Popular design news of the week: January 8, 2018 – January 14, 2018

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.

Best WordPress Design Trends for 2018

5 Typography Trends for 2018

Coke’s New Font is Design at its Worst

Company Tricks People into Swiping Instagram Ad with Fake Strand of Hair

Golden Ratio. Bring Balance in UI Design

Gradient Cards – A Simple and Beautiful List of Editable Gradients

The 7 Best Design Case Studies of 2017

Goodbye IPod, and Thanks for all the Tunes

I’m Harvesting Credit Card Numbers and Passwords from your Site. Here’s How.

Inboxer – A Clean, Open-source Desktop Client for Google Inbox

Spotify for Developers

So your Website is Slow? Let’s Fix That.

Building Our Sketch Library

Low Poly Art – A Free Collection

Beginner’s COurse: JavaScript for the Web

Designers, Here is Why You Want to Limit You Tools

Simple Mockups – Minimalistic Devices Mockup Pack for Sketch & Photoshop

Workplace Hygiene in Sketch

How to Fix Facebook – Before it Fixes Us

5 UX Books that’ll Change How You Think About Design

How to Use Variable Fonts on the Web

Inspiration Feed: The New Designspiration

Challenge: To Create an Illustration Style

The 8 Greatest Ideas of CES 2018

A UX Career is a Business Career

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

Cameron Chapman

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