Chapter Resources > Career Pathways > Chapter 13 – Design-Related Pathways: Visual Design

Thank you to Krissy Scoufis for writing this section in the book and for providing the initial set of resources for this page.

Recommended Books

Design That Scales: Creating a Sustainable Design System Practice

Dan Mall

Visual Usability: Principles and Practices for Designing Digital Applications

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Non-Designer’s Design Book, The

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Visual Thinking for Information Design

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Visual Design: Ninety-five things you need to know. Told in Helvetica and Dingbats.

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Browse this book collection on Amazon ↗

Compensation Data

• Glassdoor Salary Data (includes visual design)
• User Experience Salaries & Calculator (2024) (MeasuringU, 2024 data). Open salary analysis and calculator; includes UXPA survey data.

Related Links and Articles

• User Interface Design Patterns (UI Patterns)Examples of common interface patterns for navigation, forms, onboarding, and feedback.
• GOV.UK Design System: styles, components, and patternsReusable styles, components, and patterns backed by public-service design research.
• “Successful” or “Unsuccessful”: the Post-“Good Design” Vocabulary (A List Apart, January 2026)A case for judging design by outcomes rather than subjective ideas of good or bad.

Supportive Professional Organizations

• The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
• The Graphic Artists Guild

Other job titles that may involve visual design work: digital product designer, visual designer, UI/UX designer, usability architect, experience designer, visual interface designer