Use this curated set of free NN/g templates and guides for inspiration and to accelerate your product development activities and UX career.

The collection contains: 197 Examples, 1457 Design Principles, 169 Creators

A content inventory and audit are two important activities to complete before developing a strategy to improve your digital content. Conduct them together to set your content up for success.

Footers can be found at the bottom of almost every web page, and often take many forms, depending on the type of content on a website. Regardless of the form they take, their presence is critical (and highly underrated).

Checkboxes allow users to select one, some, or none of items from a list. They can be used standalone, in checkbox lists, or nested checkbox lists.

Why inclusive language matters Words hold power. Using inclusive language means you're thinking about: the impact of language, the origins of phrases and idioms before you use them, how you talk about people, characteristics and identities, how your own identity or experiences could create bias in your content.

Design systems are a set of standards (like Google’s Material Design or IBM’s Carbon Design System) needed to manage design at scale. Style guides (like content or visual style guides) are just one piece in a design system.

Visual design requires knowledge and understanding of many jargon terms. Use this glossary as a reference as you delve into visual and user interface design. Use this glossary to quickly clarify key terms and concepts related to visual design.

Typography is a key component in almost every digital experience. However, its complexity and jargon make it a common source of misunderstanding. Use this glossary to clarify key definitions related to typography.

Understanding cognitive biases are not only important for UX Research and UX design, but also for navigating everyday life. Bias seeps into our judgment and thinking which can warp the reality of experience based on our subjective views.

Step-by-step instructions to systematically review your product to find potential usability and experience problems. Download a free heuristic evaluation template. A heuristic evaluation is a method for identifying design problems in a user interface. Evaluators judge the design against a set of guidelines (called heuristics) that make systems ea…

A few relevant, high-quality visuals placed next to associated text can boost users’ comprehension of your content and its memorability.

Cookie permissions need to follow the law and strike the balance between respecting user privacy and being user-friendly.

UI components and design patterns, from dashboards and design systems to data visualization and presentation decks — all in one single post.

Good redesigns are evolutions, not revolutions. Useful guidelines on when and how to redesign, how to avoid pitfalls and how to help users embrace the new design.

Design System In 90 Days Canvas (FigJam template), with useful prompts to get a design system up and running — and adopted! — in 90 days, for small and large organizations that are building a design system or plan to set up one. Kindly shared by Dan Mall as a part of the Design System University. (shared by Vitaly Friedman, LinkedIn)

To be effective, QR codes need clear, brief, contextual information and must lead the user to relevant pages. QR codes provide a seamless transition from the physical world to digital spaces or across digital channels. QR codes have a lower interaction cost than typing in a URL,

Helpful guides and starter kits to design effective journey maps that generate insights - shared by Vitaly Friedman on LinkedIn

300 million people have some kind of colorweakness or are colorblind. As designers, we know that it’s always a bad choice to combine red and green, but if we want to be truly inclusive for colorblind people, we need to go beyond that. "never rely on colors alone to communicate"

Updated intranet guidelines feature enhanced content practices by teams, refined search design to meet elevated expectations, task-oriented navigation, and standardized design elements for visual consistency.

A bottom sheet is a user-interface pattern used commonly in mobile apps for providing contextual details or controls in the lower area of the screen. Definition: A bottom sheet is an overlay that is anchored to the bottom edge of a mobile device’s screen and that displays additional details or actions.

Design effective error messages by ensuring they are highly visible, provide constructive communication, and respect user effort.

Free study guides by Nielsen Norman group on almost every UX topic. Each study guide is a curated collection of free articles and videos, organised by theme and suggested reading order.

UX Guidelines For... Almost Everything! Design patterns and best practices, from dashboards, data tables and filters to onboarding, sorting and search UX -- by Vitaly Friedman, UX Designer • Smart Interface Design Patterns • Founder/Editor-in-chief of SmashingMag

User interviews help you learn who your users are, what their experiences are like, and what they need, value, and desire.

Unsure where to start? Use this collection of links to our articles and videos to learn more about accessible and inclusive design.

Study Guides Articles & Videos

Surveys asking users to give feedback during or after an interaction should not interrupt the users' task and should be sent to the appropriate channel. They need to be short, easy to complete, and give the user the opportunity to provide details about their experience.

Unsure where to start? Use this collection of links to our articles and videos to learn about quant research, quant usability testing, analytics, and analyzing data.

Unsure where to start? Use this collection of links to our articles and videos to learn about conducting user testing remotely.