System Quickly With UXPin

UXPin

How to create design principles. How to create a library of styles, patterns, and assets. How to create devel…

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Design Trends 2020

Design Trends 2020

UXPin

The great thing about graphic design trends is that each year arrives with the opportunity for a reset. Despi…

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Principles of Product Design

Principles of Product Design

Aarron Walter

Combined with the power of design thinking, these extensively researched best practices from some of the worl…

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Design Thinking Handbook

Design Thinking Handbook

Eli Woolery

In this book, you’ll learn how to put the thinking-based framework popularized by the Stanford d.school into…

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Design Leadership Handbook

Design Leadership Handbook

Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery

This book will help you get your bearings as a leader, gain confidence, and learn tactical approaches from ex…

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Design Systems Handbook

Design Systems Handbook

Marco Suarez, Jina Anne, Katie Sylor-Miller, Diana Mounter, and Roy Stanfield

This book guides readers through best practices around planning, designing, building, and implementing a desi…

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DesignOps Handbook

DesignOps Handbook

Dave Malouf, Meredith Black, Collin Whitehead, Kate Battles, and Gregg Bernstein

Learn how creating centralized services and systems helps grow integrated, high-functioning design teams, wit…

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Enterprise Design Sprints

Enterprise Design Sprints

Richard Banfield

Design sprints provide a problem-solving framework to get answers quickly and effectively. Learn to run sprin…

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Animation Handbook

Animation Handbook

Ryan McLeod

When it comes to software design, animation is a limitless way to make digital products feel more real by rep…

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Remote Work for Design Teams

Remote Work for Design Teams

Ben Goldman, Abby Sinnott, and Greg Storey

Learn the best practices for running a remote design team, and discover how designers can help teams collabor…

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Business Thinking for Designers

Business Thinking for Designers

Ryan Rumsey

Bring a business mind to design, and transform your career and company, with this free book by Apple and Elec…

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Design Engineering Handbook

Design Engineering Handbook

Natalya Shelburne, Adekunle Oduye, Kim Williams, Eddie Lou

Learn how design engineering, an essential discipline to creating great products, brings together form and fu…

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Pay Me or Else!

Pay Me or Else!

Lior Frenkel

The more designers are educated about how to handle non-paying clients, the better world and life we will all…

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Everything There Is To Know About Logo Design

Everything There Is To Know About Logo Design

Blue Soda Promo

"We take for granted what a logo really does for a company. Typically we see them stamped on products, hidden…

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