7 Ways to Delight Users with Animation
“Delight” is a word that we’re hearing and using more often to describe pleasurable moments in our products. Delight is…
How to Succeed With Design Thinking
Design thinking is the idea that we can solve problems by practicing human-centered design—putting people at the centre of the…
Designing with extreme prejudice
It’s a controversial third rail topic most people acknowledge, but do their best to avoid talking about: classism dominates our…
How to Sell Games on the Web
The first step to getting famous as a video game studio is to make a great game. The second step…
eBay Redesigns Its Homepage (Again)
They say that three time’s the charm. Maybe for eBay, two is all that it will take when it comes…
Smashing Magazine Embarks on Radical Redesign
Smashing Magazine, long one of the most highly read publications on the internet about anything and everything web design, is…
Vancouver Rebels Over Generic Rebrand
Many who don’t live in Vancouver at least know the western Canadian city for a few things: Sky-high housing prices,…
How to visualize a startup’s USP
Common web design problem: Just writing out why a company is special is usually an insufficient way to tell a…
How to design the perfect infographic
Thanks largely due to the fact that more information is at our fingertips now than at any point in human…
Is responsive design killing your creativity?
When we talk about web design in 2017, we’re really talking about responsive web design. In just over six years,…
Why evolution is better than revolution in product design
Digital products will always need to be redesigned. Styles progress, hardware technologies advance, and development possibilities are ever-increasing. Just in…
Meet the man behind Comic Sans
We’ve all seen Comic Sans; the typeface that’s both loathed and (secretly) admired—some people have even dedicated a website to…
Essential design trends, February 2017
An interesting visual presence above the scroll is the first impression a user gets of a website. Whether that user…
9 rules effective “coming soon” pages follow
A lot of people have the misconception that they have to have a complete website in order to start building…
75+ type driven sites
When we talk about the visual elements of a website, we are usually referring to images: photos, illustrations, icons, possibly…
8 reasons 80s flair will rule design in 2017
Trends come and go in waves. The latest wave when it comes to web design is totally 1980s. From bright…
50 creative card UI designs
When I was a kid I was desperate for a Polaroid camera: to be able to take a photo and…
8 simple steps to better icon design
Icons are everywhere. From app icons on home screens to graphic representations that lead users through a design, icon design…