# 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 `curl`s 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

1. Building any page → `hierarchy-and-spacing.md` + our system doc.
2. Any interactive control (form, board filter, dashboard) → `intuitive-ux.md`.
3. Picking or varying colors → `color.md` + Accessible Color Generator.
4. New brand / new font decision → `typography-and-fonts.md`.
5. Merge decisions → `adoption-proposal.md` (pending Frank's approval).