Popular design news of the week: July 24, 2017 – July 30, 2017

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.

Adobe Just Built the Prettiest UI Ever

prettiest

Git for Designers is Here – Meet Abstract

abstract

Roboto Needed a Website

roboto

Inspirational Showcase of UI/UX Design Presentations

showcase

Life is About to Get a Whole Lot Harder for Websites Without HTTPS

harder

My First Big Screw-Up: Lessons from 8 Top Designers

screwup

11+ Design Mistakes You Should Avoid at any Cost

mistakes

Grabient: Grab a Gradient

grabient

Ghost 1.0 Released

ghost

Google has Dropped Google Instant Search

instantsearch

How to Steal Design Ideas (And not Feel like a Schmuck)

steal

Famous Designers as Icons (with Icon Set)

icons

Firefox’s Blazing Speed with Huge Numbers of Tabs Leaves Chrome in the Dust

Comprehensive Guide for Color Usage in Web Design

colorusage

Are Notifications a Dark Pattern?

notifications

12 Signs that your WordPress Site is Hacked

hacked

Improving your Visual Design Skills: Thoughts for Beginners

visualdesign

Adobe Mistakenly Leaks Upcoming Photo Editing Software on Creative Cloud

leaks

Top 12 New Web Design Tools for July 2017

designtools

Mobile-first Indexing is Coming: What this Means for Web Design

mobilefirst

Stress is the Enemy of Creativity

stress

Adobe Brilliantly Reimagines the Color Picker as an Artist’s Watercolor Palette

colorpicker

Nailing the Whiteboard Design Challenge

whiteboard

How Shazam’s UX has Changed

shazam

Why Companies Rebrand

rebrand

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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