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15 FREE OPEN SOURCE IOCNS PACK FOR EVERY DESIGNER AND DEVELOPER!

kiro — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 21:16:55 +0000

after a long time of searching and trying so many resources for free icons, I created this list and I used all of these packs and wanted to share it with everyone.

Emblemicons - An open-source free to use library of 1000+ most commonly and frequently used icons.
Unicons - 1000+ Pixel-perfect vector icons and Iconfont for your next project.
700+ CSS Icons - Minimalistic icon library Designed by code. Customizable & Retina-Ready icons — entirely built in CSS
Fork awesome - A fork of Font Awesome, the iconic font and CSS toolkit, under GPL Licence
Twemoji - Twitter’s open source emoji has you covered for all your project's emoji needs. With support for the latest Unicode emoji specification, featuring 3,071 emojis, and all for free.
Remix Icon - Remix Icon is a set of open-source neutral-style system symbols elaborately crafted for designers and developers.
SuperTinyIcons - Under 1KB each! Super Tiny Icons are miniscule SVG versions of your favourite website and app logos
Eva Icons - A pack of more than 480 beautifully crafted Open Source icons. SVG, Sketch, Web Font and Animations support.
CoreUI Icons - CoreUI Icons is an open-source icon set with more than 1500 icons in multiple formats SVG, PNG, and Webfonts.
Heroicons - A set of free MIT-licensed high-quality SVG icons for you to use in your web projects.
System UIcons - A growing collection of simple and consistent icons specifically designed for systems and products. Use how you want, without attribution.
Boxicons - Boxicons is a simple vector icons set carefully crafted for designers and developers to use in your next project
Mono icons - A simple, consistent open-source icon set designed to be used in a wide variety of digital products.
Phosphor - Phosphor is a flexible icon family for interfaces, diagrams, presentations — whatever, really.
Glyphs - Fully editable & truly open source design system

I learned the foundations of UX design from Google and would recommend it to every designer!

kiro — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 21:36:08 +0000

Two weeks ago I finished my B. A degree at the University of Arts in Berlin as an interface designer and one week ago I decided to learn the Google UX Design Professional Certificate. This was my first blog about my first day in the training and my impressions.

I want to share with you:

what I liked the most
What I learned
why I recommend it to others

What I liked most:

The best part of the course for me where it was about accessibility! That's one thing that so many designers and so many developers don't pay attention to. And I think it's somehow part of the design ethic. You don't design for one group because they are the majority and not pay attention to the others because they are not!

Designer should do like the bus driver in Berlin. If the driver sees that there is someone who is on chair then he opens the door for him first and then for others! that's how it should be. Let's include everyone and not design things that only affect the majority!

Elise Roy Accessibility & Inclusive Design Lead at Google said about this, "It should be a normal part of your development process. It shouldn't be an add-on. It should be considered from the beginning."

What I also really liked in the course, the part where it talks about difference between equity and equality and also the part by Catherine Courage, Vice President of User Experience at Google where it talks about overcoming impostor syndrome.

what did I learn:
Here is the content, for the course, which is divided into 4 weeks. (I did it all in one week)

Week 1:

Identify and compare the disciplines within UX.
Identify the factors that contribute to a good user experience design
Review the common tasks of entry-level UX designers
Review teams that UX designers frequently work with
Explain how UX design jobs are impacted by company size and industry
Explore job opportunities after completing the program
Define the field of UX and explain its importance to consumers and businesses

Week 2:

Define common terms used in UX design
Describe user-centered design
Explain common design frameworks
Understand equity-focused design
Describe the importance of accessibility in the design process
Describe the importance of the Next Billion Users in UX design
Explain the benefits of using design tools
Identify common UX design tools
Explain how UX designers think across platforms

WEEK 3:

Describe the phases of a design sprint
Explain the importance of design sprints
Plan a design sprint
Explain the role of an entry-level UX designer during a design sprint
Describe the importance of retrospectives after design sprints

Week 4:

Describe a UX design portfolio
Create an online portfolio to showcase UX design work
Recognize the fundamentals of a good portfolio
Apply storytelling and branding elements to a UX design portfolio
Apply proven writing methods to a UX design portfolio
Explain how to build a professional design presence online
Create or update professional profiles on social media
Join and participate in online UX communities
Explain impostor syndrome and how to overcome it
Explore strategies for reaching out to potential mentors
Discuss best practices for building a professional network

Why I recommend it to others:

I find the course very easy to understand, and you can always expand your knowledge by reading from other resources. I'm very satisfied so far, and I'm very excited about the rest.

I have always read a lot aside the course. Here are articles that I would recommend to others:

9 Of The Best UX Design Portfolio Examples From Around The Web
Three ways to know what kind of UX designer you are
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome as a New UX Designer
My Senior UX Designer explains the User-Centered Desing Process with examples
8 Talks by Women to Inspire UX Designers

Here is my certificate that I got today! There are 6 more parts in the training until I finish it, and I keep trying to get it all done in 100 days!

I started learning UX design from Google, and here are my impressions of DAY1!

kiro — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:30:16 +0000

I started the Google UX Design course in Coursera. My goal is to finish this in 100 days. I'm so impressed with how good it is. I finished the course material for the first week today. And here is my review of it!

Before I start the course, I read on Coursera that over 50K people have registered for the course and I wanted to know more about the first impressions of the participants, but unfortunately after searching on the internet, I couldn't find a lot.

So I decided to start the course myself to get an idea of what it is like. And since I have been impressed after the first day, I thought I'd share it here to motivate others and myself too!

Here are my first impressions of the course:

You will get almost everything twice and you need to understand the things well!
It's varied between video, reading, and assignments.
You will get questions while you are watching videos. This is a very good way to make sure that the learner understands what is being said, but also to make you watch the videos with attention!

What also impressed me very much are the videos of the employees at google! And especially of Juan! The person who decided to show a profile of an employee who comes from a small village and today is an employee at google, although he doesn't speak perfect English, is Smart! And that gives a very good image about google as an employer!

I find the content for the first week incredibly important! I look around me all the time and I always ask myself the question, is this useable, equitable, enjoyable, and useful?

I could notice in the last hours very much to first time, I find, is very good exercise to make every day that with an app/website/product and compares with another one that offers the same service!

From the material for the first week you will learn:

The product development life cycle
Jobs in the field of user experience
types of companies that hire UX designers

I will report every day about my daily process on twitter, you can follow me there if you are interested.

Otherwise, I will blog here at least once every week!

here are articles I have read today and would like to recommend to read: