Popular design news of the week: August 20, 2018 – August 26, 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.

The Case for Slow Design

Why We Redesigned Our Website … Again

Ode to Gray

Introducing Ghost 2.0

WordPress is at a Crossroads

How to Grow as a Junior UI Designer

Things I (honestly) Don’t Want to See in your Portfolio

2018 Digital Marketing Trends

Picular

How to Design for the Modern Web

Defining a Successful Web Project

UX Design Should Evolve to HX Design

Design Notes

Heroic Vandal Massively Improves Facebook’s Bus Shelter Adverts

Heard at Work

Via Negativa

Starting a Side Project: The Story of Color Hunt

Snapchat’s Long-Awaited Redesign is Much Smoother

This Font is the Comic Sans of the 1970s

Design is not Science, Art or Engineering

Font Shaming – Which Fonts do the Top 737 ProductHunt Startups Use?

The Secret Behind all Great Copywriting

A Guide to Combining Fonts

WeTransfer Wants to Rule the Business of Creativity

Famous Brand Logos Redesigned in Retro 1980’s Style by FuturePunk

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.