Any books recommended on how to learn DESIGN? or maybe online tuts?
Not in how to learn how to use a certain software, but about how to actually come up with original ideas, color combinations, and awesome sites? :puzzled:
Kinda like the designs at www.monstertemplates.com
The most recent book by Hillman Curtis is really good. It takes about Web and even a little bit of Print design: http://www.amazon.com/hillman/ 
I don’t think design is really something that can be taught(sadly) :-/
of course design can… as can creativity. 99.95% of product design is not sitting waiting for a eureka moment to come…
you use a personal design process that is partly learnt, partly discovered and develops with time and experience… if design cannot be taught, why do we have design schools??
imagined, my advice would be to take in as much as possible throught observation. when it come to form and colour, the observations about the world you have been making since childhood help your decisions. If you like the look of a site, then dont just say, ‘thats nice’ use your intelligence to break down exactly why, in terms of colour, layout, usability, the site is pleasing…
try and track down a book called
‘How Designers Think’ by Bryan Lawson, for an insight to some basic theory…
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