Design learning resources - DOI-ONRR/nrrd GitHub Wiki
In issue #2861 the team identified areas where they felt varying levels of comfort making visual design decisions. Then, we identified various learning/training styles to address those skills. This page captures resources from that summary for future reference.
Themes and resources for NRRD design learning
Using/maintaining the style guide
1. External trainings / resources on design systems
- How Design Systems Help Us Work Together, DigitalGov livestream with Brad Frost
- Putting Your Design Systems into Practice, Design Systems Handbook | InVision
- Maintaining Design Systems, Brad Frost Atomic Design, Chapter 5
2. Use decision frameworks for component changes or additions
- Flowchart for decision-making from Brad Frost’s Atomic Design
3. Pairing scenarios: moving from wireframe to production
4. Maintaining: integrate completion criteria for updating style guide after new feature tasks
Styling new things
1. Identify open source icon sets to pull from
- Completed in issue #2894 and now part of the style guide
2. Clarify icon style guidance
- Also completed in issue #2894 and now part of the style guide
3. Pairing scenarios / Design & feedback
4. Visual design concepts intro resources
- Better web typography for a better web. Email based typography course for web designers & web developers | FREE
- Refactoring UI A collection of design tips and tactics for non-designers. Especially check out the tip about database fields.
Applying correct margins and spacing
1. Team pairing scenarios / design & review
Accessibility
1. External trainings / resources
- Resources in the NRRD site wiki
2. Join communities of practice (gov/non-gov)
- Meetups for Accessibility or A11y groups (in many locations nationwide)
New data visualizations
1. External trainings / resources
- Data visualization theory and fundamentals by Bill Shander, Lynda.com | FREE with one-month trial membership
- Presenting Data and Information A one-day course by Edward Tufte | In-person training, but held in multiple locations across the country. $380, includes copies of 4 books
- Many colleges and universities also offer certificate programs or one-day workshops for introduction to data visualization theory
2. Join communities of practice (gov/non-gov)
- Meetups for Data Visualization (in many locations nationwide)