Popular design news of the week: August 21, 2017 – August 27, 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.

5 Amazing Hamburger Menu Trends to Emulate

12 Extensions that will Make any UX Designer’s Life Easier

Google Drops Support for HTTP on Chrome

Preact : A Smaller, Faster React Alternative

Simplicity in UX Design

Coming Soon Page Design: How to Make it Awesome and Successful

Pastel Colored Ocean in CSS (a Calm Place to Slow Down)

JavaScript is Eating the World

Skeuomorphism, Flat Design and the Rise of Type Design

Medium’s New Logo: A Review

19 Slack Groups for Designers & Developers

Facebook Design’s Desktop Kit

Studio Vs Freelance: The Pros and Cons

Visura – Think Linkedin Combined with Squarespace for Creatives

Don’t Overthink. Just Do.

If Celebrities were Pantone Colours

30 Useful User Onboarding Tools

The Grid (the Much-hyped AI Website Builder) is Near Industry-low in Customer Satisfaction

What Happens to Creativity as We Age?

“Dark UX” Design is Everywhere Online and It’s Turning You into a Sleep-deprived Internet Addict

Four Psychology Principles Every UX Designer Should Know

Interface Font Family

Why Blockchain Needs Design

#WeStandTogether

Branding the Moon: Play Among the Stars

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Cameron Chapman

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