7 design predictions for 2017, that might actually happen
Every year, blogs like this one try to predict what’s going to happen in our industry over the next 12…
Poll: When will you start using CSS Grid Layout?
January is the time most of us cease reflecting on the year gone by, and start looking to the months…
Poll: Is VR the new Flash?
“Wow!” is the usual response on trying VR for the first time. Even after spending hours in a headset, the…
WeTransfer reveals new brand identity and UI
WeTransfer is one of the mostly widely admired start-ups of the last decade. In many ways it embodies what we…
Email finally wakes up to responsive design
Email is far older than the web; introduced in 1972, anyone who’s ever tried designing for email can be forgiven…
Poll: Should designers just…design?
Every single designer reading this runs a blog, or at the very least a Medium account; around 5% (wildly anecdotal…
Adobe Typekit unveils major redesign
Adobe Typekit has just released a long-overdue update to its font browsing interface. Currently still in beta, the new UI…
Poll: Is Twitter verification a good thing?
One of the biggest bugbears of social media is trolling: attacking individuals based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or…
Atomic streamlines integration for Sketch users
Launched this week, Atomic’s new plugin for Sketch is a free addition that streamlines artwork transfer between the two for…
Poll: Are we on the brink of a design revolution?
In the last couple of years we’ve noticed more and more websites following the same basic format. This is typically…
Adobe reveal major Creative Cloud update
Adobe has just released a major update to its Creative Cloud apps. Updates have been made to Adobe Stock, and…
Poll: Do redesigns do more harm than good?
More than any other medium, the web offers the opportunity to redesign, republish, reedit, revamp, and redo our work over…
Poll: Are pop-ups here to stay?
Despite valiant efforts to come up with an alternative approach, pop-ups still infest the web. It seems like every site…
Poll: Should designers code?
In the brief history of web design, few issues have been as contentious as the question of whether designers should…
Poll: Can a design be “correct”?
Design is about problem solving, whether that be visual, structural, conceptual, or any other ‘…al’. If there’s a problem, it…
Is Conversational UX the future of the web?
Contrary to the implication in the title, a conversational UX doesn’t have to be a literal conversation, the term refers…
Interview: How Code and Theory built NY.Gov
Successful web design hinges on good research, targeting the right demographic, identifying key problems and developing appropriate solutions. But how…
Tokyo 2020 logo shortlist revealed
It’s just four years until the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics, and while the eyes of the sporting world may…