Popular design news of the week: December 28, 2015 – January 3, 2016

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.

10 Things Every Web Designer Should Be Able to do in their Sleep

10things

The Best and Worst Branding of 2015

branding

A Tool to Find Unused Logos, You Can Use for Free

logos

UiGradients: Dual-tone Colour Gradients for Designers & Devs

uigradients

The Worst Identities of 2015

identities

What Design Job Titles Really Mean

jobtitles

A Responsive Guide to Type Sizing

responsivetype

Getting More Work Done Without Simply Working More Hours

morework

GoodUI Evidence: Learn About Which GoodUI Ideas Work Best

goodui

Fully Booked in Six Weeks: My Journey Out of Broke-Land

booked

Visual Planning for Designers

visualplanning

Developers: 20 Ways to Challenge Yourself Come 2016

challenge

The 20 Best New Apps of 2015

newapps

7 Personalities You Need on your Design Team

personalities

25 Tips for Staying Sane as a Freelancer

sane

Here are the Winning Photos of the 2015 National Geographic Photo Contest

natgeo

Should I Use a Video as a Background?

video

The Secret Door – Enter the Door to Visit a Random Place in the World

secret

Open Source Software Went Nuclear this Year

nuclear

Signs that You’re a Good Programmer

programmer

Why is the Media so Afraid of Facebook?

afraid

How Reddit Took on its own Users – And Won

reddit

This was the Year the Media Started Doubting the Web

doubting

See Everyday Fonts Become Funny Portraits

funny

Tumblr 2015 Year in Review

tumblr

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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