Popular design news of the week: January 18, 2016 – January 24, 2016

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the most popular designer news that we curated from the past week.

Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that were posted, so don’t miss out and subscribe to our newsletter and follow the site daily for all the news.

How to Use Tints and Shades in your Designs

tints

Login/Sign up Inspiration for Mobile Apps

login

Google’s Creepy Plan to Kill the Password

creepy

3 Typography Trends for 2016

3typography

What is the Most Common Web Design Mistake You See?

mistake

Why Designers Should Reconsider ‘Minimalistic’ Websites

minimalistic

Website Grader – How Strong is your Website?

grader

Advice for Becoming a UX Designer

becoming

Tips on How to Design a Great Logo

greatlogo

Creo: A Design Tool for Mac Which Combines Design and Development

creo

Is Apple is Working on the Next Major Computing Platform?

platform

What Makes a Great Front-End Developer

great

Most Clients are Dead

dead

Variables: The Backbone of CSS Architecture

variables

Adobe Stock Predicts Visual Trends for 2016

adobestock

4 Ways to Prevent Image Theft in WordPress

imagetheft

Merchant Dashboard – Edit Item Animation

merchant

WhatsApp is Now Free and Promises to Stay Ad-free

whatsapp

Google’s Free Deep Learning Course

deeplearning

The New York Times Web Site is 20 Years Old Today

nyt20

What Apple and Starbucks Taught Me About Building a Brand

starbucks

IBM’s Got a Plan to Bring Design Thinking to Big Business

bigbusiness

2016 will Be the Year of Conversational Commerce

conversational

How to Avoid Making Products no One Wants

avoid

Japan’s Arcane Pictogram System Gets a Much-Needed Update

japan

Want more? No problem! Keep track of top design news from around the web with Webdesigner News.

Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman is a freelance writer and designer from New England. You can visit her site or follow her on Twitter.

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