Your first design role
A practical roadmap from your first case study to a considered job application. Includes public Microsoft hiring links.
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THE GOOD STUFF, ALL IN ONE PLACE
Free UI/UX starter kits and design worksheets.
Start a manageable design project with original worksheets, research prompts, colour tools, and practical career materials.
9 resources · Curated September 2026
Choose a task before choosing a template. A roadmap can organise your work, but your evidence and decisions still need to be your own. Start with the case-study workbook, then add only the tools your next step needs.
The case study workbook
Turn a pile of screens into a story about your decisions. Prompts for the problem, evidence, trade-offs, and outcome.
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Ship one small AI-assisted project
A two-week plan for building something real with an AI coding assistant, testing it with five people, and writing it up without overclaiming.
By Abhijeet’s resource desk
Product designer resume outline
A plain-text, single-column resume structure with prompts for honest, specific impact. Ready to adapt in your editor.
By Abhijeet’s resource desk
The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
A downloadable field guide to understanding people, developing ideas, and testing prototypes. Use its methods to plan a first research-led project.
By IDEO.org
GOV.UK Prototype Kit
Build realistic service prototypes with reusable page templates and components. Basic HTML knowledge helps; this is a prototyping kit, not a production backend.
By Government Digital Service
Adobe Color — color wheel
Explore color harmonies from a base color and adjust a palette before applying it to UI. Check contrast separately rather than assuming harmony means accessibility.
By Adobe
Happy Hues
See palettes applied to backgrounds, headings, and buttons, then copy their hex values. Useful when you like a palette but need help assigning colors to roles.
By Mackenzie Child
Color Hunt
Browse curated color combinations by mood and style to start a visual direction. Treat them as a starting point and test your actual text and surface combinations.
By Gal Shir & community contributors
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