An introductory design course taught by Don Norman on Udacity, covering the basics of design thinking and user-centered design for interfaces and products.

Commenters point to it as a free starting point from Don Norman for learning to make better UIs and layouts.

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1. Recommendsfleclerc2013in “Ask HN: I can't figure out how to make good UIs. How do I learn?”

   And Don Norman has a new (and free!) MOOC on Udacity on that very same topic: https://www.udacity.com/course/design101

   I have the same problem with UI. I am more of a technical person but would like to get better at design and layout. When I visit some of HN members' web sites I am always amazed at the way they look: clean and polished. I just wish I could do that kind of stuff! I will take the Udacity MOOC for a start. Thanks to other members for their suggestions on this thread.

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