Useful articles, blogs and books I regularly point new designers in goverment to.
- Making an impression the right way: https://medium.com/designnotes/make-an-impression-the-right-way-a67416d5f347
- CV tips for junior designers: https://medium.com/@loft27design/10-cv-tips-for-junior-graphic-designers-b5872c82cc1f#.os58tq9e7
- What is this thing called design: https://www.subtraction.com/2018/07/17/what-is-this-thing-called-design/
- Hypothesis driven design: https://medium.com/leading-service-design/everything-is-hypothesis-driven-design-1986a4638285
- Design crits: https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2017/11/27/using-design-crits-to-improve-collaboration/ and https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h2iwS1AVI7a9k-dK30Xgk2-QHZR1N_fJK8zGNO454VA/edit?usp=sharing
- Key accessibility design principles: https://medium.com/salesforce-ux/7-things-every-designer-needs-to-know-about-accessibility-64f105f0881b
- Form design http://www.formsthatwork.com/
- UK Gov Service Manual: https://www.gov.uk/service-manual
- Design section of Service Manual: https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/design
- How designers prototype at GDS https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2014/10/13/how-designers-prototype-at-gds/
- Solving the right problems in government: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fclyNbuiK7EicRkmcF7fO4PCQdQ8PKwFiWYnFtqOwTY/edit#slide=id.g1b2b1df49e_0_493
- The different types of design in government: https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2016/04/22/the-different-types-of-design-in-government/
- Prototypinig in government: https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2014/10/13/how-designers-prototype-at-gds/
- Using the transport font: https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2012/07/05/a-few-notes-on-typography/
- Slack: http://randsinrepose.com/archives/how-i-slack/
- Sketch: https://loremipsum.ueno.co/dear-ueno-what-are-some-of-your-favorite-sketch-tips-and-tricks-41488313f7ee and https://www.sketchapp.com/docs/
- The essentials of interaction design
- Lean UX
- The design of everyday things
- Don’t make me think
- Designing for the digital age
- About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design
- Interviewing for research https://trvrs.co/book
- Any book from here is usually awesome: https://abookapart.com/
- The Sprint Book
- How to Run a Government: So That Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25204870-how-to-run-a-government A book about policy delivery within government - very interesting
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452796-drive?from_search=true
- Switch: How to change things when change is hard
- https://hodigital.blog.gov.uk/
- https://gds.blog.gov.uk/
- https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/
- www.smashingmagazine.com/
- https://alistapart.com
- http://www.uxbooth.com/
- I’d also recommend you follow some designers on https://medium.com/ - thats where a lot of good articles get published these days