Reply To: Critique and Advice

[Alen]

You may find yourself copying and implementing things because it “looks good”.

+1 @chrisburton

Whenever you look at someone else’s work, it’s not apparent what problems designer/developer faced, and what kind of solutions they came up with. You may face different problems that require different set of solutions, so the question is what would Joe do then?

@Joe Lage:

Books –
http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Principles-Design-William-Lidwell/dp/1592530079
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/0465067107
http://www.amazon.com/Things-Designer-People-Voices-Matter/dp/0321767535
http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Version-Anniversary/dp/0881792128
http://www.amazon.com/The-Laws-Simplicity-Technology-Business/dp/0262134721

Video –
https://tutsplus.com/course/design-fundamentals/

Alen.