Popular design news of the week: September 17, 2018 – September 23, 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.

Grapedrop – Free, Responsive, Web Page Builder for your Next Project

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Sketch 52 Beta with New UI and Darkmode

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Simple Analytics – Simple, Clean, and Privacy-friendly Analytics

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Funding Choices – Google’s New Tool for GDPR Compliance and Content Monetization

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Mailplane 4 – The Best Way to Use Gmail on your Mac

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Mind-Blowing Artwork from the Anime Classic Akira

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What not to Call your Web Design Company

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The Rise and Demise of RSS

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How Headspace Rebranded Meditation

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Ever Wonder Why the Most Popular Apps are Starting to Look the Same?

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Designers Need to Keep Old People in Mind

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Parody Site: Hello We are Agency (Tip – Refresh the Page for New Designs)

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Xara Cloud – The Simplest Design Tool for Business Documents

Vapid: An Intentionally Simple CMS

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Why Good Design Principles Can Create Better Designs

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This AI Dreams in Tulips

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Turn Off Push Notifications

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Decide Better with a Decision Matrix

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How to Slack Smarter? – A UX Case Study

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Facebook is Letting Job Advertisers Target Only Men

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New Logos and Identities for John Lewis Partnership by Pentagram

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How Catchy Interface Illustrations Can Enhance UI Design

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Super Simple Grids Using CSS Grid

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Framer X is Here

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Uber Design by Ueno. A Case Study.

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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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