Popular design news of the week: May 8, 2017 – May 14, 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.

Wireframes are Dead

wireframes

17 Awesome Sources of Web Design Inspiration

inspiration

15 Inspirational Examples of Minimal Web Design

minimal

Have We Entered the Era of Bad Graphic Design?

bad

50 Best Resources When Learning to Code

learning

Material Components for the Web

material

Design Principle: IKEA Effect

ikea

Visage 4.0: A Brand Design Tool for your Whole Team

visage

20 Awesome Animated Infographics with Interactive Designs

infographics

OMG-IMG: Insert Icons Directly into HTML with Just One Line of Code

omg

What’s Coming in WordPress 4.8 (Features and Screenshots)

wordpress

Messenger – A Small Alternative to Slack

messenger

Basic Patterns of Mobile Navigation

patterns

Page Weight 2.0 – Find and Fix Heavy Images on your Website

pageweight

Instagram Opens Publishing on the Web

instagram

The End of Web Forms

forms

Creating your First E-Commerce Site: 13 Top Tips for Success

ecommerce

Illusion.ai – Conversational UI as a Service

illusion

Site Design: Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet Company

sidewalk

Google’s Fuchsia OS Interface Hints at a Bright Post-Android Future

fuchsia

UberData: Designing with Real Data in Photoshop

uberdata

The Weird Words and Phrases Designers Use to Test their Fonts

weird

How to Boost Usability with Intelligent Color Choices

color

The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI

dark

Designing Forms for Gender Diversity and Inclusion

diversity

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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