Kennedy shelf - learnui.design corpus

Erik D. Kennedy (learnui.design), captured 2026-07-03. Everything below is free, public material; digests paraphrase in our vocabulary with attribution. Email-gated items are recorded by title only - never signed up.

Status legend: digested (read in full → topic digest) · listed-only (title + URL, read on demand) · email-gated (recorded, not downloaded).

Digested articles → which digest

Article	URL	Gives	Digest
4 Rules for Intuitive UX	https://www.learnui.design/blog/4-rules-intuitive-ux.html	Locality, ABD (no dropdowns), squint test, teach by example	`intuitive-ux.md`
The 3 Laws of Locality	https://www.learnui.design/blog/the-3-laws-of-locality.html	Where controls go, recursively	`intuitive-ux.md`
Color in UI Design: A (Practical) Framework	https://www.learnui.design/blog/color-in-ui-design-a-practical-framework.html	One base color → all variations, in HSB, with exact adjustment directions	`color.md`
The HSB Color System: A Practitioner's Primer	https://www.learnui.design/blog/the-hsb-color-system-practicioners-primer.html	HSB mechanics; darken by removing white, not adding black	`color.md`
Font Sizes in UI Design: The Complete Guide (hub + web chapter + principles chapter)	https://www.learnui.design/blog/ultimate-guide-font-sizes-ui-design.html · /blog/mobile-desktop-website-font-size-guidelines.html · /blog/font-size-principles-resources.html	Concrete px ranges per platform; angular-size principle; ~4 sizes per page	`typography-and-fonts.md`
The Step-by-Step Guide for Pairing Fonts	https://www.learnui.design/blog/guide-pairing-fonts.html	Brand adjectives → body font by legibility → secondary font → usage rules	`typography-and-fonts.md`
7 Rules for Creating Gorgeous UI - Part 1	https://www.learnui.design/blog/7-rules-for-creating-gorgeous-ui-part-1.html (alias: /blog/7-rules-for-creating-gorgeous-ui.html)	Light from the sky; black & white first; double whitespace	`hierarchy-and-spacing.md` + `color.md`
7 Rules for Creating Gorgeous UI - Part 2	https://www.learnui.design/blog/7-rules-for-creating-gorgeous-ui-part-2.html	Text-over-image methods; pop/un-pop; good free fonts; steal like an artist	`hierarchy-and-spacing.md` + `typography-and-fonts.md`
3 Pro Tips on Alignment	https://www.learnui.design/blog/3-pro-tips-on-alignment.html	Weak right edge; centering is aligning; hanging punctuation	`hierarchy-and-spacing.md`
5 Practical Exercises to Learn UI Design (For Free)	https://www.learnui.design/blog/5-practical-exercises-learn-ui-design-free.html	Analysis, copywork, fonts database, style tiles, personal mockups	`practice-methods.md`
Why Beginning Designers Don't Need Grids, Type Scales, or Color Theory	https://www.learnui.design/blog/why-beginning-designers-dont-need-grids-type-scales-color-theory.html	The anti-system argument - THE tension with our token system	`against-systems.md`

Free tools → `tools.md`

Tool	URL	Gives	Status
Accessible Color Generator	https://www.learnui.design/tools/accessible-color-generator.html	Nearest contrast-passing variant of a brand color	digested
Data Visualization Color Picker	https://www.learnui.design/tools/data-color-picker.html	Chart palettes: multi-hue, single-hue scale, divergent	digested
Gradient Generator	https://www.learnui.design/tools/gradient-generator.html	Visually-smooth gradients, CSS/SVG export	digested
Mesh Gradient Generator	https://www.learnui.design/tools/mesh-gradient-generator.html	Blurred 2-D mesh gradients, SVG/Figma export	digested
Interactive Typography Tutorial	https://www.learnui.design/tools/typography-tutorial.html	Gamified font-styling practice	listed-only (training, not workflow)

Email-gated (title + URL only - do NOT sign up)

Item	Where advertised	One line
The Top 10 Free Fonts for UI Design (ebook)	https://www.learnui.design/blog/5-practical-exercises-learn-ui-design-free.html	Curated free UI fonts starter list
UI Color Cheatsheet	https://www.learnui.design/blog/color-in-ui-design-a-practical-framework.html	One-page HSB variation recipes
Selection Controls UX Checklist	https://www.learnui.design/blog/4-rules-intuitive-ux.html	Printable dropdown-replacement decision sheet
UI Project Walkthrough (video)	site-wide	Step-by-step recording of a full UI project

Listed-only articles (read on demand)

Do What's Hard To Do In Figma: A Design Manifesto - https://www.learnui.design/blog/hard-in-figma.html
Where's the AI design renaissance? - https://www.learnui.design/blog/wheres-the-ai-design-renaissance.html
Technique Deep Dive #1: Mesh Gradients - https://www.learnui.design/blog/mesh-gradients.html
Creating a Standout Design Portfolio - https://www.learnui.design/blog/portfolio.html
37 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your UI Designs - https://www.learnui.design/blog/spice-up-designs.html
Identifying Fonts: the Complete Guide - https://www.learnui.design/blog/identifying-fonts.html
15 Tips for Better Signup / Login UX - https://www.learnui.design/blog/tips-signup-login-ux.html
Free Font Alternatives: The Ultimate Guide (hub; per-font subpages) - https://www.learnui.design/blog/ultimate-guide-similar-fonts.html
100 Things a UX/UI Designer Should Know - https://www.learnui.design/blog/100-things-ux-ui-designer-know.html
The iOS 26 Design Guidelines - https://www.learnui.design/blog/ios-design-guidelines-templates.html
The 3 Most Common Logo Design Mistakes - https://www.learnui.design/blog/3-most-common-logo-design-mistakes.html
iOS vs. Android App UI Design - https://www.learnui.design/blog/ios-vs-android-app-ui-design-complete-guide.html
The #1 Way to Spice Up Your Designs (motifs) - https://www.learnui.design/blog/spice-up-designs-create-cohesive-brand.html
UI Tutorial: Scheduling App Redesign (squint test case study) - https://www.learnui.design/blog/squint-test-ui-design-case-study.html
The King vs. Pawn Game of UI Design - https://www.learnui.design/blog/king-vs-pawn-game-ui-design.html
UI Tutorial: Redesigning a Mobile Login Screen - https://www.learnui.design/blog/redesigning-login-screen-ui-case-study.html
Picking Colors for Your Data Visualizations - https://www.learnui.design/blog/picking-colors-for-your-data-visualizations.html
6 Ways to Justify Font Choices - https://www.learnui.design/blog/justifying-font-choices.html
UI vs. UX: A Concise Explanation - https://www.learnui.design/blog/ui-vs-ux-a-concise-explanation.html
The Reframe Technique - https://www.learnui.design/blog/the-reframe-technique.html
Copywork: The Ultimate Way to Rapidly Improve - https://www.learnui.design/blog/copywork-ultimate-way-rapidly-improve-design-skills.html
iOS font sizes chapter - https://www.learnui.design/blog/ios-font-size-guidelines.html
Android/Material font sizes chapter - https://www.learnui.design/blog/android-material-design-font-size-guidelines.html

Public videos (root pack, absorbed 2026-07-03)

YouTube videos the official site surfaces as free. The pack recorded search-query URLs (direct video URLs drift); resolve on demand.

How to start a new UI project - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Erik+Kennedy+How+to+start+a+new+UI+project+free+video+Learn+UI+Design
Redesigning the Almanack of Naval Ravikant - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Erik+Kennedy+Redesigning+the+Almanack+of+Naval+Ravikant
Redesigning the Spendweek app - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Erik+Kennedy+Redesigning+the+Spendweek+app

Site pages (root pack, absorbed 2026-07-03) - listed-only

Paid-course pages whose public outlines/syllabi are readable; not learning material themselves.

Learn UI Design course page - https://www.learnui.design/ (public course outline)
Learn UX Design course page - https://www.learnui.design/courses/learn-ux-design.html (public UX syllabus)
Landing Page Academy - https://www.learnui.design/courses/landing-page-academy.html (public outline)
Design Hacks newsletter - https://www.learnui.design/newsletter/ (signup page; email-gated content, do not sign up)

Offline archive option (root pack, absorbed 2026-07-03)

The root pack shipped an optional_local_download.sh (read, never run): a 10-line loop that curls ONLY https://www.learnui.design/* URLs from its resources.csv into a downloaded_pages/ folder - public pages only, no paywall or email-gate bypass. Verdict: legal and safe. To archive pages offline someday, reproduce with curl -L <url> -o <title>.html over the URLs in this index.

The pack itself (fully absorbed above - 4 formats of one inventory + README + the script) is parked at _root-pack-absorbed-safe-to-delete/ pending Frank's deletion: session deletion of the pre-existing folder was permission-denied, so it was moved off the workspace root instead.

How to use this shelf

Building any page → hierarchy-and-spacing.md + our system doc.
Any interactive control (form, board filter, dashboard) → intuitive-ux.md.
Picking or varying colors → color.md + Accessible Color Generator.
New brand / new font decision → typography-and-fonts.md.
The shelf's rules are layer ② of the house method — see the README.

The Kennedy shelf